CHAFEE, JOHN H. (a Senator from Rhode Island)
Addresses
Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association's Award Ceremony: John Howitt, 29942
Our Global Environment and the Greenhouse Effect—The Next Challenge: by, 6196-6197 [26MR]
Prospects for a Canada/U.S. Trade Agreement: Allan E. Gotlieb, 5435
Strategic Defense Initiative: by (excerpt), 18975 [4AU]
Amendments offered by, to
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (S. 283), 5175 [18MR]
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: amend and extend (S. 1813), 15997 [26JN]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), 9078 [30AP]
Central interstate low-level radioactive waste compact: grant consent (S. 655), 20930 [12AU]
Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (S. 2701), 21583, 21619 [14AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), 18982 [4AU], 19258, 19282 [5AU], 19587 [6AU], 20154 [8AU], 20420 [9AU]
Dept. of Defense Reorganization Act: enact (S. 2295), 9913 [7MY]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5313), 28012 [2OC]
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (S. 740), 28549 [3OC]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2180), 11220 [19MY]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (S. 2792), 29039 [6OC]
Higher Education Act: reauthorizing and revising (S. 1965), 12248 [3JN]
Indian reservations: gaming activities (H.R. 1920), 25141 [22SE], 26182 [25SE]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain fisheries activities (S. 991), 31292, 31447, 31458 [15OC]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (S. 2706), 25042-25045 [19SE]
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 30644 [14OC]
Prompt Payment Act: require Federal Government to pay interest on overdue obligations (S. 2479), 31252, 31447 [15OC]
Public lands and military reservation conservation programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 1352), 28541 [3OC]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 13116, 13117, 13142 [10JN], 14542, 14622, 14624, 14627 [19JN], 14827 [20JN], 14962 [23JN]
Wetlands Loan Act: extend (H.R. 4531), 28550 [3OC]
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (H.R. 4350), 31307, 31459 [15OC]
Analyses
Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act (S. 2663), 17119
Appointments
Committee on Television Broadcast Trial Period, 9967 [8MY]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 668, increase statutory limit of public debt, 20365 [9AU]
———H.R. 2005, Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act, 2074 [7FE]
———H.R. 3129, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 26165 [25SE]
———H.R. 3838, Tax Reform Act, 16419 [15JY]
———H.R. 5300, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 26151 [25SE]
———S. 2405, Federal-Aid Highway Act, 26165 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Deadly Tide of Plastic Waste Threatens World's Oceans and Aquatic Life, Bayard Webster, New York (NY) Times, 15313 [25JN]
Employers, Applicants, United at Job Fair for the Handicapped, Steve Winter, Providence (RI) Journal, 13671 [13JN]
Fast Fries Fried in What? New York (NY) Times, 16539 [16JY]
Feds Should Chew on Fast-Food Standards, Atlanta (GA) Constitution, 13164
Hockey Through the Hockey Years, Dick Reynolds, Providence (RI) Journal Bulletin, 8101 [21AP]
Land Is Our Land, Robert L. Bendick Jr., New York (NY) Times, 32618
Let People Know What They're Eating, Michael F. Jacobson, New York (NY) Times, 10424
Name That Fast Food, New York (NY) Times, 10425
On the Scene, Robert Sullivan, Sports Illustrated (magazine), 8099 [21AP]
Rhode Island Power Eyes Another Crown, Martin Zabell, USA Today (publication), 8100 [21AP]
Risk Seen in Saturated Fats Used in Fast Foods, Irvin Molotsky, New York (NY) Times, 10422
Security for Parents—Monitoring of Group Homes by Consumers, Gerald Provencal and Ruth Taylor, Exceptional Parent (publication), 11262 [20MY]
Sell Missiles To Kill Americans?, Senator DeConcini, New York (NY) Times, 9377 [5MY]
Strategic Homeporting Is a Necessity, C.A.H. Trost, Reserve Officer's Association National Security Report (publication), 19546 [6AU]
Titles on the Ice, USA Today (publication), 8100 [21AP]
U.S. Should Keep SALT II Limits, Senator Heinz, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 7042
What's the Beef? New York (NY) Times, 10424
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Animals: prohibit use of subtherapeutic doses of penicillin, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline in animal feed (see S. 2935), 32580 [16OC]
Antibiotic Safety Act: enact (see S. 2935), 32580 [16OC]
Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act: enact (see S. 2720), 19240 [5AU]
Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (see S. 2446), 10405 [13MY]
Fishing boats: owner's liability (see S. 2546), 13366 [11JN]
