REAL PROPERTY

Amendments

Calcasieu Parish, LA: releasing restrictions on use or conveyance of certain real property (H.R. 4022), 8193 [21AP]

Declaration of Taking Act: amend interest formula (S. 2424), 32611, 32649 [16OC]

District of Columbia: transfer of certain property to be used as shelter for homeless (H.R. 4784), 12592, 12593 [5JN]

Analyses

Farm Mortgage Marketing Restoration Act (S. 2725), 19857 [7AU]

REIT Tax Provisions Revision Act (H.R. 4916), 16389 [14JY]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 410, Conservation Service Reform Act, 7840 [17AP], 17028 [21JY]

Articles and editorials

Covenant on Home of Justice Rehnquist (excerpt), 22810 [11SE]

Real Estate—El Barrio Market's Renewal, 32163 [15OC]

Tax Bill Hits Rental-Realty Owners Hard, 22564 [10SE]

Vacation Ownership Growing in Popularity, 23581 [16SE]

Valid Doubts About Justice Rehnquist, 22810 [11SE]

Value of Kentucky Farmland at Lowest Level Since 1979, 13666 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: secondary market for farm mortgages (see S. 2589, 2725)

———tax treatment of amounts attributable to discharge of indebtedness on certain farm property (see H.R. 4601)

———tax treatment of amounts received from sales of property attributable to discharge of indebtedness (see H.R. 4080)

Atomic power plants: restriction on tax exemption for interest on obligation issued by electric utilities to acquire property (see H.R. 4077)

Bank holding companies: authority to engage in securities, real estate, and insurance activities (see H.R. 5220)

Calcasieu Parish, LA: release of restrictions and conditions on use or conveyance of certain lands (see S. 2031; H.R. 4022)

Denton County, TX: convey certain property (see H.R. 4120)

District of Columbia: convey property (see S. 2251)

———transfer of certain property to be used as shelter for homeless (see H.R. 4784)

Duvalier, Jean-Claude: return of funds and property illegally acquired (see H. Res. 388)

Farmers Home Administration: secondary market for sound mortgages secured by farm real estate (see H.R. 4853)

Farms: permit rollover gain from sale of farmland development rights (see S. 2549)

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

Foreign investments: tax treatment of interest on industrial development bonds used for acquisition of farm property (see S. 2273; H.R. 4520)

Geothermal resources: extend investment credit for certain property (see H.R. 4101)

Great Lakes: Federal guaranteed loan program for protection of real property from beach erosion (see S. 2784; H.R. 5453)

International Claims Settlement Act: fair market value of property taken (see S. 2763; H.R. 5365, 5506)

Lincoln County, NE: transfer of certain real property (see H.R. 5084)

Natural gas: repeal certain restrictions on tax benefits after transfer of property (see H.R. 4643)

Petroleum: repeal certain restrictions on tax benefits after transfer of property (see H.R. 4643)

Postal Service: procurement cost comparison with private sector (see H.R. 4431)

Sec. of the Navy: conveyance (see H.R. 5682)

Solar energy: extend residential and business energy credits (see H.R. 4045)

Taxation: investment trusts (see H.R. 4916)

———permit rollover gain from sale of farmland development rights (see S. 2549)

———treatment of tax-exempt securities and depreciation of recovery property (see S. Res. 371)

VA: prohibit certain transactions in California (see H.R. 4204)

Guidelines

Policy With Regard to the Issuance of Subpoenas to Attorneys for Information Relative to the Representation of Clients: Dept. of Justice, 3055, 3059 [27FE]

History

Contempt of Congress Statute (excerpt), 3055, 3056 [27FE]

Letters

Capital projects: GSA (excerpt), 33195, 33196 [17OC]

Covenant on Rehnquist Home: William H. Rehnquist (excerpt), 22810 [11SE], 23752 [17SE]

———Witters, Zuccaro, Willis & Lium (excerpt), 23752 [17SE]

Medicaid eligibility: Senator Dole, 4898 [14MR]

Tax treatment of the real estate industry: several Representatives, 26392 [25SE]

———Tax Reform Act conferees, 26215 [25SE]

