BARTON, JOE (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
Libyan Bombing: Anthony S. Vivona, 16240
Amendments offered by, to
Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 2436), 15605 [25JN], 15720, 15725 [26JN]
Appointments
Delegation to attend memorial service for space shuttle Challenger crew members, 1058 [30JA]
Articles and editorials
Contra Aid—The Stakes, Wall Street Journal, 5268 [18MR]
Far Worse Crisis, Michel T. Halbouty, Houston (TX) Chronicle, 8593 [24AP]
SDI—A Practical Step for Peace and Freedom, by, Bryan-College Station Eagle (publication), 21073 [12AU]
Shuttles Help To Produce Wide Range of Benefits, Stuart Diamond, New York (NY) Times, 4000
Speed Limits—U.S. May End Blackmail of States for 55 MPH, Dallas (TX) News, 26409 [26SE]
U.S. Stand on Oil Fee Shows a Troubling Inconsistency, Edward O. Vetter, Dallas (TX) News, 22050 [15AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
National Space Grant College Program: establish (see H.R. 4398), 4702 [13MR]
Public Health Service Act: specify method of determining State allotments (see H.R. 5007), 13267 [11JN]
Taxation: impose on importation of petroleum products (see H.R. 4828), 10989 [15MY]
Terrorism: protect U.S. citizens (see H.R. 4611), 7890 [17AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 10282 [12MY]
———require market loans for wheat, feed grains, and soybeans (see H.R. 5483), 25457 [23SE]
Angola Loan Restriction Act: enact (see H.R. 4145), 8411 [22AP]
Antitrust policy: amendments governing service as director of competing corporations (see H.R. 4248), 17693 [24JY]
———clarify and improve analysis of mergers (see H.R. 4247), 17693 [24JY]
———promote and improve efficient and effective enforcement (see H.R. 4250), 17693 [24JY]
Arid regions: exploitation and development of domestic energy sources (see H.R. 5437), 21735 [14AU]
Armed Forces: utilize against narcotic traffic along U.S. boundaries (see H.R. 5381), 22147 [15AU]
Aviation: uniform rules of liability damages arising out of accidents (see H.R. 4142), 18670 [1AU]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: facilitate compliance (see H. Res. 375), 2016 [6FE]
Banks and banking: flexibility with regard to energy and agricultural loans (see H.R. 4553), 7125 [10AP]
Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 2017 [6FE]
Berlin Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 13269 [11JN]
Bilingual Education Act: make Federal financial assistance available for children of limited English proficiency (see H.R. 4538), 12624 [5JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to procedures (see H.J. Res. 643), 22147 [15AU]
Business: relief for industries adjusting to increased imports (see H.R. 4251), 17693 [24JY]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]
Challenger II (space shuttle): NASA may accept gifts and donations (see H.R. 4231), 7127 [10AP]
Child abuse: protect rights of victims (see H.R. 3298), 2678 [25FE]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 2999), 7689 [16AP]
Children: protect rights of victims of abuse (see H.R. 5000), 13267 [11JN]
Children's Challenger Center for Space Science: establish (see H.J. Res. 607), 17054 [21JY]
Claiborne, Harry E.: impeachment (see H. Res. 487), 15287 [24JN]
Constitution: line-item veto on appropriations (see H.J. Res. 49), 16504 [15JY]
Consumers: promote interest and ensure free flow of products in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4766), 17054 [21JY]
Continental Scientific Drilling Program: direct cooperation of Federal entities in implementation (see H.R. 4523), 32329 [16OC]
Copyright: make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause of law (see H.R. 3890), 29834 [8OC]
Courts: establish limitations and procedures in civil cases under tort laws (see H.R. 4460), 10990 [15MY]
———establish specialized corps of Federal judges (see H.R. 1213), 12364 [4JN]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 21247 [13AU]
Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 9553 [6MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorize assistance for civilian law enforcement relative to border protection (see H.R. 5048), 19117 [5AU]
———flexibility and efficiency in procedures for closure and realignment of military installations (see H.R. 2984), 18228 [30JY]
———strengthen requirements for operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 13073 [10JN]
District of Columbia: council action on prohibition of discrimination (see H.J. Res. 663), 16967 [17JY]
Education: reduce default rates of student loans (see H.R. 3371), 704 [29JA]
Elections: time limits for completion of recounts for House of Representatives (see H.R. 4953), 17507 [23JY]
Energy: assist in providing for security in U.S. (see H.R. 4653), 13269 [11JN]
Ethiopia: express opposition to system of oppression (see H.R. 4076), 5076 [17MR]
Export Administration Act: authorize controls on capital (see H.R. 3736), 1357 [3FE]
Fallen Firefighter Statue and Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO: designate as National Fallen Firefighters Memorial (see H.R. 3436), 1357 [3FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish conditions for export of drugs (see H.R. 3995), 5829 [20MR]
Federal retirement funds: restore losses (see H.R. 3688), 2678 [25FE]
Fisheries: require treaty for relinquishing exclusive economic or conservation zone and establish international boundaries (see H.R. 3766), 499 [23JA]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 22147 [15AU]
