McCLOSKEY, FRANK (a Representative from Indiana)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 18230-18231 [30JY]
Articles and editorials
Poem Written About Challenger, Associated Press, 2637 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
International trade: require preparation of domestic industry impact statements before Federal assistance is furnished (see H.R. 4772), 9775 [7MY]
Libya: prohibit awarding of defense contract for purchase of crawler tractors (see H.R. 4773), 9775 [7MY]
———prohibit equipment contracts with firms in which it has interest (see H.R. 5066), 14741 [19JN]
Sec. of Defense: defer award of contract to Defense Construction Supply Center Solicitation for purchase of tractors (see H. Con. Res. 315), 7126 [10AP]
Skelton, Richard (Red): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5510), 23244 [12SE]
Toxic Substances Control Act: establish requirements for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (see H.R. 5141), 15771 [26JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: CCC loans to grain storage facilities (see H.R. 5386), 21131 [12AU]
———early and direct entry into producer's wheat and feed grain reserve program (see H.R. 5387), 21131 [12AU]
———loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 9147 [30AP]
Air traffic controllers: permit the reappointment (see H.R. 4003), 4703 [13MR]
All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program: assistance for apprenticeship or on-the-job training (see H.R. 3747), 19745 [7AU]
Annuities: treat as if 3-year basis recovery rule had not been repealed (see H.R. 5600), 26370 [25SE]
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: defense programs should remain in conformance (see H. Con. Res. 336), 11949 [22MY]
Atomic power plants: establish international emergency response teams and inspection to assure safe operations (see H. Res. 445), 9211 [1MY]
Atomic weapons: limit deployment and maintenance of strategic with arms limitation agreements (see H.R. 4919), 12625 [5JN]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4025, 4057), 6057 [25MR], 6638 [8AP]
Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 6057 [25MR]
Canada: expansion of furniture trade (see H.R. 3644), 14078 [17JN]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1504 [4FE]
Child abuse: minimize additional trauma to victim and improve criminal prosecution (see H.R. 5692), 30217 [10OC]
Civil service: cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 2293 [19FE]
Coal: commercialization of new clean retrofit technologies (see H.R. 4856), 12625 [5JN]
———offset competitive advantage of foreign producers (see H.R. 1905), 499 [23JA]
Communications Act: encoding of satellite-transmitted programming (see H.R. 3989), 7127 [10AP]
Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 3107 [27FE]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 22146 [15AU]
Controlled Substances Act: amend relative to cocaine penalties (see H.R. 5195), 17693 [24JY]
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act: amend relative to cocaine penalties (see H.R. 5195), 17693 [24JY]
Cooperative Extension Service: fund (see H. Res. 413), 7556 [15AP]
Copyright: amend requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 4696), 8887 [29AP]
———conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 2678 [25FE]
———make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 4703 [13MR]
Courts: jurisdiction over Social Security benefits entitlements (see H. Res. 400), 12625 [5JN]
Crime and criminals: funds to States for implementing protective reforms to investigation and adjudication of child sex abuse (see H.R. 5692), 30217 [10OC]
———prohibit high ranking Federal civilian officers from representing foreign principal for 10 years after leaving service (see H.R. 3733), 4703 [13MR]
Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 9553 [6MY]
de Sousa Mendes, Aristides: tribute (see H. Res. 469), 22738 [10SE]
Dept. of Defense: establish national special operations agency (see H.R. 5109), 15769 [26JN]
———exclude contracts of a hostile government or national who owns or controls significant interest (see H.R. 4273), 7892 [17AP]
———reorganize (see H.R. 4370), 4703 [13MR]
Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
EEOC: require Federal entities to prohibit employment discrimination (see H.R. 5165), 16503 [15JY]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 12130 [3JN]
Employment: establish commission to study salary replacement for leave in cases of birth, adoption, or serious health conditions (see H.R. 4300), 8596 [24AP]
Employment Act: promote genuine recovery and full employment (see H.R. 1398), 19745 [7AU]
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), 8763 [28AP]
ERISA: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 8213 [21AP]
———moratorium on certain retirement plan revisions (see H.R. 3121), 8213 [21AP]
Export Administration Act: place restrictions on exporting crude oil from Cook Inlet, AK (see H.R. 3817), 7127 [10AP]
