EDGAR, BOB (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Nicaraguan Contra Aid: Representative Bonior, 5837 [20MR]

South Africa: Representative William Gray, 18024 [29JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2005, Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act, 1943 [6FE]

———H.R. 3129, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 28076 [2OC]

———H.R. 5300, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 26359 [25SE]

Articles and editorials

Erie's Rainbow Cluster, Jim Thompson, Erie (PA) Times, 1652 [4FE]

Hellenic Leaders Hail Edgar as Friend of Greek Issues, Mary A. Janco, 31232 [14OC]

Mom—Help Might Have Prevented Sylvia's Rampage, Ann W. O'Neill, Philadelphia (PA) News, 30403 [10OC]

Peace Corps ``Vets'' Draw on 25 Years of Helping, Earl Kohnfelder, Pittsburgh (PA) Press, 5842 [20MR]

Seegrist Offers Pointers, Delaware County (PA) Times, 30403 [10OC]

Spaceships v. Worker—A Tale of Two Visions, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 2996 [26FE]

Tenn-Tomfoolery, New York (NY) Times, 3003 [26FE]

Tombigbee Waterway Use Falls Short of Forecasts, William E. Schmidt, New York (NY) Times, 3003 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Charles E. Kelly VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 5657), 29386 [7OC]

Veterans: improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam era (see H.R. 4623), 7891 [17AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Agricultural commodities: price and income protection for family farmers (see H.R. 5588), 32156 [15OC]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4922), 12129 [3JN]

American Armored Force: monument in Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 19461 [6AU]

American Battle Monuments Commission: establish monument to Armed Forces (see H.R. 3765), 1503 [4FE]

American Physiologists Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 677), 25374 [22SE]

Animals: end use of steel-jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1809), 6930 [9AP]

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: defense programs should remain in conformance (see H. Con. Res. 336), 15773 [26JN]

Atomic weapons: limit deployment and maintenance of strategic with arms limitation agreements (see H.R. 4919), 12625 [5JN]

———mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 3442), 2496 [20FE]

Auto parts: importance of inclusion in market-oriented negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 328), 9145 [30AP]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4025), 5308 [18MR]

———exempt pay of Federal blue-collar employees (see H.R. 4295), 7690 [16AP]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 2979 [26FE]

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 3481 [4MR]

Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1358 [3FE]

Civil service: cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 2293 [19FE]

Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the U.N.: establish (see H.J. Res. 417), 20744 [11AU]

Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 521), 3481 [4MR]

Community food and nutrition programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]

Competition in Contracting Act: establish alternative procedure for review of bid protests (see H.R. 4086), 2132 [18FE]

Constitution: equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 2), 27426 [30SE]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 4703 [13MR]

Controlled Substances Act: prohibit conduct relative to controlled analogs (see H.R. 5246), 24802 [19SE]

Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 236 [22JA]

Copyright: amend requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 4696), 11184 [19MY]

Courts: establish specialized corps of Federal judges (see H.R. 1213), 12364 [4JN]

Crime and criminals: include drug offenses and felonies as subject to enhanced penalties (see H.R. 4885), 24802 [19SE]

———prohibit high ranking Federal civilian officers from representing foreign principal for 10 years after leaving service (see H.R. 3733), 3107 [27FE]

———prohibit methods of concealing proceeds of crime (see H.R. 5217), 24802 [19SE]

Dependent care programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: reorganize (see H.R. 4370), 17054 [21JY]

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

Disaster Relief Act: establish cost sharing formulas for assistance (see H.R. 4934), 18670 [1AU]

———more effective assistance to emergency victims (see H.R. 4933), 18011 [29JY]

Drug abuse: authorizing appropriations for Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5393), 24803 [19SE]

Drugs: renew authority to contract for detection and treatment of offenders (see H.R. 5076), 24802 [19SE]

Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]

Education Day U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 7367 [14AP]

