SPENCE, FLOYD (a Representative from South Carolina)

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), 662 [29JA]

Conferee: H.R. 4420, Military Retirement Reform Act, 13188 [11JN]

———S. 2638, National Defense Authorization Act amendments, 24069 [18SE]

Articles and editorials

Rare Tribute—Thurmond Portrait Hung in SC in Senate, Columbia (SC) State, 6822 [8AP]

Shortsighted on Stockpiles? Representative Bennett, Washington (DC) Times, 12531 [4JN]

Thurmond Portrait Unveiled in Senate, Florence (SC) News, 6821 [8AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: forgo foreclosure of certain loans and adjust schedule for repayment terms based on borrower's prospective cash flow (see H.R. 5372), 19951 [8AU]

Sec. of Agriculture: make commodities available to producers in designated disaster areas (see H.R. 5330), 18669 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 5288), 18227 [30JY]

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

Astronauts: authorizing establishment of a memorial (see H.J. Res. 504), 13269 [11JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4017, 4057, 4075), 3108 [27FE], 12129 [3JN], 15605 [25JN]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 9466 [5MY]

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), 8477 [23AP]

Blue Angels: authorize Postmaster General to issue commemorative stamp to honor (see H.J. Res. 245), 1357 [3FE]

Boxing Commission: establish (see H.R. 2127), 1503 [4FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 1779 [5FE]

Communication satellites: penalties for interference and uniform standards for encryption (see H.R. 5476), 29834 [8OC]

Communications Act: restrict obscene and indecent communications by phone (see H.R. 4439), 15287 [24JN]

Constitution: line-item veto on appropriations (see H.J. Res. 49), 9776 [7MY]

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

Copyright: conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 3388 [3MR]

Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 5308 [18MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish national special operations agency (see H.R. 5109), 15769 [26JN]

Drugs: ban on reimportation, restrictions on samples, and resales purchased by hospitals (see H.R. 4820), 28824 [6OC]

Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22738 [10SE]

Ethics in Government Act: financial disclosure by legislative employees who are cleared for access to classified information (see H.R. 4082), 1073 [30JA]

Export Administration Act: place restrictions on exporting crude oil from Cook Inlet, AK (see H.R. 3817), 6057 [25MR]

Farm Credit Act: competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 23245 [12SE]

Federal employees: forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction of felony (see H.R. 3388), 10990 [15MY]

———uniform cost of living adjustments under retirement programs (see H.R. 5104), 32156 [15OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: registration of nonprofit entities which provide health services and sell prescription drugs (see H.R. 4482), 30117 [9OC]

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1666), 10215 [8MY]

Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]

Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 6057 [25MR]

Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 14297 [18JN]

Humane Products Testing Act: enact (see H.R. 1877), 2132 [18FE]

Indian Economic Development Act: enact (see H.R. 3597), 11948 [22MY]

Japan: pay an annual security fee to U.S. of 2% (see H. Con. Res. 27), 11449 [20MY]

Language and languages: English as official for U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 127), 14078 [17JN]

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), 8477 [23AP]

Maine Central Railroad Co. and Portland Terminal Co.: provide for settlement of labor-management dispute (see H.J. Res. 728), 24803 [19SE]

Medicaid: quality assurance system for homecare services (see H.R. 5680), 30116 [9OC]

Medical University of South Carolina: waiver of certain requirements of Social Security Act's title XIX (see H.R. 5648), 28331 [3OC]

Medicare: quality assurance system for homecare services (see H.R. 5680), 30116 [9OC]

Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]

Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22738 [10SE]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 28179 [2OC]

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), 7555 [15AP]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 25457 [23SE]

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), 20744 [11AU]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 7892 [17AP]

National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]

National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 25374 [22SE]

National defense stockpile: establishment by law of goals (see H.R. 3743), 2978 [26FE]

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 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), 27426 [30SE]

National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15772 [26JN]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 5076 [17MR]

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 Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 1779 [5FE]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 511), 19745 [7AU]

National Infection Control Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 10991 [15MY]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 22367 [9SE]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 29387 [7OC]

National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 28179 [2OC]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 25457 [23SE]

National Telecommunicators' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 536, 649), 5308 [18MR], 13770 [16JN]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 642), 14078 [17JN]

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

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), 5566 [19MR]

Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 2979 [26FE]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: fair competition in distribution of motor fuel (see H.R. 2406), 22146 [15AU]

President: repeal restricting article of Constitution on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 687), 21736 [14AU]

Public Health Service Act: encourage and assist States in establishing protocols for identifying organ and tissue donors (see H.R. 4945), 15605 [25JN]

Queens County, NY: designate Joseph P. Addabbo VA Extended Care Center at St. Albans (see H.R. 5472), 22145 [15AU]

Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 2979 [26FE]

Rural mail carriers: computing deductions for use of automobiles (see H.R. 1884), 2293 [19FE]

Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 4703 [13MR]

Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 4703 [13MR]

Sec. of Agriculture: consolidate and improve existing emergency livestock feed assistance programs (see H.R. 4455), 19117 [5AU]

Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 26428 [26SE]

Social Security: eliminate 3% trigger for cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4633), 17819 [28JY]

———permit States to provide prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care to low-income women (see H.R. 4630), 10990 [15MY]

———protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 22246 [8SE]

Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]

Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 25457 [23SE]

State and local governments: equitable treatment for participating in food stamp plan (see H.R. 4405), 10523 [13MY]

Strategic materials: establish requirements to stockpile (see H.R. 4781), 10214 [8MY]

Taxation: affirming intent of Congress to oppose increase (see H. Res. 573), 29387 [7OC]

———allow homeowners to deduct prepaid interest on principal residence (see H.R. 4849), 17317 [22JY]

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

———deductions for contributions of agricultural property for victims of natural disasters (see H.R. 5301), 18419 [31JY]

———effective date of any change in employees' annuities (see H. Res. 451), 12625 [5JN]

———requirement to substantiate deduction for business use of vehicle (see H.R. 4299), 6057 [25MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: import licensing system (see H.R. 5370), 19951 [8AU]

United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 23016 [11SE]

VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 16504 [15JY]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services: request President to convene (see H.J. Res. 244), 23474 [16SE]

Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 30218 [10OC]

Biographies

Senator Thurmond, 6822 [8AP]

Letters

Dedication of official portrait of Senator Thurmond: President Reagan, 6821 [8AP]

Programs

Senate unveiling of portrait honoring Senator Thurmond, 6822 [8AP]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers for drought relief (H.R. 5288), 19023 [5AU]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 18899 [4AU], 21183 [13AU]

Foreign trade: textile industry, 19360 [6AU]

National Library Week: observance, 6915 [9AP]

National security: strategic and critical materials stockpile, 12531 [4JN]

Strategic materials: national security stockpile, 12531 [4JN]

Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), veto, 19360 [6AU]

Thurmond, Senator: tribute, 6820 [8AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 12362 [4JN], 18899 [4AU], 19023 [5AU], 19360 [6AU], 21183 [13AU]

Statements

Dedication of Official Portrait: Senator Thurmond, 6820 [8AP]

Tributes

Hillis, Representative, 29840 [8OC]