Farm Credit Act: competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 22737 [10SE]
Federal employees: expand class eligible for refunds under health benefits fund (see H.R. 4061), 1357 [3FE]
———strengthen protections against prohibited personnel practices (see H.R. 4033), 235 [22JA]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 2678 [25FE]
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]
Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: expand boundries and increase funding for land acquisition (see H.R. 4037), 498 [23JA]
Insurance: facilitate ability of organizations to establish risk retention groups (see H.R. 4301), 16504 [15JY]
Jewish Heritage Week: proclamation (see H.J. Res. 606), 8212 [21AP]
Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 10216 [8MY]
Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8213 [21AP]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4422), 8411 [22AP]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 16504 [15JY]
Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 688), 28179 [2OC]
Medicare: payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2543), 4268 [11MR]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 704 [29JA]
Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
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 Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 25374 [22SE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 18420 [31JY]
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 20744 [11AU]
National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 2678 [25FE]
National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 29387 [7OC]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 7690 [16AP]
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), 22738 [10SE]
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 Conference on Cities and Towns: authorize (see H.R. 3833), 2132 [18FE]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 27552 [1OC]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 28332 [3OC]
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), 16505 [15JY]
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 Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 19745 [7AU]
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 6057 [25MR]
National Guard: accord technicians competitive status for purposes of transferring to competitive service (see H.R. 5218), 17317 [22JY]
———recognize role played in national defense (see H.J. Res. 220), 5829 [20MR]
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 Homelessness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 632), 11449 [20MY]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 23474 [16SE]
National Infection Control Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 9465 [5MY]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 527), 6057 [25MR]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 10524 [13MY]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 5076 [17MR]
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: establish (see H.R. 2436), 9553 [6MY]
National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 26370 [25SE]
National Pension Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 600), 7555 [15AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 3108 [27FE]
National Reading Is Fun Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 7556 [15AP]
National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 10243 [9MY]
National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 2979 [26FE]
National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 740), 29387 [7OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 27426 [30SE]
National Year of the Americas: designate (see H.J. Res. 640), 11448 [20MY]
Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]
Occupational disease: establish system for identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death (see H.R. 1309), 5829 [20MR]
OPM: study consequences of retroactively repealing 3-year basis recovery rule (see H.R. 5600), 26370 [25SE]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 9212 [1MY]
Postal Service: appointment, pay, and status of Postmaster General and Deputy (see H.R. 4866), 11624 [21MY]
———computing amount of deductions allowed to rural mail carriers for use of automobiles (see H.R. 4715), 19461 [6AU]
———rates for periodicals mailed to counties adjacent to county of publication (see H.R. 5350), 20744 [11AU]
Printing: reduce paperwork burden (see H.R. 3508), 1357 [3FE]
Product Liability Risk Act: include coverage lines of insurance (see H.R. 5225), 17506 [23JY]
Retirees: prohibit companies filed for bankruptcy from discontinuing medical and life insurance benefits (see H.R. 5283), 18011 [29JY]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 8412 [22AP]
Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8411 [22AP]
Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8411 [22AP]