Letters of transmittal

Declaration of Taking Act amendments: Dept. of Justice, 10074 [8MY]

Payment to clerk of court of criminal fines or penalties: Dept. of Justice, 10074 [8MY]

Memorandums

Applicability of Attorney-Client Privilege Before Congressional Committees: James Hamilton, 3056 [27FE]

Comments on the Dershowitz Memorandum: Library of Congress, 3044-3047 [27FE]

Contempt Resolution Against Joseph and Ralph Bernstein: Stephen Gillers, 3042-3044 [27FE]

Legal Obligations To Preserve Client Confidences of Joseph Bernstein, Ralph Bernstein, and William Deyo: Alan M. Dershowitz, 3055, 3058-3059 [27FE]

Medicaid Eligibility: Health Care Financing Administration (excerpt), 4897 [14MR]

Motion

Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), 4210 [11MR]

District of Columbia: transfer of certain property to be used as shelter for homeless (H.R. 4784), pass S. 2251 in lieu, 12598 [5JN]

Opinions

Title to land occupied by Wadsworth VAMC: VA General Counsel, 3720 [5MR]

Remarks in House

Bernstein, Ralph and Joseph: legal proceedings (H. Res. 384), 3040-3041, 3048-3055, 3060-3062 [27FE], 3241 [27FE], 7887 [17AP]

Calcasieu Parish, LA: releasing restrictions on use or conveyance of certain real property (H.R. 4022), 8193 [21AP]

Cecil County, MD: land conveyance (H.R. 5682), 32980 [17OC]

Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (H.R. 969), 4202-4209 [11MR], 4383 [11MR]

———enact (H.R. 969), pass S. 410 in lieu, 4210 [11MR]

District of Columbia: transfer of certain property to be used as shelter for homeless (H.R. 4784), 12584, 12586 [5JN], 12590 [9JN]-12599 [5JN]

———transfer of certain property to be used as shelter for homeless (H.R. 4784), S. 2251 passed in lieu, 12598 [5JN]

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians: establish property tax fund (S. 2750), 30173 [10OC]

———establish property tax fund (S. 2750), request for consideration, 29333 [7OC]

Housing: tax deduction for interest paid when refinancing mortgages (H.R. 4911), 12032 [22MY]

International Claims Settlement Act: fair market value of property taken (H.R. 5506), 25179 [22SE]

Mesquite, NV: transfer of certain (H.R. 3352), 27350 [30SE]

REIT Tax Provisions Revision Act: enact (H.R. 4916), 16389 [14JY]

Society of Real Estate Appraiser: support (H.R. 202), 1026 [29JA]

Taxation: real estate, 16317 [14JY]

Remarks in Senate

Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors: review certain reports relative to U.S. Route 13 Relief Route, 25558 [23SE]

Calcasieu Parish, LA: releasing restrictions on use or conveyance of certain real property (H.R. 4022), 9346 [1MY]

Checotah, OK: payment of compensation to certain property owners, 12757 [5JN]

Corps of Engineers: authorize acquisition of real estate, 12852 [6JN]

Courts: clarify provisions relative to payment of criminal fines (S. 2425), 10073 [8MY]

Declaration of Taking Act: amend interest formula (S. 2424), 32649 [16OC]

Declaration of Taking Act; amend interest formula (S. 2424), 10073 [8MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: transfer certain land in Brantley County, GA, 12867 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: disposal transaction authority, 20102-20105 [8AU]

District of Columbia: convey property (S. 2251), 6538 [27MR], 7950 [17AP]

Farm Mortgage Marketing Restoration Act: enact (S. 2725), 19855 [7AU], 22608 [10SE]

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: codify legal standard for determination of claims (S. 2763), 21606 [14AU]

GAO: funding for the Federal Buildings Fund, 32436-32441, 32506, 32539 [16OC], 33195 [17OC]

Great Lakes: guaranteed loan program for protection of real property from beach erosion (S. 2784), 21962, 22011 [15AU]

GSA: leased office space in San Francisco, CA, 28479 [3OC]