Imports: provide parallel in order to continue savings for U.S. consumers (see S. 2614), 15949 [26JN]
National Park Resources Act: enact (see S. 2092), 2708 [25FE]
Plastic Waste Reduction Act: enact (see S. 2596), 15434 [25JN]
Price Competitive Products Act: enact (see S. 2614), 15949 [26JN]
Tariff: temporarily suspend duty on 3-nitro phenyl-4-beta-hydroxy sulfone (see S. 2361), 8534 [23AP]
———temporarily suspend duty on 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aniline (see S. 2360), 8534 [23AP]
———temporarily suspend duty on certain stuffed toy figures (see S. 2399), 9299 [1MY]
Taxation: treatment of business development companies (see S. 2568), 14424 [18JN]
Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act: enact (see S. 2663), 17104 [21JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Adult Literacy Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 358), 13128 [10JN]
Afghanistan: welcome resistance alliance (see S.J. Res. 365), 14424 [18JN]
Agricultural Patent Reform Act: enact (see S. 1093), 407 [23JA]
Air Carrier Access Act: enact (see S. 2703), 18107 [30JY]
American Indian Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 390), 22589 [10SE]
American Physiologists Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 408), 32603 [16OC]
Anti-Mercantilism Trade Act: enact (see S. 2660), 20559 [11AU]
Antitrust Remedies Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2162), 4485 [12MR]
Armed Forces: allow servicemen to sue U.S. for medical damages (see S. 489), 16377 [14JY]
Arms control: President's no-undercut policy concerning strategic offensive agreements (see S. Con. Res. 112), 3957 [6MR]
———U.S.-Soviet meeting in Iceland (see S. Res. 502), 29549 [8OC]
Arms sales: transfer of Stinger antiaircraft missiles (see S. 2286), 9417 [5MY]
Bankruptcy: prevent discharge of administratively ordered support obligations (see S. 1889), 169 [21JA]
Beall, J. Glenn, Sr.: designate Cumberland terminus of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in honor of (see S. 1766), 618 [28JA]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 284), 5945 [21MR]
Cancer: employment discrimination (see S. Con. Res. 165, 166), 26536 [26SE]
Challenger (space shuttle): space program disaster (see S. Res. 299), 613 [28JA]
Challenger II (space shuttle): NASA may accept gifts and donations (see S. 2054), 2616 [24FE]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal to family (see S. 2202), 5158 [18MR]
Children: improved systems of caring for dependence on medical technology in the home (see S. 1793), 5683 [20MR]
Cigarette Smoking Public Service Announcements Act: enact (see S. 2434), 10289 [12MY]
Civil liberties: U.S.-Soviet meeting in Iceland (see S. Res. 502), 29549 [8OC]
Clean Air Act: amend to better protect against interstate transport of pollutants and to control acid deposition (see S. 2200), 5158 [18MR]
Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see S. 2067, 2074), 2190, 2199 [18FE]
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York Rail Improvements Compact: granting consent of Congress (see S. 2936), 32580 [16OC]
Crack/Cocaine Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 464), 25852 [24SE]
Defense procurement: liability of contractors for losses from certain atomic weapons testing (see S. 2454), 26539 [26SE]
Dept. of Defense: require President to make annual report on national strategy to certain congressional committees (see S. 2064), 10853 [15MY]
Digital Audio Tape Tariff Act: enact (see S. 2842), 24969 [19SE]
Education: require physical fitness programs for all children (see S. Con. Res. 145), 14619 [19JN]
El Salvador: reaffirming our friendship and sympathy (see S.J. Res. 427), 31436 [15OC]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 343), 15992 [26JN]
Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act: enact (see S. 2209), 5945 [21MR]
Espionage: provide for criminal forfeiture of proceeds derived from activities and rewards for informants providing information leading to arrests (see S. 1654), 9667 [6MY]
Export-Import Bank Act: amend and extend (see S. 2247), 6318 [26MR]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: amend to provide that any attorney who collects debts on behalf of a client shall be subject to the provisions of such act (see S. 951), 9667 [6MY]
Fair Housing Act: amend (see S. 2040), 1397 [3FE]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 303), 5665 [20MR]
Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2020), 1922 [6FE]
Firearms: prohibit importation of plastic or nonmetallic (see S. 2401), 12494 [4JN]
Foreign trade: eliminate certain export credit trade practices and establish tied aid credit facility (see S. 2246), 6318 [26MR]
Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2164), 4485 [12MR]
Great Britain: thank Margaret Thatcher for support of U.S. military response to Libyan terrorist acts (see S. Res. 412), 11715 [21MY]