Geological Survey: authorize water resources research (see H.R. 5526), 23473 [16SE]
Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]
Haiti: supporting democratic aspirations of people (see H. Res. 379), 7893 [17AP]
Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 14297 [18JN]
Individual retirement accounts: withdrawal to obtain job training or retraining (see H.R. 5091), 21131 [12AU]
International monetary system: U.S. representatives should oppose assistance for production of competitive agricultural products (see H.R. 3643), 3288 [28FE]
IRS: regulations on substantiation of deductions for use of business vehicles, 8888 [29AP]
Libya: calling for expulsion from the U.N. (see H. Con. Res. 313), 9147 [30AP]
———express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: allotment of funds under budget authority sequestration order (see H.R. 4556), 7125 [10AP]
LSC: terminate (see H.R. 4309), 3648 [5MR]
Medicare: sense of Congress that patients are entitled to accurate and timely information regarding benefits (see H. Con. Res. 221), 1504 [4FE]
Mines and mineral resources: assistance from multilateral banks (see H.R. 5537), 23669 [17SE]
Monopolies: prohibit rail carriers from denying access to shippers of certain commodities (see H.R. 1140), 1503 [4FE]
Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]
———utilize Armed Forces along U.S. boundaries (see H.R. 5381), 22147 [15AU]
NASA: appropriations (see H.R. 5495), 22737 [10SE]
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4691), 8762 [28AP]
———review and implement report by National Commission on Space (see H.R. 5366), 22367 [9SE]
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse: establish (see H.R. 3426), 4578 [12MR]
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 Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 4703 [13MR]
National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 16505 [15JY]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 6932 [9AP]
National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 27552 [1OC]
National Park System: commemorative structure to promote understanding, knowledge, opportunity, and equality for all people (see H.J. Res. 666), 15771 [26JN]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 27552 [1OC]
National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 33159 [17OC]
Natural gas: promote competition, open access to transportation, and encourage production (see H.R. 4604), 7689 [16AP]
NIH: transfer research monkeys to custody of Primarily Primates, Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 351), 13268 [11JN]
Petroleum: incentives for domestic production of oil and gas (see H.R. 4553), 7125 [10AP]
———revitalize oil and gas production (see H.R. 5596), 26369 [25SE]
Postal Service: rates for periodicals mailed to counties adjacent to county of publication (see H.R. 5350), 26076 [24SE]
Power resources: encourage exploration and production of domestic (see H.R. 4476), 5897 [21MR]
———exploitation and development in hostile areas (see H.R. 5437), 21735 [14AU]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal prohibitions against petroleum and natural gas (see H.R. 4402), 4702 [13MR]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 10990 [15MY]
San Diego County, CA: settlement of water rights claims of La Jolla, Rincon, San Pasqual, Pauma, and Pala Bands of Mission Indians (see H.R. 4468), 8477 [23AP]
Savings Bonds Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 4121 [10MR]
SBA: establish within Dept. of Commerce (see H.R. 4621), 7891 [17AP]
Sec. of HHS: publish statistical data relative to incidence of adoptions (see H.R. 5029), 13525 [12JN]
Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 26428 [26SE]
Social Security: improve treatment of small rural hospitals and sole community (see H.R. 4788), 18011 [29JY]
———make permanent and improve benefits to individuals who work despite severe medical impairment (see H.R. 4450), 6931 [9AP]
———provide increases in old age benefits with due regard to cost of living (see H.J. Res. 731), 24687 [18SE]
———restore trust fund losses (see H.R. 3688), 2678 [25FE]
———safeguard integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 4067), 12624 [5JN]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 14297 [18JN]
Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]
———limit number of nationals serving mission to U.N. (see H.R. 3600), 5829 [20MR]
———seating of Ukrainian and Byelorussian in the U.N. (see H. Res. 383), 5309 [18MR]
Tax Reform Act: reinstate deduction for individual retirement accounts (see H. Res. 488), 30218 [10OC]
Taxation: affirming intent of Congress to oppose increase (see H. Res. 573), 28179 [2OC]
———allow homeowners to deduct prepaid interest on principal residence (see H.R. 4849, 4911), 13526 [12JN], 16967 [17JY]
———charitable deduction for benefit of an institution of higher education (see H.R. 5694), 30218 [10OC]
———deny exemption deduction for child who lives temporarily after abortion (see H.R. 4041), 498 [23JA]
———effective date of municipal bonds reform provisions (see H. Con. Res. 279), 4578 [12MR]
———repeal certain restrictions on oil and gas benefits after transfer of property (see H.R. 4643), 8212 [21AP]
———repeal windfall profit (see H.R. 5318), 18669 [1AU]
———repeal windfall profit on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 4887), 11947 [22MY]