Sec. of the Treasury: deposit amounts in trust funds amount equal to interest lost through disinvestment during fiscal year (see H.R. 3634), 5829 [20MR]
Social Security: assist severely disabled to attain or maintain maximum potential (see H.R. 2902), 12364 [4JN]
———eliminate 3% trigger for cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4633), 16967 [17JY]
———prohibit hearings relative to benefits involving representative from certain Federal or State agencies (see H.R. 3854), 11184 [19MY]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 15772 [26JN]
South Africa: continuing acts of oppression (see H. Res. 462), 13269 [11JN]
Soviet Union: comply with long-term grain agreement (see H. Con. Res. 405), 29387 [7OC]
———persecution of members of Ukrainian and public Helsinki monitoring groups (see H. Con. Res. 332), 14079 [17JN]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 646), 16747 [16JY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 2017 [6FE]
Taxation: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 8213 [21AP]
———deduction for excise and tariff portion of business' cost of goods and services (see H. Res. 404), 7690 [16AP]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 8212 [21AP]
Terrorism: establish Federal criminal offense for acts against nationals abroad, 18420 [31JY]
United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 22147 [15AU]
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), 10990 [15MY]
———improve readjustment counseling for Vietnam era (see H.R. 4623), 18420 [31JY]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 1503 [4FE]
World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]
Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 3481 [4MR]
Youth: make grants for suicide prevention programs (see H.R. 4650), 10990 [15MY]
Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 33159 [17OC]
Elected to
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 9191 [1MY]
Poems
``Ode to the Space Explorers,'' Lincoln Elementary School, Evansville, IN, students, 2637
Remarks by, on
Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend (H.R. 1614), 3823
Agriculture: cooperative extension services, 3021 [27FE]
———farm debt crisis, 219 [22JA]
———importance to economy and security, 5872
Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5177), 17672 [24JY]
Apollo I Program: ground test fire, 2635
Arms control: atomic weapons tests ban treaty, 2935 [26FE]
Atomic weapons: tests ban (H.J. Res. 3), 2935 [26FE]
Bankruptcy: prohibit certain companies from canceling retirees' life insurance and health benefits (H.R. 5283), 18147 [30JY]
Business: prohibit certain companies filing for bankruptcy from canceling retirees' life insurance and health benefits (H.R. 5283), 18147 [30JY]
CCC: loans for storage facility construction, 17672 [24JY]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (H.J. Res. 540), 5459 [19MR]
Challenger (space shuttle): space program disaster, 2635
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 21088 [12AU]
———award of contract to firm owned partly by Libya (H. Con. Res. 315), 10464 [13MY]
———award of contract to firm owned partly by Libya (H. con. Res. 315), 9711 [7MY]
Employment: Indiana layoffs, 23601 [17SE]
EPA: establish requirements for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 5141), 16277
Foreign trade: industrial displacement, 11840 [22MY]
———U.S. policy, 11840 [22MY], 23601 [17SE]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4800), 11840 [22MY]
Libya: award of Dept. of Defense contract to firm owned partly by Government (H. Con. Res. 315), 10464 [13MY]
———award of Dept. of Defense contract to firm owned partly by Government (H. con. Res. 315), 9711 [7MY]
———U.S. military response to terrorist acts, 7526 [15AP]
McAuliffe, Sharon C. (Christa): space program disaster, 2635
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, 25088
Nicaragua: military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 540), 5459 [19MR]
Reagan, President: policy toward agriculture, 219 [22JA], 3021 [27FE]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 21088 [12AU]
Toxic Substances Control Act: establish requirements for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (H.R. 5141), 16277
Wheat trade: referendum on national marketing quota (H.R. 1614), 3823
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 219 [22JA], 2494 [20FE], 2593 [24FE], 2935 [26FE], 3021 [27FE], 7526 [15AP], 9711 [7MY], 10464 [13MY], 15765 [26JN], 17672 [24JY], 18147 [30JY], 21088 [12AU], 23601 [17SE], 24800 [19SE]
Indiana: recount procedure in 8th Congressional District, 9103, 9104, 9105 [30AP]
———seat as Member of House, 9103, 9104, 9105 [30AP]
Special order: granted, 17690 [24JY]
Reports
Committee on Armed Services, 9762 [7MY]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 9762 [7MY]
Resolutions by organizations
Challenger (space shuttle) disaster: North Knox East Elementary and Junior High School, IN, 8th grade class, 2635
Tributes
Grissom, Virgil I. (Gus), 2635