ATKINS, CHESTER G. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 5300, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 26359 [25SE]
———S. 1965, reauthorizing and revising Higher Education Act, 17644 [24JY]
Articles and editorials
Low-Intensity Conflict, Sara Miles, Pittsfield (MA) Berkshire Eagle (series), 30124
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Sec. of Labor: establish and carry out demonstration project in States may utilize unemployment compensation accounts (see H.R. 4449), 5565 [19MR]
Thailand: commending for its extraordinary humanitarian contribution to refugee community (see H. Res. 594), 32156 [15OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: clarify certain authorities (see H.R. 4568), 24802 [19SE]
Aeronautics: uniform rules of liability damages arising out of accidents (see H.R. 4142), 21131 [12AU]
AFDC: establish uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see H.R. 5698), 32329 [16OC]
Agriculture: charge cost of water delivered to reclamation project for production of surplus program crop (see H.R. 5608), 31219 [14OC]
———establish occupational health and safety standard on field sanitation (see H.R. 4029), 12364 [4JN]
———payment limitation provisions of annual farm programs (see H.R. 5432), 30117 [9OC]
Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 25374 [22SE]
American Armored Force: monument in Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 19461 [6AU]
Antiballistic Missile Treaty: defense programs should remain in conformance (see H. Con. Res. 336), 26428 [26SE]
Arms race: sense of Congress that escalation will threaten security (see H. Con. Res. 36), 9776 [7MY]
Asbestos: prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for inadequate tort remedies (see H.R. 1626), 601 [28JA]
Atomic weapons: limit deployment and maintenance of strategic with arms limitation agreements (see H.R. 4919), 12364 [4JN]
———mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 3442), 2496 [20FE]
CCC: excess cheese be made available to States (see H.R. 5145), 23670 [17SE]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1780 [5FE]
Chemical and biological warfare: prohibit production of binary nerve gas and encourage negotiations on international level (see H.R. 5142), 19745 [7AU]
Child Nutrition Act: improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990), 13267 [11JN]
Children: create remedies for victims of pornography (see H.R. 5509), 26428 [26SE]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 4567), 7126 [10AP]
Commission To Investigate Federal Involvement With the Immigration and Nazi Collaborators: establish (see H.R. 3814), 3480 [4MR]
Communications Act: increase educational and informational television programming for children (see H.R. 3216), 499 [23JA]
Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 6932 [9AP]
Community food and nutrition programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]
Congressional Budget Act: provide for 2-year budgeting cycle (see H.R. 382), 33159 [17OC]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 11948 [22MY]
Copyright: amend requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 4696), 11625 [21MY]
———conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 8762 [28AP]
———make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 16504 [15JY]
Courts: establish specialized corps of Federal judges (see H.R. 1213), 12364 [4JN]
———jurisdiction over Social Security benefits entitlements (see H. Res. 400), 12625 [5JN]
de Sousa Mendes, Aristides: tribute (see H. Res. 469), 26076 [24SE]
Defense procurement: operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 20744 [11AU]
Dependent care programs: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]
Dog racing: prohibit use of live animals as visual lures (see H.R. 5402), 24687 [18SE]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 7555 [15AP]
Drug abuse: grants to States for prevention, early detection, and treatment programs in schools (see H.R. 5378), 20743 [11AU]
Drugs: prevent denial of employment by restricting use of tests (see H.R. 5530), 31219 [14OC]
Drunken driving: claims for certain willful and malicious injuries (see H.R. 5586), 29387 [7OC]
Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
———establish effective schools and encourage joint parent-child approaches (see H.R. 4463), 5828 [20MR]
———establish training to improve competitiveness in international trade (see H.R. 4728), 9210 [1MY]
Education Day U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 7367 [14AP]
Education of the Handicapped Act: allotment formula (see H.R. 4043), 498 [23JA]
———reauthorize discretionary and early intervention programs for infants, toddlers, and families (see H.R. 5520), 24803 [19SE]
EEOC: time limitation for review and action on charges under Civil Rights Act (see H. Con. Res. 359), 25457 [23SE]
Elections: protect voting rights (see H.R. 1453), 25374 [22SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: grants for dropout prevention demonstration projects (see H.R. 3042), 14742 [19JN]
Employment: establish commission to study salary replacement for leave in cases of birth, adoption, or serious health conditions (see H.R. 4300), 15287 [24JN]
———prevent denial by restricting use of drug tests (see H.R. 5530), 31219 [14OC]
EPA: promulgate regulations requiring inspection for asbestos containing material (see H.R. 5073), 15286 [24JN]
———set standards for identification and abatement of asbestos in schools (see H.R. 4311), 13269 [11JN]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 561), 7556 [15AP]
Federal aid: enhance employment prospects of recipients of families with dependent children (see H.R. 5698), 32329 [16OC]
Federal Aviation Act: prohibit smoking on passenger carrying aircraft (see H.R. 5661), 29387 [7OC]