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund: interim funding (see S. 2212), 5665 [20MR]
Hazardous substances: repayable advance to Superfund Program (see S.J. Res. 399), 21601 [14AU]
Health: restrict smoking to designated areas in Federal Government buildings (see S. 1937), 12078 [2JN]
Higher Education Act: reauthorizing and revising (see S. 1965), 10425 [13MY]
Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 2081, 2444), 2530 [20FE], 10405 [13MY]
Immigration and Nationality Act: modification of English language requirement for naturalization (see S. 1296), 20930 [12AU]
Infant Mortality Prevention Act: enact (see S. 2288), 7785 [16AP]
Infant Mortality Reduction and Child Health Act: enact (see S. 2667), 17104 [21JY]
Interlocking Directorate Act: enact (see S. 2163), 4485 [12MR]
Ireland Fund: recognizing achievements (see S. Con. Res. 125), 8538 [23AP]
Japan: tariff on exports of chocolate (see S. Res. 465), 20551 [11AU]
Lang, Eugene: recognize for contributions to the education and the lives of disadvantaged young people (see S. Res. 435), 19578 [6AU]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 413), 23574 [16SE]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 279), 3970 [6MR]
Medicaid: strengthen services to low-income pregnant women and children (see S. 2333), 7957 [17AP]
Medicare: require timely payment of properly submitted claims (see S. 2576), 14595 [19JN]
Medicare Home Health Care Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2494), 14825 [20JN]
Medicare Information Act: enact (see S. 2554), 13711 [13JN]
Medicare Quality Protection Act: enact (see S. 2331), 7957 [17AP]
Merger Modernization Act: enact (see S. 2160), 4485 [12MR]
Month of Developmentally Disabled Persons: designate (see S.J. Res. 389), 19575 [6AU]
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 329), 21615 [14AU]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 410), 26181 [25SE]
National Carpet and Floorcovering Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 307), 7032 [9AP]
National Children's Accident Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 344), 10610 [14MY]
National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 359), 26539 [26SE]
National Civil Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 391), 20551 [11AU]
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (see S. 1209), 2738 [25FE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 328), 18982 [4AU]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 386), 19578 [6AU]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 362), 13836 [16JN]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 265), 2199 [18FE]
National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 244), 12078 [2JN]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 333), 10302 [12MY]
National Guard: recognize and honor (see S.J. Res. 300), 5665 [20MR]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 357), 12773 [5JN]
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 317), 7007 [9AP]
National Interstate Highway Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 351), 11315 [20MY]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 401), 21601 [14AU]
National Kidney Program Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 367), 17251 [22JY]
National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 363), 14178 [17JN]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 261), 790 [29JA]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 256), 798 [29JA]
National Neighborhood Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 341), 10289 [12MY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 314), 12781 [5JN]
National Park System Resources Preservation and Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 2130), 3321 [28FE]
National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 417), 26181 [25SE]
National Reading Is Fun Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 286), 6560 [27MR]
National Science Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 251), 2739 [25FE]
National Software Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 332), 16826, 16858 [17JY]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 257), 303 [22JA]
National TRIO Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 109), 2708 [25FE]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 311), 27703 [1OC]
National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see S.J. Res. 403), 33503 [17OC]
National Year of the Americas: designate (see S.J. Res. 350), 11218 [19MY]
Naval Aviation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 335), 9320 [1MY]
New Clean Air Act: enact (see S. 2203), 5158 [18MR]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: funding rescission (see S. Con. Res. 106), 1922 [6FE]
Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (see S. 2340), 8066 [18AP]
