GOVERNMENT REGULATION

Addresses

Fear of Federal Soda-Tasting Commission, and Other Parables on Broadcast Deregulation: Thomas R. Herwitz, 2400-2402 [19FE]

Missouri Junior Chamber of Commerce: Senator Eagleton (1978), 28831 [6OC]

Sale of Conrail: Representative Florio, 2412 [19FE]

Amendments

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 5465), 31314, 31315, 31317, 31320, 31459-31462 [15OC], 31939 [15OC]

Analyses

End Stage Renal Disease Program Administration and Regulation Changes, 17509 [23JY]

Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act (S. 2621), 15895 [26JN]

Occupational Hazard Communication Act (H.R. 4793), 10252 [9MY]

Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act (H.R. 5418), 22226 [15AU]

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

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act (S. 1124), House Amendment, 27388 [30SE]

Articles and editorials

Air Safety and Deregulation's Price, 5104-5106 [18MR]

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

Capacity of State Guaranty Funds Questioned, Federal Role Suggested, 16994 [17JY]

Conrail Sidetracked, 28203 [2OC]

Conrail's Future—Unless the Line Gets Out of Government Hands, It Will Have None, 18812 [1AU]

Deceptive Ads—FTC's Laissez-Faire Approach Is Backfiring, 1809 [5FE]

Decontrol Natural Gas Now, 8995 [29AP]

Eastern Airlines Facing ``Substantial'' FAA Fine, 5106 [18MR]

FAA Said To Plan Record Safety Fine for Eastern Airlines, 5106 [18MR]

Federal Giveaways, 11984 [22MY]

Fuel Economy Standards Need Reconsideration, 17018 [17JY]

Get the Conrail Sale on Track Now, 18040 [29JY]

Grieving Father Kills Comatose Daughter, 3, 1956 [6FE]

Health-Care Abuses That Cost $2 Billion, 16254 [26JN]

Hodel Cites Opposition to Oil Industry Bailout, 31322 [15OC]

Insolvent Insurers Targeted, 16994 [17JY]

Keep Affirmative Action, 2420 [19FE]

Localities Hold States Accountable, 28500 [3OC]

Mandates Without Money, 28498-28500 [3OC]

More Audits Won't Curb Defense Waste, 16752 [16JY]

New Invasion in Works—Japanese Luxury Autos, 22203 [15AU]

Next Steps in Rail Deregulation, 1191, 1215 [30JA]

Old Laws for the Banks, 22214 [15AU]

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

Recent Examples of Regulatory Unreasonableness, 28502 [3OC]

Red Tape Revivers, 32546 [16OC]

Regulators Hit for Insurance Crisis; Merin—Government Actions ``Abysmal'', 16980 [17JY]

Ripping Out Asbestos Endangers More Lives as Laws Are Ignored, 4847 [13MR]

Seat Belt—Symbol of a Sense of Responsibility, 8983 [29AP]

Sending a Message to Washington, 28500 [3OC]

Site of EPA Toxics Lab Is Itself Contaminated, 17161 [21JY]

State Sues Interior To Free Up Mine Reclamation Fund (excerpt), 11295 [20MY]

States Step in To Fight False Advertising—Critics Charge Federal Trade Commission Is Not Effectively Regulating Companies' Claims, 9170 [30AP]

Television and Radio Station License Trafficking (sundry excerpts), 14750 [19JN]

Ten Most Misleading Ads Selected—Consumer Groups Charge FTC Has Failed To Protect Public, 16273 [26JN]

Updating the Conrail Math, 9150 [30AP]

Who Regulates the Regulators?, 32546 [16OC]

Wrong Time To Cut Government Spending, 20759 [11AU]

Bills and resolutions

Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 4973)

Employment: waiver of regulations for trade-impacted industries (see H.R. 4322)

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

Fast food restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (see H.R. 4935)

Federal Insurance Commission: establish (see H.R. 4499)

Insurance companies: exemption from certain (see H.R. 4501, 4502)

Natural gas: tax incentives for domestic production (see H.R. 4476)

Nuclear facilities: standardization and licensing process (see S. 2073)

Petroleum: tax incentives for domestic production (see H.R. 4476)

Rule Making Information Act: enact (see S. 2023)

State and local governments: Federal reimbursement for complying costs (see S. 2387)

———relief (see H.R. 5348)

Trucking: competition, safety, and efficiency (see S. 2240)

Documents

Abandoned Mine Act (excerpt), 11292, 11293 [20MY]

Letters

Aviation safety: Donald D. Engen, 17838 [28JY]

Deregulation of Indian gambling: California Office of the Attorney General, 8991 [29AP]

FSLIC recapitalization: CBO, 18590 [31JY]

Hydro relicensing legislation: Representative Dingell, 31315 [15OC]

Impact of airline deregulation on safety: Senator Byrd, 5106 [18MR]

Implementation of regulations enacted under the Bilingual Education Act: Committee on Education and Labor, 16274 [26JN]

