STATES
Addresses
Acceptance of Chairmanship of National Governors' Association: Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas, 22607 [10SE]
How the Federal Government Funds Infrastructure Programs: Senator Durenberger, 25511-25513 [23SE]
National Conference of State Legislatures: Representative Kemp, 21425-21427 [13AU]
Personal Advancement and Individualism: Representative Fowler, 10228 [8MY]
Revenue Sharing Program: Henry Cisneros, 8620 [24AP]
State of the State Message: George R. Ariyoshi, Governor of Hawaii, 387-388 [23JA]
Amendments
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (S. 283), 5175 [18MR]
Acid rain: reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (S. 283), 5175 [18MR]
Boats and boating: establish uniform boat titling system between States (H.R. 4731), 33736, 33738, 33851 [18OC]
Dependent care grants: reauthorizing (S. 2444), 16354, 16355, 16356, 16357, 16379-16380 [14JY]
Elections: uniform poll closing time (H.R. 3525), 679, 680, 682, 683, 684, 685, 687, 688 [29JA]
Federal-Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2405), 14827 [20JN], 17129 [21JY], 19861-19863 [7AU], 25513-25515, 25519, 25523, 25539, 25543, 25546, 25547, 25548, 25553-25556, 25558, 25559, 25562, 25568, 25573, 25601, 25692-25701 [23SE], 25745, 25756, 25758, 25760, 25762, 25853, 25854 [24SE]
FEMA: prohibit implementation of certain regulations revising the Federal Disaster Relief Program (H.R. 5488), 28542-28544, 28631-28635 [3OC]
General revenue sharing: extend (H.R. 1400), 22738 [10SE]
Roads and highways: increase limitation on amount of obligations for emergency relief projects (S. 2125), 33752-33759, 33853-33855 [18OC]
Analyses
Acid Rain and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act (S. 2813), 23039-23041 [12SE]
Application of Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act to Interstate Route H-3: Library of Congress (excerpt), 25598 [23SE]
Colorado Water Sovereignty (H.R. 4233), 2776 [25FE]
Effective Schools and Even Start Act (H.R. 4463), 5837 [20MR]
Federal-Aid Highway Act (S. 2405), 9582-9585 [6MY]
Human Services Reauthorization Act (S. 2444), 10410 [13MY]
Product Liability Voluntary Claims and Uniform Standards Act (H.R. 4832), 11101-11104 [15MY]
Reform of Federalism Policies, 31245-31247 [15OC]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, 32366 [16OC]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3129, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 26165 [25SE]
———S. 2405, Federal-Aid Highway Act, 26165 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Agreeing on Pesticides, 28933 [6OC]
Answers to Common Questions About Mandate Relief Amendment, 28500 [3OC]
Bad Odds Aren't New to Us—Our Future Is in Our History, 9700 [6MY]
Bugged on Pesticides?, 28931 [6OC]
Capacity of State Guaranty Funds Questioned, Federal Role Suggested, 16994 [17JY]
City Poll Finds 49 Percent Back H-3 Alternate, 25580 [23SE]
Cuomo's Enterprise Bill Boosts a Proven Concept, 5831 [20MR]
Day-Care Closings Send Parents Scrambling, 22189 [15AU]
Deductibility—Elimination can Bring More Equity and Stronger Federalism, 8960 [29AP]
Different Speeds for Different Needs, 25521 [23SE]
Does 55-MPH Speed Limit Save Lives?, 13394 [11JN], 25526 [23SE]
Don't Zap Pesticide Bills, 28933 [6OC]
Election-Year Handouts, 25535 [23SE]
Environmental Crossroads, 28930 [6OC]
Extension Service Faces Uncertain Future, 2081 [7FE]
Extra-Potent Cocaine—Use Rising Sharply Among Teen-Agers, 5984 [21MR]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act—State and Local Responsibilities (excerpt), 24755 [23SE]
Firms, Lobbies Provide Much of Democrats' Funds, 20809 [12AU]
Frostbelt Liberals Ambush Tax Reform, 4821 [13MR]
Funding Loss To Hit Arkansas Hardest, 8636 [24AP]
Global Manufacturing Competition, 16982 [17JY]
Help for the Energy Belt, 9695 [6MY]
Insolvent Insurers Targeted, 16994 [17JY]
Insurance Woes Leave Special Jersey Fund Holding a $56 Million Bag, 20748 [11AU]
Leave Well Enough Alone, 25535 [23SE]
Localities Hold States Accountable, 28500 [3OC]