Older Americans Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 267), 2739 [25FE]
O'Reilly, Anthony J.F.: recognizing achievements (see S. Con. Res. 125), 8538 [23AP]
Patent law and legislation: protect patent owners from importation into the U.S. of goods made overseas by use of a U.S. patented process (see S. 1543), 407 [23JA]
Petroleum: improve compensation and liability laws for oilspills (see S. 2799), 25028 [19SE]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 404), 23574 [16SE]
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on status and implementation of recommendations (see S.J. Res. 327), 7957 [17AP]
Promoting Competition in Distressed Industries Act: enact (see S. 2161), 4485 [12MR]
Reagan, President: congratulations on 75th birthday (see S. Res. 336), 1886 [6FE]
Roads and highways: States use of apportioned highway trust funds (see S. 2951), 33840 [18OC]
SALT II Treaty: compliance (see S. Res. 431), 14425 [18JN]
Salute to School Volunteers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 407), 29026 [6OC]
Santa Fe Trail: historic designation (see S. 2845), 26181 [25SE]
Senate: improve procedures (see S. Res. 28), 1729 [5FE]
Shays' Rebellion Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 423), 30506 [14OC]
Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: support (see S. Res. 398), 10066 [8MY]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 360), 14825 [20JN]
Superfund: extend authority to collect taxes (see S. 2211), 5665 [20MR]
———reauthorizing (see S. 2840), 24969 [19SE]
Superfund Program: repayable advance (see S.J. Res. 399), 21601 [14AU]
Tax Carryover Limitation Act: enact (see S. 2207), 5420 [19MR]
Taxation: deduction for tobacco advertising expenses (see S. 1950), 1729 [5FE]
———oil import fee (see S. Res. 335), 1886 [6FE]
Thatcher, Margaret: thank for support of U.S. military response to Libyan terrorist acts (see S. Res. 412), 11715 [21MY]
Timor Island: Indonesian invasion and occupation of eastern portion (see S. Con. Res. 108), 18572 [31JY]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: extend (see S. 2026), 790 [29JA]
U.S. Committee for the Battle of Normandy Museum: recognize and support efforts to encourage U.S. awareness and understanding of memorial (see S.J. Res. 356), 12773 [5JN]
U.S. Disabled Ski Team: support and encourage (see S. Res. 298), 1240 [30JA]
Unfair Trade Concessions Requirements Act: enact (see S. 2226), 17843 [28JY]
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: enact (see S. 2539), 17579 [24JY]
Universal Child Immunization Act: enact (see S. 1917), 7409 [14AP]
Urban Development Action Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see S. 2067), 2199 [18FE]
Urban Mass Transportation Act: require construction management oversight on major capital projects (see S. 1931), 169 [21JA]
VA: establish Readjustment Counseling Professional Fellowship Program (see S. 2359), 12241 [3JN]
White House Conference on Library and Information Services: convene (see S.J. Res. 112), 29550 [8OC]
White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see S. 2588), 25028 [19SE]
Women's History Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 253), 1729 [5FE]
World Food Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 296), 4786 [13MR]
Books
``Work, Wealth, and Happiness of Mankind,'' H.G. Wells (excerpt), 20793
Cloture motions
Conrail: transfer ownership (S. 638), motion to proceed to consideration, 61 [21JA], 369 [23JA]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), 19228 [5AU]
Genocide Convention: Senate ratification, 2185 [18FE]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: enact (S. 1200), conference report, 31494 [15OC], 33181 [17OC]
Metropolitan Washington Airports Transfer Act: enact (S. 1017), motion to proceed to consideration, 5659 [20MR]
Documents
Antiballistic Missile Treaty (excerpt), 18974 [4AU]
Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton (excerpt), 6123 [25MR]
Letters
Cement used in Federal highway projects: Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 25748 [24SE]
———Douglas A. Riggs, Dept. of Commerce, 25748, 25750 [24SE]
———Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 25747 [24SE]
———George Pesce, Consolidated Ready Mix Concrete, 25751 [24SE]
———Roland Fiore, Jr., Fiore Ready-Mix Co., Inc., 25752 [24SE]
Cigarette excise tax: President Reagan, 24858 [19SE]
Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: Sandra S. Polin, American Diabetes Association, Inc., 13164
Greenhouse effect study: several Senators, 27982
Headstart Program, 2532
Naval fleet dispersal program: by, and Senator Warner, 19545 [6AU]
Teenage pregnancy: Eleanor Chelimsky, GAO, 23681 [17SE]
Lists
Organizations supporting 32 cent cigarette excise tax, 24856 [19SE]
Motions offered by
Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act: enact (S. 2250), concur in House amendment, 31303 [15OC]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Act: enact (S. 1374), concur in House amendment, 33365 [17OC]
