DOWDY, WAYNE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Addresses

Improving the Quality of Research and Instruction: James A. Hefner, 18829 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Newman, Joseph W.: relief (see H.R. 5149), 15772 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: eligibility of noncitizens for price support programs (see H.R. 4519, 4520), 14742 [19JN]

———loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 9147 [30AP]

All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: assistance for apprenticeship or on-the-job training (see H.R. 3747), 6057 [25MR]

American Business Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 379), 4578 [12MR]

Annuities: 3-year basis recovery rule (see H.R. 5600), 29387 [7OC]

Appropriations: extend general revenue sharing (see H.R. 1400), 704 [29JA]

Armed Forces: cost of living adjustments for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H.R. 4671), 13526 [12JN]

———safety requirements relative to transportation of members on chartered aircraft (see H.R. 4014), 18908 [4AU]

Asbestos: information from manufacturers and inspection and sample requirements for owners of buildings (see H.R. 5369), 19951 [8AU]

Atomic power plants: establish international emergency response teams and inspection to assure safe operations (see H. Res. 445), 9211 [1MY]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4057, 4368), 5076 [17MR], 14742 [19JN]

Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 2017 [6FE]

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 6931 [9AP]

Bilingual Education Act: make Federal financial assistance available for children of limited English proficiency (see H.R. 4538), 12624 [5JN]

Canada: discontinue excise tax on tourism literature imported from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 241), 499 [23JA]

Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]

Children: protect rights of victims of abuse (see H.R. 5000), 13267 [11JN]

Civil service: cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 2978 [26FE]

Communications Act: clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programming (see H.R. 1840), 8212 [21AP]

———restrict obscene and indecent communications by phone (see H.R. 4439), 8477 [23AP]

Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 4269 [11MR]

Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: establish (see H.R. 5213), 17054 [21JY]

Constitution: amend relative to budget procedures (see H.J. Res. 643), 16747 [16JY]

———enforce guarantees (see H.R. 2320), 2293 [19FE]

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

Copyright: amend requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 4696), 8887 [29AP]

———make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 2132 [18FE]

Courts: establish specialized corps of Federal judges (see H.R. 1213), 27117 [29SE]

Crack/Cocaine Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 678), 18421 [31JY]

Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 7892 [17AP]

Elections: improve law relative to absentee registration and voting for uniformed services and persons who reside overseas (see H.R. 4393), 8888 [29AP]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 8213 [21AP]

EPA: establish an asbestos information clearinghouse (see H.R. 5078), 15286 [24JN]

———promulgate regulations requiring inspection for asbestos containing material (see H.R. 5073), 17693 [24JY]

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 Election Campaign Act: change certain contribution limits for congressional (see H.R. 3799), 10990 [15MY]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 745), 28824 [6OC]

Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]

Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 5566 [19MR]

Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 15605 [25JN]

Industry: improve competitiveness (see H.R. 4800), 10242 [9MY]

IRS: apply 3-year basis recovery rule to employees' annuities (see H.R. 5599), 27551 [1OC]

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

Lasker, Mary: special gold medal (see H.R. 4153), 23245 [12SE]

Let Freedom Ring Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 664), 15288 [24JN]

Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 8763 [28AP]

Medicare: payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2543), 4268 [11MR]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 6057 [25MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 25457 [23SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 617), 21247 [13AU]

National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]

National Air and Space Museum: authorize Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, and construct facilities (see H.R. 4183), 8411 [22AP]

National Air Traffic Control Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 14889 [23JN]

National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 24803 [19SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 18420 [31JY]

National Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 8412 [22AP]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 2294 [19FE]

National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 3854 [6MR]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 26076 [24SE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 5829 [20MR]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 3107 [27FE]

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 Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 16327 [14JY]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 1503 [4FE]

National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 2678 [25FE]

National Child Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 7893 [17AP]

National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 21735 [14AU]

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19117 [5AU]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 8213 [21AP]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 27552 [1OC]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 6932 [9AP]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 11449 [20MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 13074 [10JN]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 3107 [27FE]

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

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 14742 [19JN]

National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 10215 [8MY]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 601 [28JA]