EEOC: time limitation for review and action on charges under Civil Rights Act (see H. Con. Res. 359), 25457 [23SE]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 15605 [25JN]

Employee's life insurance fund: investment in certain Government securities (see H.R. 5364), 19951 [8AU]

Employment: discrimination against persons with cancer (see H. Con. Res. 321), 8212 [21AP]

———establish commission to study salary replacement for leave in cases of birth, adoption, or serious health conditions (see H.R. 4300), 9553 [6MY]

Employment Act: promote genuine recovery and full employment (see H.R. 1398), 1779 [5FE]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: improve national policy (see H.R. 4843), 10989 [15MY]

EPA: establish program of research and development to States for radon exposure (see H.R. 5202), 16966 [17JY]

———set standards for identification and abatement of asbestos in schools (see H.R. 4311), 5566 [19MR]

Ethiopia: famine and resettlement policy (see H. Con. Res. 285), 3650 [5MR]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 561), 5566 [19MR]

Farm Credit Act: amend relative to interest rates charged by institutions and financial operations (see H.R. 5635), 28178 [2OC]

———competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 22737 [10SE]

Federal Aviation Act: ensure fair treatment of airline employees in mergers (see H.R. 4838), 10989 [15MY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: change certain contribution limits for congressional (see H.R. 3799), 4121 [10MR]

Federal employees: authority for direct payment or reimbursement of additional types of health care professionals (see H.R. 4825), 15287 [24JN]

———expand class eligible for refunds under health benefits fund (see H.R. 4061), 1074 [30JA]

———increase amount of basic group life insurance (see H.R. 5364), 19951 [8AU]

———strengthen protections against prohibited personnel practices (see H.R. 4033), 1074 [30JA]

———testing of alternative systems of compensation and modify pay comparability (see H.R. 4738), 9211 [1MY]

Follow Through Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]

Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 2678 [25FE]

Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse and Customhouse, Louisville, KY: designate (see H.R. 5570), 25374 [22SE]

General Education Provisions Act: improve and expand Assessment Policy Committee (see H.R. 2210), 2293 [19FE]

Handicapped: prohibit discrimination by airlines (see H.R. 5274), 21131 [12AU]

Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 48 [21JA]

Head Start Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]

Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 15773 [26JN]

Impoundment Control Act: deferrals of budget authority shall not take effect until Congress completes action on impoundment bill (see H.R. 4205), 5308 [18MR]

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

Job Training Partnership Act: establishment of education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 4054), 1503 [4FE]

Kangaroos: prohibit importation of products (see H.R. 2952), 3388 [3MR]

Korea, Republic of: restore civil and political rights to Kim Dae Jung and institute true democracy (see H. Con. Res. 261), 2294 [19FE]

Labor unions: prohibition of strikes or lockouts with Maine Central Railroad Co. and Portland Terminal Co. (see H.J. Res. 683), 17692 [24JY]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 9146 [30AP]

Meiman, Inna: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 14079 [17JN]

Meiman, Naum: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 14079 [17JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 22246 [8SE]

Military Whistleblowers Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3898), 2132 [18FE]

Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 704 [29JA]

Narcotic traffic: effective penalties (see H.R. 5394), 24803 [19SE]

Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 617), 18420 [31JY]

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 Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 10282 [12MY]

National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 12625 [5JN]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 29387 [7OC]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 16326 [14JY]

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

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

National Black (Afro-American) History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 1780 [5FE]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 2017 [6FE]

National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 23016 [11SE]

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19745 [7AU]

National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 10243 [9MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 17507 [23JY]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 17318 [22JY]

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

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 6931 [9AP]

National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 6930 [9AP]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: centralize motor carrier responsibilities (see H.R. 4612), 25457 [23SE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 653), 22738 [10SE]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 718), 28180 [2OC]

National Homelessness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 632), 11449 [20MY]

National Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 1779 [5FE]

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

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 8412 [22AP]

National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 5076 [17MR]

National Needlework Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 376), 601 [28JA]