National Kidney Program Day: designate (S.J. Res. 367), concur in House amendments, 31303 [15OC]
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (H.R. 4350), concur in House amendments, 31307 [15OC]
Press releases
FEC releases new PAC count: FEC, 20793
Remarks by, on
Africa: AID submission of plan for famine relief and rehabilitation, 3702 [5MR]
Agarkov, Boris, and family: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 8713
Agriculture: farm payments, 32482 [16OC]
Air Carrier Access Act: enact (S. 2703), 18122 [30JY]
American Physiologists Week: designate (S.J. Res. 408), 31280 [15OC]
Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (H.R. 4868), veto message, 27846 [2OC]
Antiballistic Missile Treaty: compliance, 20250 [9AU]
Antibiotic Safety Act: enact (S. 2935), 32593 [16OC]
Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act: enact (S. 2250), House amendments, 31297 [15OC]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 738), 26947 [29SE], 27825 [2OC]
———continuing (H.J. Res. 738), conference report, 32461, 32477, 32478, 32482, 32485, 32486, 32488, 32489, 32494, 32500, 32507 [16OC]
———making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), 12715, 12716, 12748 [5JN], 12891
———making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), conference report, 15828
———making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), conference report, concur in House amendments, 15852, 15856 [26JN]
Armed Forces: use to address penetration of U.S. by aircraft and vessels carrying narcotics, 26740 [27SE]
Arms sales: transfer of Stinger antiaircraft missiles (S. 2286), 9334
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act: enact (H.R. 5073), 28584, 28585 [3OC]
Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act: enact (S. 2720), 19253
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 1813), 15903
Atomic power plant accident: Soviet Union, 9263 [1MY]
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, LA: establish, 28645 [3OC]
Berlin National Fish Hatchery: convey to the State of New Hampshire, 28650 [3OC]
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Act: enact (S. 1374), 29485 [8OC]
———enact (S. 1374), House amendments, 33362-33365 [17OC]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield: tax treatment, 27569 [1OC]
Budget: changes in spending and revenue provisions (H.R. 3128), House amendments, 4883-4884, 4900 [14MR]
———constitutional amendment on a balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 6123 [25MR]
———establish procedures for the expedited consideration by the Congress of certain rescission legislation submitted by the President, 24850 [19SE]
———reconciliation pursuant to section 2 of concurrent resolution (S. 2706), 24850, 24855-24857 [19SE]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), 8526 [23AP], 8917 [29AP], 9045, 9055 [30AP]
Campaign Finance Reform Act: enact (S. 1806), 20792
Canada: trade with U.S., 5435
Cargo Preference Act: expand application, 25755 [24SE]
CCC: advance recourse loans to producers of wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice, 3700 [5MR]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (S.J. Res. 283), 6518 [27MR]
Central interstate low-level radioactive waste compact: grant consent (S. 655), 20792
Central Valley Project and State Water Project, CA: provide for coordinated operation (H.R. 3113), conference report, 31304 [15OC]
Challenger (space shuttle): memorial marker for astronauts placed in Arlington National Cemetery, VA (S. Con. Res. 134), 13154 [10JN]
Cigarettes: excise tax, 24855-24857 [19SE]
Clean Water Act: amend (S. 1128), conference report, 32391-32393, 32403 [16OC]
———wastewater construction grants, 27977 [2OC]
Commission on Americans Outdoors: tribute, 32618
Committees: meetings during sessions, 14628 [19JN], 16634 [16JY]
Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act: enact (S. 2701), 21565, 21567, 21583 [14AU], 21760, 21865 [15AU]
Conrail: transfer ownership (S. 638), 785 [29JA], 1213 [30JA]
Conrail Public Sale Act: enact (S. 638), 785 [29JA]
Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (S. 410), conference report, 21776, 21778 [15AU]
Corr, Edwin G.: nomination, 21778 [15AU]
Daylight saving time: extend, 11212 [19MY]
Daylight savings time: extension, 9932
Defense Mapping Agency: proposed shutdown of West Warwick, RI, office, 20284 [9AU]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), 18973-18975 [4AU], 19502-19505 [6AU], 20117 [8AU], 20250, 20268, 20284 [9AU]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), cloture motion, 19533 [6AU]
———modify provisions relative to the succession to duties of the secretaries of the military departments, 9851 [7MY]
———prohibit funds for T-46 trainer aircraft, 32461 [16OC]