National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 4704 [13MR]

National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 6931 [9AP]

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 Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 6929 [9AP]

National Housing Act: permanent authority to insure mortgages on single family dwellings (see H.R. 5039), 22737 [10SE]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 511), 18420 [31JY]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 14297 [18JN]

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

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 18670 [1AU]

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 2594 [24FE]

National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 2979 [26FE]

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

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 7556 [15AP]

National Park System: commemorative structure to promote understanding, knowledge, opportunity, and equality for all people (see H.J. Res. 666), 15771 [26JN]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 539), 3650 [5MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 27552 [1OC]

National Pension Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 600), 7555 [15AP]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 11449 [20MY]

National Poetry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 2132 [18FE]

National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 714), 29835 [8OC]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 3108 [27FE]

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

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 12625 [5JN]

National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 23474 [16SE]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 19952 [8AU]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483, 635), 1357 [3FE], 10703 [14MY]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 642), 14742 [19JN]

National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 2294 [19FE]

National Vaccine Program: establish (see H.R. 5546), 24686 [18SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 27426 [30SE]

National Women's Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 571), 11625 [21MY]

National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 23474 [16SE]

National Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 635), 10703 [14MY]

Natural gas: promote competition, open access to transportation, and encourage production (see H.R. 4604), 7689 [16AP]

Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 6932 [9AP]

Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 9553 [6MY]

OPM: study consequences of retroactively repealing 3-year basis recovery rule for pensions (see H.R. 5600), 29387 [7OC]

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

Polygraph examinations: set minimum standards for administration (see H.R. 3916), 4268 [11MR]

Postal Service: computing amount of deductions allowed to rural mail carriers for use of automobiles (see H.R. 4715), 9145 [30AP]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend certain sections (see H.R. 4669), 8476 [23AP]

Product Liability Risk Act: include coverage lines of insurance (see H.R. 5225), 17506 [23JY]

Public Health Service Act: extend health planning authority (see H.R. 5413), 21246 [13AU]

Railroad Retirement Act: prevent elimination of cost of living adjustments in annuities (see H.R. 4338), 3853 [6MR]

Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 13526 [12JN]

Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 6930 [9AP]

Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8411 [22AP]

Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8411 [22AP]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), 9553 [6MY]

Social Security: develop recommendations for correcting benefit disparities (see H.R. 1916), 9145 [30AP]

———protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 18011 [29JY]

———safeguard integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 4067), 13268 [11JN]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 14742 [19JN]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 646), 16747 [16JY]

State and local governments: set minimum polygraph examinations standards for administration (see H.R. 3916), 4268 [11MR]

Tariff Act: revenues levied on imports of textile machinery (see H.R. 2871), 18420 [31JY]

Taxation: deductibility of contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H. Res. 488), 17318 [22JY]

———deductibility of contributions to retirement accounts (see H. Res. 476), 15773 [26JN]

Territories (U.S.): accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of islands of Samoan group (see H.R. 3555), 9465 [5MY]

U.S.-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship: designate (see H.J. Res. 715), 22145 [15AU]

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

VA: exemption for housing loan programs from sequestration of budget authority (see H.R. 4775), 11184 [19MY]

———improve benefits for ex-POWs (see H.R. 4333), 18420 [31JY]

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

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]

———improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam era (see H.R. 4623), 18420 [31JY]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services: request President to convene (see H.J. Res. 244), 8888 [29AP]

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), 4268 [11MR]

Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 549), 10524 [13MY]

Remarks by, on

Adams United Methodist Church, Auburn, MS: anniversary, 27448 [30SE]

Ana G. Mendez Educational Foundation: educational consortium, 18829 [1AU]

Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (H.R. 3800), 3755 [5MR]

Jackson State University: educational consortium, 18829 [1AU]

———James A. Hefner, tribute, 18829 [1AU]

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory: educational consortium, 18829 [1AU]

Religion: anniversary of Adams United Methodist Church, Auburn, MS, 27448 [30SE]

Telecommunications Equipment and Services Act: enact (H.R. 3800), 3755 [5MR]