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians: establish property tax fund (S. 2750), 21392 [13AU]

Housing Development Action Grants: provide additional time to begin construction on projects, 28376 [3OC]

Idaho: growth of vacation homes in State, 23580 [16SE]

Mesquite, NV: transfer of certain (H.R. 3352), 29915 [9OC]

National Housing Week: designate (S.J. Res. 387), 19256 [5AU]

Secretary of the Navy: authorize to make certain conveyance of real property (H.R. 5682), 33817 [18OC]

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

Tax Reform Act: investment tax credit transition rule for transferred property, 33390, 33392 [17OC]

Taxation: capital gains exclusion on certain farm property, 14393, 14395-14399 [18JN], 14931-14941 [23JN], 14992 [24JN]

———definition of real estate broker for reporting purposes, 14576 [19JN]

———real estate, 14126-14132, 14133-14135, 14146 [17JN], 14357 [18JN]

———relief for farmers who restructure debt, 14399-14401 [18JN]

———treatment of tax-exempt securities and depreciation of recovery property (S. Res. 371), 6359-6360 [26MR]

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: provide for uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition policy, 25553-25557 [23SE]

VA: prohibitions against certain real estate transactions (S. 2141), 3719 [5MR], 3972 [6MR]

Reports

Proceedings Against Ralph Bernstein and Joseph Bernstein, 3028-3040 [27FE]

Reports filed

Conveyance of Real Property in Calcasieu Parish, LA, Release of Restrictions: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 4022) (H. Rept. 99-540), 7689 [16AP]

Establish Property Tax Fund for Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, ME: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 2750) (H. Rept. 99-469), 25611 [23SE]

Impact of Appraisal Problems on Real Estate Lending, Mortgage Insurance, and Investment in the Secondary Market: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-891), 26369 [25SE]

Provision That Value of Claims Be Based on Fair Market Value of Property Taken: Committee on Foreign Affairs (H.R. 5506) (H. Rept. 99-837), 24686 [18SE]

Transfer of Property to District of Columbia To Shelter Homeless: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 4784) (H. Rept. 99-616), 12129 [3JN]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4784; H. Res. 464) (H. Rept. 99-621), 12363 [4JN]

Transfer to Mesquite, NV: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3352) (H. Rept. 99-897), 26427 [26SE]

Rulings of the Chair

District of Columbia: transfer of certain property to be used as shelter for homeless (H.R. 4784), 12594 [5JN]

Statements

Covenant on Rehnquist Home: William H. Rehnquist, 22809 [11SE]

Investigation of Ralph and Joseph Bernstein: Representative Solarz (excerpt), 3055 [27FE]

Summaries

Attorney-Client Privilege Act, 3056 [27FE]

Tables

Capital project priority list, 32440 [16OC]

Real property tax effect on marginally profitable companies, 14937 [23JN]

Texts of

H.R. 969, Conservation Service Reform Act, 4202-4207 [11MR]

H.R. 3352, transfer of certain real property to city of Mesquite, NV, 27350 [30SE]

H.R. 4022, releasing restrictions on use or conveyance of certain lands in Calcasieu Parish, LA, 8193 [21AP]

H.R. 4784, transfer of certain property in the District of Columbia, to be used as shelter for the homeless, 12592 [5JN]

H.R. 5506, amend to provide that value of claims be based on fair market value of property taken, 25179 [22SE]

H.R. 5682, land conveyance, Cecil County, MD, 32980 [17OC]

S. 410, Conservation Service Reform Act, 4209 [11MR]

S. 2141, prohibitions against certain VA real estate transactions, 3720 [5MR]

S. 2251, convey property to the District of Columbia, 7950 [17AP]

S. 2424, amend interest formula of Declaration of Taking Act, 10074 [8MY]

S. 2425, clarify provisions of payment relative to criminal fines, 10074 [8MY]

S. 2725, Farm Mortgage Marketing Restoration Act, 19855 [7AU]

S. 2750, establish property tax fund for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, 25872 [24SE], 30173 [10OC]

S. Res. 371, treatment of tax-exempt securities and depreciation of recovery property, 6358 [26MR]