Federal Election Campaign Act: change certain contribution limits for congressional (see H.R. 3799), 12624 [5JN]
Firearms: prohibit manufacture and importation of certain (see H.R. 4194), 15287 [24JN]
Follow Through Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]
Food stamp plan: improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990), 13267 [11JN]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 5076 [17MR]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 745), 28824 [6OC]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 22147 [15AU]
Geological Survey: assessment of quality of Nation's ground and surface water resources (see H.R. 3906), 13526 [12JN]
———authorize water resources research (see H.R. 5526), 23473 [16SE]
Government contracts: prohibit high ranking Federal civilian officers from representing foreign principal for 10 years after leaving service (see H.R. 3733), 9145 [30AP]
Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 16747 [16JY]
Handicapped: Social Security benefits to individuals who work despite severe medical impairment (see H.R. 4450), 26428 [26SE]
Hazardous substances: emergency response procedures (see H.R. 5396), 27426 [30SE]
Head Start Program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4421), 6057 [25MR]
Health: undertake research for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (see H.R. 5553), 28179 [2OC]
Indians: moratorium on eviction and relocation of Navajo and Hopi tribes (see H.R. 4872), 16746 [16JY]
Iron and steel industry: allow companies 15-year carryback of investment credit (see H.R. 5327), 22147 [15AU]
Job training: improve and establish Federal programs (see H.R. 5720), 32329 [16OC]
Job Training Partnership Act: amend (see H.R. 4115), 2294 [19FE]
———establishment of education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 4054), 1503 [4FE]
Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 10524 [13MY]
Kangaroos: prohibit importation of products (see H.R. 2952), 15287 [24JN]
Labor unions: prohibition of strikes or lockouts with Maine Central Railroad Co. and Portland Terminal Co. (see H.J. Res. 683), 17692 [24JY]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 716), 27426 [30SE]
Medicaid: establish uniform eligibility and benefit levels (see H.R. 5698), 32329 [16OC]
———quality assurance system for homecare services (see H.R. 5680), 30116 [9OC]
Medicare: community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (see H.R. 5457), 23473 [16SE]
———quality assurance system for homecare services (see H.R. 5680), 30116 [9OC]
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), 20744 [11AU]
Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 21247 [13AU]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 27551 [1OC]
National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 7556 [15AP]
National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 22147 [15AU]
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, 737), 2017 [6FE], 27117 [29SE]
National Child Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 8888 [29AP]
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 Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 21131 [12AU]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 21736 [14AU]
National Day of Excellence: commemorate (see H.J. Res. 588), 24687 [18SE]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 18908 [4AU]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 11449 [20MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 694), 19117 [5AU]
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 20744 [11AU]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 26370 [25SE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 6930 [9AP]
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 10215 [8MY]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 24687 [18SE]
National Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 1779 [5FE]
National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 657), 24803 [19SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 14297 [18JN]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 6932 [9AP]
National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 8888 [29AP]
National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 29387 [7OC]
National School Lunch Act: improve availability of benefits (see H.R. 4990), 13267 [11JN]
National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 23474 [16SE]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483), 1357 [3FE]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 9146 [30AP]
National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 2979 [26FE]
National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 740), 28180 [2OC]
Natural gas: establish competitive leasing and modify procedures for onshore Federal lands (see H.R. 4741), 27426 [30SE]
Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]
NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 28180 [2OC]
Occupational disease: establish system for identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death (see H.R. 1309), 16504 [15JY]
Office of Civil Rights Assessment: establish (see H.R. 5179), 16746 [16JY]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 24803 [19SE]
Petroleum: establish competitive leasing and modify procedures for onshore Federal lands (see H.R. 4741), 27426 [30SE]
———imposition of import fee (see H. Res. 12), 2594 [24FE]
Postal Service: change of address forms may be furnished to State authority (see H.R. 1668), 27117 [29SE]
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on status of implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 648), 24687 [18SE]
Printing: reduce paperwork burden (see H.R. 3508), 2293 [19FE]