Mandates Without Money, 28498-28500 [3OC]
More on Soft Money, 20804 [12AU]
Mr. President—Do Something!, 21449 [13AU]
Nuclear-Plant Issue Political Fallout, 33666 [17OC]
Odds on Gambling Tell Us Who and Why, 19591 [6AU]
On the Congressional Agenda—Improved Pesticide Control Law, 28932 [6OC]
Pre-Empting California, 28932 [6OC]
Protection From Pesticides, 28931 [6OC]
Pushing 55 Off the Road, 25522 [23SE]
Raising Rural Speed Limit Makes Sense, 25521 [23SE]
Recent Examples of Regulatory Unreasonableness, 28502 [3OC]
Saving ET a Must, 9053 [30AP]
Sealing the Deal on Pesticide Reform, 28931 [6OC]
Sending a Message to Washington, 28500 [3OC]
Speed Limits—U.S. May End Blackmail of States for 55 MPH, 26409 [26SE]
Speedy Action Is Critical, 5344 [18MR]
State Lotteries as Fiscal Savior or Fiscal Fraud—Look at the Evidence, 19593-19598 [6AU]
States Discuss Lottery That Could Pay $100M, 19593 [6AU]
States' Rights and Pesticides, 28931, 28932 [6OC]
Study Rates MH Care Quality by State, 7908 [17AP]
Tale of Survival, 9256-9257 [1MY]
Tax Plan's Boost to Privatizing Services, 6373 [26MR]
Tax Reform Forgotten?, 7043 [9AP]
Terrorism—What Police Can Do, 11991 [22MY]
Test on Pesticides, 28933 [6OC]
To the Governors, With Gratitude, 25703 [23SE]
Tort Liability Insurance (excerpt), 10983, 10984, 10986, 10987 [15MY]
Welfare Revolution, 9048 [30AP]
When Uncle's Checks Stop, 2635 [24FE]
Why House Tax Plan Needs Repair, 3367 [28FE]
Why Local/State Deduction Should Go, 8152 [21AP]
Bills and resolutions
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: enactment of State laws (see H. Con. Res. 402)
Adoption: Dept. of HHS publication of statistical data (see S. 2476)
AFDC: State option to require registration for work incentive (WIN) program (see H.R. 5212)
———two-parent families (see H.R. 4727)
———work opportunities and retraining compact (see S. 2513)
Aged: grants for demonstration projects providing services in return for certain volunteer services (see H.R. 5690)
Agriculture: procedures for mediating farm loans made by Federal entities (see H.R. 4799)
———tax treatment of interest on State and local bonds used to finance milk production (see H.R. 4807)
Alcoholic beverages: enact uniform minimum intoxication level and prohibit open alcohol containers in vehicle (see H.R. 5538)
Alcoholism: grants to States for prevention, early detection, and treatment programs in schools (see H.R. 5336)
Appalachain States low-level radioactive waste compact: consent of Congress (see S. 2679)
Coastal zone: Federal/State seabed boundary agreements (see H.R. 4606)
Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution: establish State commissions (see S. Con. Res. 104)
Computers: ensure privacy, integrity, and verification of data disclosed in matching programs (see S. 2756)
Cooperative Extension Service: funds (see S. Res. 368)
Data integrity boards: establish within executive departments (see S. 2756)
Day care: mandatory State certification (see H.R. 4787)
Dependent Care State Grant Program: authorize appropriations (see S. 2444)
Dept. of HHS: require States to furnish statistical data on incidence of adoptions (see H.R. 5029)
Disasters: increase limitation on amount of obligations for emergency relief projects (see S. 2125; H.R. 4240)
District of Columbia: constitutional amendment on statehood (see H.J. Res. 702)
Driver licenses: uniform standards for operators of commercial vehicles (see H.R. 5568)
Drug abuse: availability of assets forfeiture fund (see H.R. 5309)
———education and prevention programs in schools (see H.R. 4155)
———financial assistance for prevention programs in public schools (see H.R. 4030)
———grants to States for prevention, early detection, and treatment programs in schools (see S. 2740; H.R. 5336, 5378)
———model statute for prohibition of freebase houses by States (see S. 2353)
———model statute for States to prohibit freebase houses (see H.R. 4776)
Economic conditions: targeted fiscal assistance for needy communities (see S. 2037; H.R. 4085)
Elections: poll closing time (see S. 2080)