Infant formula regulations: Senator Metzenbaum (excerpt), 10380 [13MY]

———(sundry excerpts), 10380 [13MY]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: Representative Dingell, 31941 [15OC]

———Senator McClure, 31941 [15OC]

Nomination of Jed D. Christensen to the Dept. of the Interior: Interstate Mining Compact Commission, 11299 [20MY]

———Public Service Commission of North Dakota, 11299 [20MY]

Outer Continental Shelf Paperwork and Reporting Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 17030 [21JY]

———Dept. of the Interior, 17031 [21JY]

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

———Senator Chiles, 32543 [16OC]

Regulation of coal mining in Tennessee: Dept. of the Interior, 11289, 11290 [20MY]

———Lamar Alexander, Governor of Tennessee, 11290, 11294 [20MY]

———Representative Cooper (excerpt), 11291 [20MY]

Regulation of Government securities: Dept. of the Treasury (sundry), 28809 [6OC]

Regulation of medical devices: Senator Hatch, 12087 [2JN]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.J. Res. 580, National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week, 6174 [25MR]

Memorials of legislature

Ohio, 11116 [15MY]

Messages

Regulatory Program of the Federal Government: President Reagan, 19848 [7AU]

Papers

Imposing a Fairness Doctrine on Broadcasters Is Constitutional, 32112-32114 [15OC]

Polls of opinion

Seat belt use: Nordhaus Research, Inc., Southfield, MI, 3569 [4MR]

Remarks in House

Advertising: FTC exemptions from regulation, 9170 [30AP]

Affirmative action programs: enforcement of goals and timetables, 2419 [19FE]

Agricultural Shippers Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4999), 13422 [11JN]

Airlines: prohibit discrimination of handicapped (H.R. 5274), 18035 [29JY], 18589 [31JY], 23658 [17SE]

Appalachian States low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (H.R. 5338), 19326 [5AU]

Asbestos Emergency Response Act: enact (H.R. 4311), 13042 [9JN]

Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: enact, 4847 [13MR]

Asbestos removal industry: EPA model contractor certification plan, 6815 [8AP]

Atomic power plants: safety inspection authority, 9488 [6MY]

———safety liability, 30146 [9OC]

Automobiles: passive restraint system regulations and requirements (H.R. 4646), 8241 [21AP]

Banks and banking: changes in regulation, 22214 [15AU]

———law reform, 33621-33624 [17OC]

Bilingual Education Act: implementation of regulations, 16274 [26JN]

Cattle markets: futures trading, 16244 [26JN]

CFTC: reauthorization, 16244 [26JN]

Conrail: proposed sale, 2412 [19FE], 9150 [30AP]

———public sale by stock offering, 18040 [29JY], 18812 [1AU]

———use funds from sale to fund Amtrak (H.R. 4486), 6177 [25MR]

Conrail Privatization Act: enact (S. 2833), 28203 [2OC]

Crime and criminals: racketeer influenced and corrupt organization civil court action regulation (H.R. 5290), 18593 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: procurement audits, 16752 [16JY]

Dept. of HHS: alleged waste and abuse, 16253 [26JN]

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

Employment: corporate automobile mileage regulations, 17017 [17JY]

End Stage Renal Disease Program: administration and regulation changes, 17509 [23JY]

EPA: enforcement of environmental laws, 17161 [21JY]

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

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

Fast food restaurants: labeling requirements for packaged foods (H.R. 4935), 12536 [4JN]

FCC: require to repromulgate certain regulations to prohibit trafficking in station licenses (H.R. 5068), 14750 [19JN]

FDA: Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 12019 [22MY]

FERC: qualifying facilities regulations of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, 26569 [26SE]

Food irradiation: curb expansion of program until safety is established, 11111 [15MY]

FSLIC: provide for recapitalization (H.R. 4907), 17861 [28JY], 18020, 18031 [29JY], 18587, 18590 [31JY], 19892 [7AU], 22150 [15AU]

FTC: consumer protection enforcement, 16273 [26JN]

———enforcement against advertising abuses, 1809 [5FE]

General revenue sharing: extend (H.R. 1400), 26391 [25SE]

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

Grain: regulation of dockage and foreign material content (H.R. 5407), 25181-25187 [22SE]

Grain Quality Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5407), 25181-25187 [22SE]

Insurance: interstate regulation, 16994 [17JY]

Insurance Information Act: enact (H.R. 4910), 11950 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: corporate average fuel economy regulations, 22203 [15AU]

———Federal automatic crash protection standard, 8983 [29AP]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 5465), 22199 [15AU], 25357-25366 [22SE], 31939-31942 [15OC], 32674 [16OC]

National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 580), 6174 [25MR], 13248 [11JN]

Natural gas: decontrol, 8995 [29AP]

———deregulation, 9167 [30AP]

———reform onshore leasing program, 11116 [15MY]

New England: hazardous waste disposal, 2448 [19FE]