———requirement to substantiate deduction for business use of vehicle (see H.R. 4299), 5566 [19MR]
Telephone: obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 4439), 19952 [8AU]
Terrorism: Armed Forces to guard citizens and air carriers at airports outside U.S. (see H.R. 5026), 13525 [12JN]
———grants to local governments for innovative plans for deep draft ports and international airports (see H.R. 3712), 4121 [10MR]
Texas: adjust boundaries of areas of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4685), 8477 [23AP]
———authorize Corps of Engineers to issue permits for construction of water resources project (see H.R. 4693), 11949 [22MY]
Trade Act: disapproving President's recommendation to extended waiver authority (see H. Res. 475), 13526 [12JN]
United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 23016 [11SE]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 16504 [15JY]
———variable rates of interest on National Service Life Insurance loans (see H.R. 5275), 23016 [11SE]
Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 6057 [25MR]
Documents
Tax Reform Pledge: Americans for Tax Reform, 27531 [1OC]
Essays
Aviation in My Community: Arianne Wiese, 12817
Letters
Indian foreign trade policies, Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 33660
Remarks by, on
Aliens: status adjustment for Cubans and Haitians, 30064 [9OC]
Antiterrorist Act: enact (H.R. 4611), 7833 [17AP]
Atomic power plants: 100th commercially operable, 5340
Border Patrol: increase personnel, 30054
Budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (H. Con. Res. 296), 4661 [13MR]
Challenger (space shuttle): space program disaster, 4000
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: meetings during sessions, 22642 [10SE]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 22735 [10SE]
Construction Industry Labor Law Act: amend (H.R. 281), 7872 [17AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 21073 [12AU]
Dept. of the Treasury: independent Social Security trust fund, 17294
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5161), 16943
Easterwood Airport, TX: new facilities, 12817
Ecology: acid rain reductions with natural gas use, 7600
Economic conditions: impact of declining oil prices, 3635 [5MR]
Fair Share Low-Income Energy Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 4556), 7596
Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 5268 [18MR]
Great Basin National Park and Preserve, NV: establishment, 9130, 9131 [30AP]
Immigration Control and Legalization Act: amend (H.R. 3810), 26403
Journal: question of approval, 6829 [9AP]
Labor unions: construction industry, 7872 [17AP]
Libya: economic sanctions, 15645
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: allotment of funds under sequestration order (H.R. 4556), 7596
Motor vehicles: 55 mph speed limit, 26409 [26SE]
NASA: appropriations (H.R. 5495), Senate amendments, 31570 [15OC]
———space shuttle program, 4000
National Wilderness Preservation System: adjust boundaries in State of Texas (H.R. 4685), Senate amendments, 32796
Natural gas: acid rain reductions, 7600
Nevada Wilderness Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3302), 9130, 9131 [30AP]
Nicaragua: covert aid for military and paramilitary operations, 5268 [18MR]
Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 2436), 15701, 15713, 15720, 15723, 15724, 15725 [26JN]
Oil and Natural Gas Commission, India: foreign trade procedures, 33660
Petroleum: import fee, 22049 [15AU]
———U.S. dependence on imports, 22049 [15AU]
———windfall profit tax, 8556
Petroleum industry: declining prices of domestic crude, 3635 [5MR]
Power resources: oil and gas exploration, 8592 [24AP]
———100th commercially operable atomic power plants, 5340
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend certain sections, 22353 [9SE]
Quorum: call, 6829 [9AP]
Reagan, President: budget proposal, 4661 [13MR]
SALT II Treaty: adherence to numerical sublimits (H. Con. Res. 350), 14709
SBA: programs funding, 16943
Social Security: cost of living adjustments, 33577
———independent trust fund, 17294
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 21073 [12AU]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 3129), 22112 [15AU]
Taxation: oil windfall profits, 8556
———pledge not to raise, 27531 [1OC], 28164 [2OC]
———repeal windfall profit tax (H.R. 5318), 18658 [1AU]
Terrorism: U.S. response to international, 7833 [17AP]
Texas: 55 mph speed limit, 26409 [26SE]
———impact of declining oil prices, 3635 [5MR]
Texas A&M University: new facilities at Easterwood Airport, 12817
Texas Wilderness Act: amend (H.R. 4685), Senate amendments, 32796
Texas Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act: enact (H.R. 4685), Senate amendments, 32796
Wilderness areas: inclusion of certain lands in National Wilderness Preservation System, 9130, 9131 [30AP]
Woodlands, TX: McCullough High School commencement, 16240
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3851 [6MR], 5268, 5306 [18MR], 7553 [15AP], 7833 [17AP], 8407 [22AP], 8592 [24AP], 12622 [5JN], 15603 [25JN], 16943 [17JY], 17690 [24JY], 18658 [1AU], 21073 [12AU], 22049 [15AU], 22353 [9SE], 26403, 26427 [26SE], 30054, 30064 [9OC], 31570, 32154 [15OC], 33156 [17OC]
Special order: granted, 3387 [3MR], 14740 [19JN], 33156 [17OC]
Statements
Atomic Power Plants: Glenn Seaborg (1952), 5340
SALT II Treaty: Jimmy Carter (excerpts), 14709 [19JN]
Tributes
Loeffler, Representative, 29361 [7OC]