———State purge of voter registration lists of invalid names and addresses (see H. Res. 604)
Energy conservation: funds for weatherization or other home improvement projects (see S. 2165)
Farmers: commend assistance extended to the Southeast (see S. Res. 451)
Federal aid programs: minimize impact of budget cuts (see S. 2843; H.R. 5535)
Federal mandates: relief for State and local governments (see H.R. 5603)
Food relief: availability of CCC excess cheese to State agencies (see H.R. 5145)
Food stamp plan: equitable treatment (see H.R. 4405)
Forest products: export of certain unprocessed timber (see H.R. 4159)
Future Teacher Training Corps Act: enact (see S. 2487)
Government regulation: reimbursement to State and local governments for costs incurred in complying (see S. 2387)
———relief (see H.R. 5348)
Highway trust fund: apportionment to States (see H.R. 4347)
Horse racing: Attorney General exchange of certain information with National Association of State Racing Commissioners (see H.R. 5709)
Indians: regulations for gambling on reservations (see S. 2557)
Insurance: collection of data and availability to certain State and Federal officials (see H.R. 4877)
Insurance companies: clarification of antitrust damages (see S. 2103)
———exemption from certain Government regulation (see H.R. 4501)
Insurance Trend Forecasting Act: enact (see S. 2497)
Interstate commerce: collection of sales and use taxes (see H.R. 4365)
IRS: reimbursement of expenditures relative to certain investigations and recovery of Federal taxes (see S. 2352)
Law enforcement officers: grant for handgun speedloading devices and combat training (see H.R. 5186)
———tax treatment of certain reimbursement allowances received by State police (see H.R. 5191)
Liability law: standards in State tort liability systems (see H.R. 4874)
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act: State allotments (see S. 2327)
Marine accidents: ownership of certain historic shipwrecks in State waters (see S. 2569)
Medicaid: optional State coverage for poor elderly or disabled individuals (see H.R. 4882)
———States held harmless against a decrease in payment rates (see H.R. 4876)
Medical care: block grant allotments (see S. 2087)
———recommend measures for cost and quality control (see H. Res. 386)
Medical personnel: collection and dissemination of information on certain adverse licensure decisions and payments for malpractice actions (see H.R. 4390)
Mentally handicapped: State health plans (see H.R. 4326)
Mentally ill: assist States to establish and operate protection and advocacy systems (see H.R. 4055; H. Res. 360)
Mexico: health education and training in contiguous States (see S. 2089; H.R. 4179)
National forests: clarification of receipt-sharing of revenues (see H.R. 5200)
Ocean floor ownership: Federal/State boundary agreements (see S. 2068)
Political conventions: interregional primary elections and caucuses for selection of delegates (see H.R. 4453)
Public Health Service Act: specify method of determining State allotments (see H.R. 5007)
Radioactive waste disposal: Dept. of Energy environmental impact statement for repository site characterization activities (see H.R. 5148)
———State participation in repository site selection process (see H.R. 5727)
———State participation in selection of repository sites (see S. 2201)
———State participation in sites selection for repositories (see H.R. 5148)
Radioactivity: State regulation of hazards of production and utilization facilities (see H.R. 5652)
Radon: EPA research program and technical assistance to States (see H.R. 5202)
———EPA technical assistance to States and dissemination of information to the public (see S. 2710; H.R. 5312)
Recreation areas: facilitate public access (see S. 2587)
Revenue sharing: appropriations (see H.R. 4133)
———consideration of H.R. 1400, extend authorization of appropriations (see H. Res. 527)
———funds (see H.J. Res. 528)
Revenue sharing program: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4257)
———rescission of funds (see S.J. Res. 282)