Public buildings: restrict smoking to designated areas (see H.R. 4488), 17819 [28JY]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 6930 [9AP]
SBA: modify authority to make disaster loans (see H.R. 5328), 24803 [19SE]
Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 6931 [9AP]
Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 6931 [9AP]
School-based adolescent health services demonstration projects: establish (see H.R. 5377), 19951 [8AU]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 7555 [15AP]
Sec. of the Interior: clarify certain authorities (see H.R. 4568), 24802 [19SE]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 5510), 32329 [16OC]
Social Security: establish protocols for organ procurement and standards for agencies (see H.R. 5587), 33159 [17OC]
———permit States to provide coverage for poor elderly or disabled (see H.R. 4882), 11624 [21MY]
———permit States to provide prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care to low-income women (see H.R. 4630), 10990 [15MY]
———safeguard integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 4067), 23473 [16SE]
Social Security Disability Insurance Program: efficient and compassionate management (see H. Con. Res. 408), 30117 [9OC]
South Africa: prohibit loans and other investments (see H.R. 4868), 12625 [5JN]
Soviet Union: persecution of members of Ukrainian and public Helsinki monitoring groups (see H. Con. Res. 332), 22367 [9SE]
Sub-Saharan Africa Natural Resource and Environmental Management Training and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 4908), 23670 [17SE]
Sugar: provide entry only from friendly developing countries and restore quota for Philippines (see H.R. 5512), 27551 [1OC]
Taxation: disallow deductions for advertising or promotion expenses for sales of tobacco products (see H.R. 3950), 13268 [11JN]
———establish publicity campaign to encourage voluntary tax compliance (see H.R. 4253), 7555 [15AP]
———one-time amnesty from criminal and civil penalities (see H.R. 4286), 3287 [28FE]
———reinstate Superfund tax (see H.R. 4107), 5566 [19MR]
Timor Island: annexation of eastern portion (see H. Con. Res. 244), 13269 [11JN]
Tobacco: ban promotion of products (see H.R. 4972), 13073 [10JN]
Tongass National Forest: annual appropriations to support timber management and resource conservation (see H.R. 5291), 26370 [25SE]
U.N. Participation Act: provide civil action for recovery from persons engaging in torture (see H.R. 4756), 15605 [25JN]
U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the U.N.: establish (see H.J. Res. 417), 13269 [11JN]
U.S.-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship: designate (see H.J. Res. 715), 22145 [15AU]
Unemployment insurance: improve and establish Federal programs (see H.R. 5720), 32329 [16OC]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 7555 [15AP]
White House Conference on Library and Information Services: request President to convene (see H.J. Res. 244), 12130 [3JN]
White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 5477), 22145 [15AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 1503 [4FE]
Work Incentive Program: reform (see H.R. 4986), 13267 [11JN]
Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 704 [29JA]
Year of the Reader: designate (see H.J. Res. 671), 26076 [24SE]
Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 30218 [10OC]
Elected to
Committee on Education and Labor, 661 [29JA]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 17957 [29JY]
Proclamations
Bread and Roses Strike, Lawrence, MA: by, 22192
Remarks by, on
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (H.R. 4567), 16718
Armenian Martyrs' Day: commemoration, 8384
Budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (H. Con. Res. 296), 4668 [13MR]
Charlestown, MA: preservation of Great House in City Square, 19677
Congressional budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (H. Con. Res. 337), 10694 [14MY]
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust: observance, 9537
Ecology: acid rain, 16718
Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 30124
Ghinis, Boris, and family: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 26584
Government spending: reduce, 10694 [14MY]
Higher Education Act: reauthorizing and revising (S. 1965), 26038 [24SE]
Holocaust: commemoration, 9537
Jews: Andrew White/Mikhail Yusim twinning, 3575
———efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 2243
Labor: Lawrence, MA, Bread and Roses Strike anniversary, 22192
Lawrence, MA: Bread and Roses Strike anniversary, 22192
———John J. Buckley, tribute, 14484
Littleton, MA, Explorer Post 1: tribute, 33585
Massachusetts: history of battle against tyranny, 16526
Music: Chet Atkins, tribute, 4009
Nicaragua: foreign relations, 30124
Reagan, President: budget proposal, 4668 [13MR]
Scharansky, Anatoly: emigration from Soviet Union, 2243
South Africa: textile trade agreement with U.S., 17995 [29JY]
Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 2243
———free emigration of Jews, 12610
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 3129), 19677
Textile industry and fabrics: trade agreement with South Africa, 17995 [29JY]
Yusim, Mikhail: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 3575
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2129 [18FE], 3479 [4MR], 3647 [5MR], 3851 [6MR], 12981 [9JN], 14295 [18JN], 16502 [15JY], 17995 [29JY], 19677 [7AU], 22141 [15AU], 22736 [10SE], 26038 [24SE], 26427 [26SE], 29832 [8OC], 32328 [16OC]
Resignations
Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 17957 [29JY]
Statements
Declaration of Independence From Nuclear Tyranny: Kathy Brough and Ann Eno, 16526
Tributes
Atkins, Chet, 4009
Banks, Earl and Ellen, 33585
Buckley, John J., 14484
Powell, Mary J., 22765
White, Andrew, 3575