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 4578 [12MR]

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

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 5566 [19MR]

National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 24802 [19SE]

National Reading Is Fun Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 7892 [17AP]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 16505 [15JY]

National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 8412 [22AP]

National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), 8477 [23AP]

National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 3649 [5MR]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 26076 [24SE]

National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program: name after Sharon C. (Christa) McAuliffe (see H.R. 4143), 4703 [13MR]

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

National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 2979 [26FE]

National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 3288 [28FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 28179 [2OC]

NIH: transfer research monkeys to custody of Primarily Primates, Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 351), 15605 [25JN]

NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 27552 [1OC]

Ocean Incineration Research Act: enact (see H.R. 1295), 6638 [8AP]

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

Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 7690 [16AP]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 15287 [24JN]

President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on status of implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 648), 12624 [5JN]

Public Health Service Act: encourage and assist States in establishing protocols for identifying organ and tissue donors (see H.R. 4945), 15605 [25JN]

Queens County, NY: designate Joseph P. Addabbo VA Extended Care Center at St. Albans (see H.R. 5472), 22145 [15AU]

Railroad Retirement Act: prevent elimination of cost of living adjustments in annuities (see H.R. 4338), 6931 [9AP]

Retirees: prohibit companies filed for bankruptcy from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits (see H.R. 5283), 18908 [4AU]

Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 7892 [17AP]

San Diego, CA: 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 682), 23670 [17SE]

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

Sec. of Agriculture: investigate identification procedures used in lieu of hot-iron branding of animals (see H. Res. 407), 15773 [26JN]

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

Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 28179 [2OC]

Social Security: direct medicare payment for services of nurse anesthetist (see H.R. 2504), 15772 [26JN]

———eliminate 3% trigger for cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4633), 17506 [23JY]

———establish protocols for organ procurement and standards for agencies (see H.R. 5587), 26075 [24SE]

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

South Africa: prohibit loans and other investments (see H.R. 4868), 12625 [5JN]

Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 2017 [6FE]

Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA: designate certain property (see H.R. 5555), 24687 [18SE]

Taxation: allow credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly veterans (see H.R. 4512), 6056 [25MR]

———deny deduction for group health plan unless it includes pediatric preventive care (see H.R. 3469), 15772 [26JN]

Timor Island: annexation of eastern portion (see H. Con. Res. 244), 10991 [15MY]

Trade adjustment assistance programs: extend (see H.R. 4109), 3854 [6MR]

U.N. Participation Act: provide civil action for recovery from persons engaging in torture (see H.R. 4756), 27117 [29SE]

United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 22246 [8SE]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 522), 3854 [6MR]

VA: exemption for housing loan programs from sequestration of budget authority (see H.R. 4775), 9775 [7MY]

———improve benefits for ex-POWs (see H.R. 4333), 7690 [16AP]

———increase rates for compensation, dependency, and indemnity (see H.R. 5299), 18419 [31JY]

———prohibit Administrator from selling hospital land in California (see H.R. 4204), 2495 [20FE]

Vatican City: diplomatic relations with Israel (see H. Con. Res. 306), 20744 [11AU]

Veterans: eliminate gender-based language distinctions and make technical corrections (see H.R. 5047), 18670 [1AU]

———exempt funds available to provide benefits with service connected disabilities (see H.R. 4391), 4577 [12MR]

———guaranteed loan mortgage (see H.R. 4130), 2496 [20FE]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services: request President to call (see H.J. Res. 244), 6931 [9AP]

White House Conference on Narcotics Abuse and Control: provide for (see H.J. Res. 631), 24803 [19SE]

Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 236 [22JA]

World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]

Young Astronaut Program: striking of medals to commemorate (see H.R. 2578), 3649 [5MR]

Factsheets

Bigeye Binary Nerve Gas Bomb, 13167 [10JN]

Letters

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Robert Johnson-Smith, 1642 [4FE]