Roads and highways: speed limit in rural areas (see S. 2665)
Sales tax: repeal provisions of Federal law eliminating deduction (see H.R. 5704)
———repeal provisions of H.R. 3838 eliminating deduction (see H.R. 5620, 5639)
South Africa: enforcement of antiapartheid laws relative to contracts with certain business interests (see S. 2654)
Speed limits: permit States to monitor certain Federal-aid primary roads (see H.R. 5164)
Support of dependents: prohibit retroactive modification of arrearages (see S. 2404; H.R. 4769)
Taxation: authority for State and local governments to impose sales and use taxes on interstate sales of goods and services (see S. 2913)
———collection of certain taxes relative to sale of tangible personal property by nonresident persons (see H.R. 5021)
———deductibility of State and local taxes (see S. Res. 395)
———exclusion of income of corporation's foreign affiliates from unitary method (see H.R. 4049)
———repeal deduction on Federal form (see S. Res. 366)
Tax-exempt securities: effective date of tax reform (see S. Con. Res. 112)
———treatment of interest in determining alternative minimum income tax (see H. Con. Res. 307)
Unemployment: deferral of higher loan repayment tax for certain States (see S. 2111)
Unemployment compensation trust fund: States' employment-related service programs (see H.R. 4449)
Broadcasts
If New Mexico were a foreign country: Linda Ellerbee (excerpt from Today Show), 13699 [13JN]
Court decisions
Buckley v. Valeo: Supreme Court (excerpt), 23324 [15SE]
Roe v. Maher—Equal Protection and the Equal Rights Amendment: Connecticut Superior Court (excerpt), 10217 [8MY]
Schneckloth v. Bustamonte: Supreme Court, 7396 [14AP]
Descriptions
Children's Justice Act (S. 140), 18881 [4AU]
Deferral of higher unemployment loan repayment tax for States with unusually high unemployment (S. 2111), 2865 [26FE]
Documents
Allow Individual States To Set Maximum Speed Limits in Certain Rural Areas: Arizona, 13650 [12JN]
Constitution of the State of California (excerpt), 3909 [6MR]
Constitution of the State of Iowa (excerpt), 3909 [6MR]
Constitution of the State of Louisiana (excerpt), 3909 [6MR]
Explanations
H-3 Highway project: Senator Inouye, 25594-25596 [23SE]
Revenue title to S. 2405, 25544-25546 [23SE]
Work opportunities and retraining compact (H.R. 4929), 12358 [4JN]
Letters
Access to information from multistate student loan guarantors: Higher Education Assistance Foundation, 12070 [2JN]
Allocation of abandoned mine land reclamation funds: Office of Surface Mining, 18336 [31JY]
Anniversary of Texan independence from Mexico: William B. Travis, 8971 [29AP]
Authority for States to set uniform tolerance levels for pesticides: Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of West Virginia, 28954 [6OC]
———Florida Dept. of Health and Rehabilitation, 28958 [6OC]
———George Deukmejian, Governor of California, 28955 [6OC]
———George R. Ariyoshi, Governor of Hawaii, 28953, 28954 [6OC]
———John Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, 28964 [6OC]
———Madeleine M. Kunin, Governor of Vermont, 28954 [6OC]
———National Governors' Association, 28956, 28962 [6OC]
———Richard H. Bryan, Governor of Nevada, 28956 [6OC]
———Richard W. Riley, Governor of South Carolina, 28955 [6OC]
———Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana, 28964 [6OC]
———Robert Kerrey, Governor of Nebraska, 28956 [6OC]
———Texas Dept. of Health, 28960 [6OC]
———Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 28953 [6OC]
———Toney Anaya, Governor of New Mexico, 28955 [6OC]
———sundry, 28964-28970 [6OC]
Billboards on the highways: American Planning Association, 25473 [23SE]
———Booth Gardner, 25470 [23SE]
———Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 25470 [23SE]
———Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and Laurance S. Rockefeller, 25469 [23SE]
———National Governors' Association, 25508 [23SE]
———sundry, 25471, 25472 [23SE]
Buy American provisions of Federal highway legislation: Allan Gotlieb, 25749 [24SE]
———Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 25748 [24SE]
———Consolidated Ready Mixed Concrete, 25751 [24SE]
———Dept. of Commerce, 25748, 25750 [24SE]
———Dept. of Transportation, 25747 [24SE]
———Executive Office of the President, 25754 [24SE]
———Fiore Ready-Mix Co., Inc., 25752 [24SE]
Civil Rights Remedies Equalization Act: Dept. of Justice, 28623 [3OC]
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area: Dept. of Justice, 32224 [16OC]
Compact on the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission: Thomas Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 17130 [21JY]
Deregulation of Indian gambling: California Office of the Attorney General, 8991 [29AP]
Divestiture of Federal power marketing administrations: Environmental Action, 10194 [8MY]
Exemption to the Federal-Aid Highway Act for a project in Hawaii: John A. Volpe, 22514 [10SE]
———National Trust for Historic Preservation, 22514 [10SE]
Federal highway and transit programs: National Governors' Conference, 22791 [11SE]
Funding for the Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education: National Governors' Association, 22572 [10SE]
H-3 Highway project: Alan S. Boyd, 25574 [23SE]
———E. Dean Tisdale, 25599 [23SE]
———Frank F. Fasi, 25586 [23SE]
———George R. Ariyoshi, Governor of Hawaii, 25598 [23SE]
———Glenn M. Stahl, 25579 [23SE]
———Highway Users Federation, 25598 [23SE]
———John A. Volpe, 25575 [23SE]
———John E. Hirten, 25584-25586 [23SE]
———Marilyn Bornhorst, 25584 [23SE]
———P.A. Yost (excerpt), 25577 [23SE]
———Paul Lane, 25579 [23SE]
———sundry, 25575, 25580, 25581, 25582, 25587, 25588, 25589, 25590, 25591, 25592 [23SE]
———Wayne Yamasaki (excerpt), 25578 [23SE]
Highway disaster aid regulations: 15 Senators, 25518 [23SE]
Increase in speed limit in rural areas: Salvatore A. Caruso, 19318 [5AU]
Medicare enrollment requirements for State and local government employees: city of North Las Vegas, NV, 24813 [19SE]
Medicare payments: Marguerite Henry, 24879 [19SE]
———Muriel Peterson, 24879 [19SE]
New York, NY, law prohibiting transportation contracts with firms enforcing South African apartheid policy: Jim J. Marquez, 10224 [8MY]
News media election projections, 686 [29JA]
Northeast-Midwest Leadership Council economic development proposals: American Can Co., 14860 [20JN]
Opposition to certain provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act: Alan Beals, 13285 [11JN]
———Jack R. Gilstrap, 13285 [11JN]
———Senator Lautenberg, et al., 13285 [11JN]
Oregon substitute transit project: James E. Cowen, 25548 [23SE]
———Robert N. Bothman, 25548 [23SE]
Provide for enforcement of antiapartheid laws of U.S. political subdivisions: Edward I. Koch, 21803 [15AU]
Reimbursement to State and local governments of expenditures relative to certain investigations and recovery of Federal taxes: George Deukmejian, Governor of California, 8300 [22AP]
Revenue sharing program: Arthur L. LeFevre, 8643 [24AP]
———David L. Miller, 8644 [24AP]
———Du Page County, IL, 8035 [17AP]
———Lucien A. Morin, 8644 [24AP]
———Lucille P. Pattison, 8643 [24AP]
———National Coalition To Save General Revenue Sharing, 8620 [24AP]
———Robert G. Densberger, 8644 [24AP]
———Stephen Snyder, 8643 [24AP]
———Thomas J. Bradley, 8643 [24AP]
———Thomas M. Whittaker, 8643 [24AP]
Seabed Boundary Act: Dept. of Justice, 2090 [7FE]
Shooting of Officer Stephen Smith: Dept. of Justice, 30214 [10OC]
———Representative Gonzalez, 30214 [10OC]
Speed limit: President Reagan, 25520, 25522, 25524, 25526 [23SE]
State unemployment insurance and employment service operations funding: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 22577 [10SE]
Tax reform: Senator Humphrey, 8957 [29AP]
Tax treatment of annuities of Federal, State, and local government employees: (sundry excerpts), 22238, 22239 [8SE]
Toll highways and federal funds: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., 25564 [23SE]
———Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 25564 [23SE]
Transfer of illegal aliens in State and local penal facilities to the Federal Bureau of Prisons: Dept. of Justice, 22977 [11SE]