Dept. of Defense Reorganization Act: enact (S. 2295), 9851 [7MY]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5313), 27974, 27977, 27982
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5233), 22571, 22580 [10SE]
Developing countries: protection of biological diversity (H.R. 2958), 26967 [29SE]
Digital Audio Tape Tariff Act: enact (S. 2842), 25020
Drug abuse: provide additional requirements for Dept. of Defense support of interdiction activities, 26707, 26708 [27SE]
———Tiogue Elementary School, Coventry, RI, Just Say No Club, 29585
Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs, 26707, 26708, 26712, 26724, 26725, 26740, 26753 [27SE], 27179 [30SE]
———funding, 8526 [23AP]
Egypt: economic assistance, 26947 [29SE]
Electric Consumers Protection Act: enact (S. 426), 13154 [10JN]
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (S. 740), 28645-28648 [3OC]
Environmental protection: international negotiations to protect ozone layer, 29536 [8OC]
EPA: funding for Radon Research Program, 27825 [2OC]
———study of ozone depletion, greenhouse effect, and climate change, 27974, 27982
Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2211), 13152 [10JN]
Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (S. 2446), 10420
FDA: enforce Federal labeling requirements relative to fast food (S. 2446), 13164
Federal Employee Substance Abuse Education and Treatment Act: enact, 26712 [27SE]
Federal employees: drug tests, 3565
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2180), 9932
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (S. 2792), 28960 [6OC]
Federal Pre-Trial Diversion Program: restore, 26753 [27SE]
Federal-Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2405), 25599 [23SE], 25746, 25747, 25751, 25754, 25755 [24SE]
Firearms: limit manufacture and importation of armor-piercing ammunition (S. 104), 3896 [6MR]
———prohibit importation of plastic or nonmetallic (S. 2401), 12955
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1406), 17776 [25JY]
Fish and wildlife programs: management, 28616-28618 [3OC]
Fishing boats: owner's liability (S. 2546), 13368
Florida: funding agreement for construction of a Metromover project in Miami, 15828
Food: importance of ingredient labeling, 6588
Food Security Improvements Act: enact (S. 2143), 3700-3702 [5MR]
Foreign Assistance Act: amend (H.R. 2958), 26967 [29SE]
Foreign trade: Buy American philosophy, 32488, 32489 [16OC]
GAO: report on teenage pregnancy, 23681, 23689 [17SE]
Genocide Convention: Senate ratification, 2347 [19FE]
Great Britain: support of U.S. military response to terrorist acts, 7761 [16AP]
Great Lakes: flood control, 12715, 12716 [5JN]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ratification, 29884 [9OC]
Handicapped: assist severely disabled individuals to attain maximum potential for independence in community and family life (S. 873), 18049, 18050 [30JY], 31249 [15OC]
Hawaii: exemption from Federal-Aid Highway Act for H-3 Highway, 25599 [23SE]
Higher Education Act: reauthorizing and revising (S. 1965), 26170 [25SE]
Horsepasture River, NC: designate as component of National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2826), 31308 [15OC]
Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 2081), 2531
———enact (S. 2444), 16353
Imports: provide parallel in order to continue savings for U.S. consumers (S. 2614), 15982
Indian reservations: gaming activities (H.R. 1920), 26182
Indians: protection for water quality, 32403 [16OC]
Individual retirement accounts: tax deductions, 13348 [11JN]
Infant Mortality Reduction and Child Health Act: enact (S. 2667), 17125
Ireland, Northern: economic assistance, 15852, 15856 [26JN]
Israel: economic assistance, 26947 [29SE]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 8713
———Soviet persecution, 8713
Job Training Partnership Act: amend (S. 2069), 13154 [10JN]
John W. Little Co., Pawtucket, RI: tribute, 23581
Just Say No Club, Coventry, RI: tribute, 29585
Klamath Indian Tribe Restoration Act: enact (H.R. 3554), 21775 [15AU]
Ladd School, Exeter, RI: closing of institution for the developmentally disabled, 18049 [30JY]
Leadership in Educational Administration Development Program: funding, 22580 [10SE]
Manion, Daniel A.: nomination, 15308 [25JN]
Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association: award to Senator Stafford and Representative Waxman, 29941
Medicare: add funding in order to allow a change in the method of calculating deductibles, 8917 [29AP]
———require timely payment of properly submitted claims (S. 2576), 14612 [19JN]
Medicare/medicaid: health care issues, 33301 [17OC]
Mexico: foreign relations, 14541 [19JN]
Motion Picture Academy: Rhode Island filmmakers receive award nomination, 2215
Mount St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket, RI: tribute to hockey team, 8098 [21AP]
Narcotics: eliminate sugar quota of countries with governments involved in trade, 26724, 26725 [27SE]
———foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic, 26707, 26708, 26712, 26724, 26725, 26740, 26753 [27SE], 27179 [30SE]
National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs: nomination confirmed, 13162 [10JN]
National Bowling Week: designate (S.J. Res. 388), 31281 [15OC]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 426), 31280 [15OC]
National Homelessness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 347), 13154 [10JN]
National Kidney Program Day: designate (S.J. Res. 367), House amendment, 31303 [15OC]
National Park System Resources Act: enact (S. 2092), 2708 [25FE]
Natural gas: decontrol of old, 12891
New Clean Air Act: enact (S. 2203), 5165 [18MR]
Nicaragua: military assistance to Contras (S.J. Res. 283), 6518 [27MR]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain fisheries activities (S. 991), 31281, 31292 [15OC]
Nongame Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1406), 17776 [25JY]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: funding rescission (S. Con. Res. 106), 2404 [19FE]
Oil industries: ban on imports of vessels and platforms used for oil exploration and production on Outer Continental Shelf, 32485, 32488, 32489 [16OC]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 5300), conference report, 33301 [17OC]
———enact (S. 2706), 24850, 24855-24857 [19SE]
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 26707, 26708, 26712, 26724, 26725, 26740, 26753 [27SE], 27179 [30SE]
Petroleum: increase tariff by $10 per barrel, 18491, 18492 [31JY]
Philippines: economic assistance, 26947 [29SE]
Plastic Waste Reduction Act: enact (S. 2596), 15312 [25JN]
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on status and implementation of recommendations (S.J. Res. 327), 7905 [17AP]
Price Competitive Products Act: enact (S. 2614), 15982
Prompt Payment Act: require Federal Government to pay interest on overdue obligations (S. 2479), 31251, 31252, 31279 [15OC]
Public contracts: Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act (S. 2250), House amendments, 31297 [15OC]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 668), 18491, 18492, 18526, 18527 [31JY]
Public lands and military reservation conservation programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 1352), 28616-28618 [3OC]
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: reform and modify remedies for civil action, 32500 [16OC]
Railroads: sale of Conrail, 785 [29JA], 1213 [30JA]
Roads and highways: States use of apportioned highway trust funds (S. 2951), 33762
SALT: reaffirm commitment (S. Con. Res. 112), 3858-3860 [6MR]
SALT II: atomic weapons limits, 7042
SALT II Treaty: compliance, 8156
———compliance (S. Res. 431), 14300 [18JN]
Saudi Arabia: prohibit sale of certain defense articles and related defense services (S.J. Res. 316), 9624 [6MY]
———prohibit sale of certain defense articles and related defense services (S.J. Res. 316), veto, 12651 [5JN]
Senate: calendar, 21763 [15AU]
———executive calendar, 13158 [10JN], 31309 [15OC]
———executive session, 13158 [10JN], 21778 [15AU], 31309 [15OC]
———legislative program, 11261 [20MY], 12626 [5JN], 13127, 13152, 13153, 13162 [10JN], 21760, 21780 [15AU], 31248, 31280 [15OC]
———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, 31309 [15OC]
———notify President of consent to nominations, 31310 [15OC]
———radio and television coverage of proceedings (S. Res. 28), 1835 [6FE]
———recess, 13163 [10JN]
Social Security: assist severely disabled individuals to attain maximum potential for independence in community and family life (S. 873), 11261 [20MY], 13670 [13JN], 15311 [25JN], 16538 [16JY], 18049, 18050 [30JY], 31249 [15OC]
Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 28435-28440 [3OC]
South Africa: economic sanctions, 27846 [2OC]
———U.N. sanctions, 21583 [14AU]
Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident, 9263 [1MY]
———efforts of Jews to emigrate, 8713
Sports: tribute to Ken Read, 8562
Stafford, Senator: award from Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association, 29941
State and local government employees: cash or deferred arrangements, 15040 [24JN]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 18973-18975 [4AU], 20117 [8AU], 20250 [9AU]
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 28435-28440 [3OC]
Taney (vessel): transfer Coast Guard cutter to Baltimore, MD (H.R. 5598), 31303 [15OC]
Tariff: temporarily suspend duty on 3-nitro phenyl-4-beta-hydroxy sulfone (S. 2361), 8536
———temporarily suspend duty on 4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxy aniline (S. 2360), 8536
———temporarily suspend duty on certain stuffed toy figures (S. 2399), 9305
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 12468 [4JN], 13163 [10JN], 13348 [11JN], 13584, 13600, 13601 [12JN], 14341, 14355 [18JN], 14499, 14502-14503, 14522, 14524, 14534, 14543-14545, 14563, 14564 [19JN], 15033, 15040 [24JN]