Remarks by, on

Air Carrier Access Act: enact (S. 2703), 24071 [18SE]

American Veterans' of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam: Harold Paul Saks Post No. 118, Morton, PA, anniversary, 9352 [1MY]

Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 4868), 14290 [20JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: reaffirmation of sequestration authority (H.J. Res. 672), 17026 [17JY]

Budget: proposals, 2996 [26FE]

———reaffirmation of sequestration authority (H.J. Res. 672), 17026 [17JY]

Chemical weapons: binary nerve gas production, 13167 [10JN]

Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5313), 23173 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure fair treatment of employees in airline mergers (H.R. 4838), 23410 [18SE]

Erie, PA: South East Erie Ministries, tribute, 1652 [4FE]

Federal Aviation Act: prohibit discrimination against handicapped (H.R. 5274), 24071 [18SE]

Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 5837 [20MR]

Handicapped: prohibit airlines from discrimination (H.R. 5274), 24071 [18SE]

Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 2489 [20FE]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, 3463 [4MR]

Martin Luther King, Jr., national holiday: observance, 1642 [4FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, 30403 [10OC]

Middletown, PA: tercentenary anniversary, 33659 [17OC]

Morton, PA: Harold Paul Saks Post No. 118, anniversary, 9352 [1MY]

Nicaragua: covert aid for military and paramilitary operations, 5837 [20MR]

———U.S. policy, 5837 [20MR]

Peace Corps: anniversary, 5842 [20MR]

Pennsylvania: impact of Reagan administration budget proposal, 2996 [26FE]

Personal explanation, 16314 [26JN]

Philadelphia, PA: Darby Corps of the Salvation Army, tribute, 4381 [11MR]

Reagan, President: budget proposal, 2996 [26FE]

Salvation Army: Darby Corps, tribute, 4381 [11MR]

Scharansky, Anatoly: emigration from Soviet Union, 2489 [20FE]

Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29747-29749 [8OC]

South Africa: apartheid system, 18024 [29JY]

———economic sanctions, 14290 [20JN], 18024 [29JY]

Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 2489 [20FE]

———victims of Ukrainian holocaust, 30411 [10OC]

Springfield, PA: anniversary, 5872 [20MR]

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29747-29749 [8OC]

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: use, 3003 [26FE]

Veterans: Harold Paul Saks Post No. 118, Morton, PA, anniversary, 9352 [1MY]

———improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam era (H.R. 4623), 8044 [17AP]

———improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam-era (H.R. 4623), 18876 [4AU]

Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA: designate as Charles E. Kelly Veterans' Administration Medical Center (H.R. 5657), 29338 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, 16314 [26JN]

Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), conference report, 33076 [17OC]

Waterway Wishes, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, 33076 [17OC]

Youth Policy Institute: Fifty Mile Challenge Walk, 7231 [10AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1072 [30JA], 1490 [4FE], 2976 [26FE], 5825 [20MR], 6926 [9AP], 9209 [1MY], 13072 [10JN], 14740 [19JN], 29747 [8OC], 30115 [9OC], 33076, 33156 [17OC]

Special order: granted, 29385 [7OC]

Tribute, 31232 [14OC], 33148, 33149 [17OC], 33951 [6NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Victims of Ukrainian Holocaust: Edward Bradley and Calvin T. Wilson, Board of Judges, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, PA, 30412 [10OC]

———Samuel L. Evans, American Foundation for Negro Affairs, 30411 [10OC]

Statements

Bigeye Binary Nerve Gas Bomb Is a Failure and a Hazard to Our National Defense: Representative Fascell, 13168 [10JN]

Studies

Bigeye Binary Nerve Gas Bomb: GAO, 13167 [10JN]

Tributes

Fox, Elizabeth, 4381 [11MR]

Fox, John, 4381 [11MR]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1642 [4FE]

Murphy, Tom, 5842 [20MR]

Thompson, Jim, 1652 [4FE]

Van Zandt, James E., 230 [22JA]