Nuclear Safety Inspector General Act: enact (H.R. 4835), 11124 [15MY]

Occupational Hazard Communication Act: enact (H.R. 4793), 10251, 10259 [9MY]

Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5418), 22226 [15AU]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements (S. 1068), 17029 [21JY]

Petroleum: reform onshore leasing program, 11116 [15MY]

Polychlorinated biphenyls: establish certain disposal requirements (H.R. 5141), 16277 [26JN]

Price-Anderson Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3653), 30456 [10OC]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: enact, 17697 [24JY]

Savings & Loans: FSLIC regulations, 30424 [10OC]

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (S. 1124), 27385-27391 [30SE]

U.S. flag liner fleet: contracts and contract amendments to develop and deregulate (H.R. 4581-4584), 7602 [15AP]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: impact of deregulation on safety, 5104-5107 [18MR]

———safety, 17837 [28JY]

Banks and banking: preserve community system, 4274 [11MR]

Children: infant formula regulations, 10378-10382 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: reporting requirements, 9834 [7MY]

FCC: broadcast regulation, 2400 [19FE]

———regulation of sale of broadcasting licenses, 32619 [16OC]

FDA: anniversary of legislation granting authority to regulate medical devices, 12086 [2JN]

Federal aid programs: reimbursement to State and local governments for costs of complying with rules and regulations (S. 483), 3506 [4MR]

Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act: enact (S. 2621), 15873-15898 [26JN]

FERC: issue order in lieu of requested order, 31315-31316 [15OC]

———issue schedule for final schedule in case of ANR Pipeline Co., 31314 [15OC]

Government: paperwork reductions, 32540 [16OC]

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act: enact (S. 2387), 9068-9071 [30AP]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (H.R. 5465), 31313-31329 [15OC]

National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 580), 22616 [10SE]

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

Power resources: revitalize oil and gas production in the U.S., 31317-31329 [15OC]

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

SBA: call on to eliminate the opinion molder regulation (S. Res. 507), 30507 [14OC]

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

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

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (S. 1124), 29475-29478 [8OC]

Television: prohibit arbitrary zoning and licensing restrictions on home satellite dish antennas (S. Res. 35), 2394 [19FE]

Trucking Competition Act: enact (S. 2240), 6337 [26MR]

Reports

Infant Formula Regulations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (excerpt), 10379 [13MY]

NRC Fees: committee of conference, 4886 [14MR]

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

Preemption of Local Zoning or Other Regulation of Receive-Only Satellite Earth Stations: FCC, 2394-2398 [19FE]

Regulatory Federalism—Policy, Process, Impact, and Reform: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (excerpt), 9071 [30AP], 28503 [3OC]

Seat Belt Use—Nordhaus Research, Inc. Public Opinion Poll, 3569 [4MR]

Reports filed

Elimination of Unnecessary Paperwork Reporting Requirements: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (S. 1068) (H. Rept. 99-558), 8886 [29AP]

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

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5465) (H. Rept. 99-850), 24802 [19SE]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 5465) (S. Rept. 99-497) (H.R. 5465), 26838 [27SE]

Requirement That Public Buildings Comply With Recognized Building Codes and Zoning Laws: Committee on Environment and Public Works (H.R. 2403), 27994 [2OC]

Rules

Regulation of coal mining: Federal Register (excerpt), 11290 [20MY]

Statements

FCC Broadcaster Licensing Procedures, 32111 [15OC]

Infant Formula Regulations: FDA, 10379 [13MY]

Recapitalizing FSLIC and Zombie S&L's: Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, 18032 [29JY]

Regulation of Coal Mining in Tennessee: Senator Sasser, 11294 [20MY]

Requirements for Filling Dept. of Defense Orders: Jack Burnette, 5372, 5399 [19MR]

Sale of Conrail: Conrail employees, 2235 [18FE]

Summaries

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act: provisions (S. 2387), 9071 [30AP]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (H.R. 5465), 22199 [15AU]

Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act, 32542 [16OC]

Regulation of Government Securities—Treasury Book-Entry Proposal, 28810 [6OC]

Testimonies

Natural Gas Deregulation: Jerome R. Ellig, Citizens for a Sound Economy, 9167 [30AP]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 580, National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week, 6174 [25MR], 13249 [11JN]

H.R. 4793, Occupational Hazard Communication Act, 10252 [9MY]

H.R. 4910, Insurance Information Act, 11951 [22MY]

H.R. 5407, Grain Quality Improvement Act, 25181 [22SE]

H.R. 5465, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act, 25357-25364 [22SE]

S. 1068, elimination of unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act amendments, 17029 [21JY]

S. 1124, Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act, 27385 [30SE], 29475-29477 [8OC]

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

S. 2240, Trucking Competition Act, 6338-6342 [26MR]

S. 2387, Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act, 9069-9071 [30AP]

S. 2621, Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act, 15894 [26JN]

S. Res. 507, call on SBA to eliminate opinion molder regulation, 30506 [14OC]