———enact (H.R. 3838), conference report, 26592, 26657, 26685 [27SE], 27569 [1OC]
Taxation: allow a taxpayer to deduct either State and local income taxes or sales taxes, 13600, 13601 [12JN]
———delete the exception for working interests in oil and gas property from the definition of passive activity, 13584 [12JN]
———minimum tax rate, 13348 [11JN]
———mortgage interest deduction, 13600, 13601 [12JN]
———multiple-class mortgage-backed securities, 15033 [24JN]
———provide a third rate bracket for individual taxpayers at 35%, 14341 [18JN]
———transitional rule for estate and gift treatment of disclaimers of property, 14563, 14564 [19JN]
———treatment of business development companies (S. 2568), 14437 [18JN]
Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act: enact (S. 2663), 17117
Teenage pregnancy: GAO report, 23680, 23689 [17SE]
Terrorism: enhance U.S. capabilities to combat, 19502-19505 [6AU]
———use of Stinger missiles, 9334
Tiogue Elementary School, Coventry, RI: tribute, 29585
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: extend (S. 2026), 794 [29JA]
Trade and National Security Enhancement Act: enact (S. 2765), 21763 [15AU]
Trade Expansion Act: amend relative to relief for industries vital to the national security which are threatened by imports, 20268 [9AU]
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer: ratification, 17562 [24JY]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant charter (S. 8), 6959 [9AP]
Water quality: Central Valley Project and State Water Project, CA, 31304 [15OC]
Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (S. 1128), conference report, 32391-32393, 32403 [16OC]
Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: enact (H.R. 6), conference report, 33335 [17OC]
Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1567), 4963 [14MR], 6228, 6231 [26MR]
Waxman, Representative: award from Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association, 29941
Wetlands Loan Act: extend (H.R. 4531), 28650 [3OC]
———extend (H.R. 4531), House amendments, 33807 [18OC]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (S. 2588), 18129
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: amend (H.R. 4350), House amendments, 31307 [15OC]
Work Incentive Program: funding, 22571 [10SE]
———restore funding, 9055 [30AP]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Special order: granted, 3736 [5MR], 11239 [19MY], 12275 [3JN], 13635 [12JN], 14192 [17JN], 15179 [24JN], 16451 [15JY], 17954 [29JY], 19320 [5AU], 23592 [16SE], 27318 [30SE]
Reports
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (H.R. 5073) (excerpts), 28585 [3OC]
Committee on Environment and Public Works, 8683 [24AP], 23572 [16SE], 25611 [23SE], 29926 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (excerpt), 18974 [4AU]
Statements
Arms Control Treaties: Elliot Richardson, 18974 [4AU]
Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: John M. Poindexter, 12651 [5JN]
———Libya, 12652 [5JN]
Construction of Wastewater Treatment Facilities: William Ruckelshaus, 32393 [16OC]
Economic Sanctions Against South Africa: Senators Lugar and Kassebaum, 27847 [2OC]
Fast Food Ingredients Disclosure: American Heart Association, 10422
———Michael Jackson, 10421
Gasoline Tax: by, 18494 [31JY]
Importance of Bottomland Hardwoods in Southeast: Council on Environmental Quality, 4963 [14MR]
Mexican Drug Trafficking—A Serious Problem of Crisis Proportion: Senator Hawkins, 11263 [20MY]
SALT II: by, 3859 [6MR]
Wastewater Construction Grants: William Ruckelshaus, 27977 [2OC]
Studies
Teenage Pregnancy—500,000 Births a Year but Few Tested Programs: GAO, 23682-23688 [17SE]
Summaries
Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act (S. 2720), 19255
Tables
Funding levels for municipal waste water projects, 32393 [16OC]
Telegrams
Cement used in Federal highway projects: William A. Baugh, Independent Cement Corp., 25752 [24SE]
Testimonies
Fast Food Ingredients Disclosure: sundry excerpts, 10423
Texts of
S. 2092, National Park System Resources Act, 2709-2711 [25FE]
S. 2399, temporarily suspend duty on certain stuffed toy figures, 9305
S. 2446, Fast Food Ingredient Information Act, 10421
S. 2546, Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act, 13369
S. 2568, tax treatment of business development companies, 14437 [18JN]
S. 2596, Plastic Waste Reduction Act, 15314 [25JN]
S. 2614, Price Competitive Products Act, 15983
S. 2663, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection Act, 17118
S. 2720, Asbestos Information Clearinghouse Act, 19254
S. 2935, Antibiotic Safety Act, 32594 [16OC]
Tributes
Blue, Edward L., 17136
East, John P., 17191 [22JY]
French, William J., 174
Hawkins, Senator, 11264 [20MY]
Newbold, Robert C., 8489 [23AP]
Perez, Peter R., 2828 [26FE]
Read, Ken, 8562
Rivers, Philip R., 17566 [24JY]
Thatcher, Margaret, 7761 [16AP]
Tributes to retiring Members
Mathias, Senator, 33362 [17OC]