Uniform poll closing (sundry), 665-672 [29JA]
User-financed transportation programs: Idaho Dept. of Transportation, 6368 [26MR]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: Senators Biden, Eagleton, Thurmond, and Roth, 32366 [16OC]
Withholding of interest payable on Treasury notes: David F. Cargo, 13699 [13JN]
———Dept. of the Treasury, 13698 [13JN]
Lists
Committee on Federalism and National Purpose, 31243 [15OC]
Examples of kinds of programs operated by Community Action Agencies nationwide, 9255 [1MY]
Impact of budget reductions on library services, 6908, 6910 [9AP]
Organizations endorsing billboard reform, 25474 [23SE]
Services for which revenue sharing program funds are used in Minnesota, 8621 [24AP]
Supporters of Montgomery governor consent amendment to Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 4428), 21632 [14AU]
Memorandums
H-3 Highway Project: Rom Duran, 25583 [23SE]
Status of State and Local Anti-Apartheid Legislation Under the Proposed Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act: Paul T. Rephen, 23123 [12SE]
Memorials of legislature
Alabama, 8631 [24AP]
Arizona, 13650 [12JN]
California, 16371 [14JY], 23670 [17SE], 24955 [19SE], 27265, 27267 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]
Colorado, 10608 [14MY], 13526 [12JN]
Connecticut, 10404 [13MY]
Hawaii, 12129 [3JN]
Kansas, 8411 [22AP]
Louisiana, 13833 [16JN], 15772 [26JN], 18772 [1AU]
Lousiana, 12129 [3JN]
Maine, 11713 [21MY]
Missouri, 10607 [14MY]
Oil import fee: Texas, 30703 [14OC]
South Dakota, 3955 [6MR], 5076 [17MR]
State tax treatment of mail order firms: Texas, 33655 [17OC]
Motion
Mentally Ill Individuals Act: enact (H.R. 4055), pass S. 974 in lieu, 1056 [30JA]
Petitions
Adoption of State laws with respect to birth certificates: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 16844 [17JY], 17819 [28JY]
Community Block Grant Program: Norfolk, VA, City Council, 16327 [14JY]
Community Development Block Grant Program: Opa-Locka, FL, City Commission, 2846 [26FE]
Drug-free schools and communities: H.L. Richardson, 25457 [23SE]
Federal-State relations: Clifton, NJ, Municipal Council, 3956 [6MR], 4121 [10MR]
FEMA regulations opposition: Shasta County, CA, Board of Supervisors, 16374 [14JY], 16505 [15JY]
General Revenue Sharing Program: Cayuga County, NY, Legislature, 8889 [29AP]
Income tax: Ringwood, NJ, City Council, 7556 [15AP], 8284 [22AP]
Insurance liability risk retention: National Conference of State Legislatures, 22207 [15AU]
Oppose certain provisions of Tax Exempt Bond Reform Act (S. 2166): Coral Gables, FL, City Commission, 9650 [6MY]
Opposition to passage of the uniform poll closing legislation: several State officials, 672 [29JA]
Repealing the insurance industry's exemption from the antitrust laws: National Association of Attorneys General, 16754 [16JY]
Resident management of public housing: New York, NY, City Council, 22246 [8SE]
Revenue sharing program: Berea, OH, City Council, 1358 [3FE], 1717 [5FE]
———Brooklyn, OH, City Council, 3855 [6MR]
———Chenango County, NY, Board of Supervisors, 8643 [24AP]
———Hawaii State Association of Counties, 3541 [4MR]
———Lauderdale Lakes, FL, City Council, 3169 [27FE]
———Maui County, HI, 3481 [4MR], 3541 [4MR]
———North Royalton, OH, City Council, 3169 [27FE]
Statehood for Puerto Rico: Jouquin Valentin, 7368 [14AP]
———Ramonita Ramos, 7368 [14AP]
Platform plank
Revenue Sharing Program: Democratic Party, 8642 [24AP]
Questionnaires
Uniform poll closing, 667 [29JA]
Recorded
Federal-Aid Highway Act (H.R. 3129): enact, 25770 [24SE]
Remarks in House
Abortion: state responsibility in low-income abortions, 10217 [8MY]
Adopt a Prisoner of Apartheid program: organize, 22048, 22050 [15AU]
Advertising: billboard statutes, 17598 [24JY]
AFDC: work opportunities and retraining compact (H.R. 4929), 12358 [4JN]
Agricultural Extension Service: reduction of services, 9104 [30AP]
Agriculture: uniform chemical tolerance levels, 24753 [19SE]
Alaska Natives: clarify conveyance of certain lands (H.R. 5332), 18853 [1AU]
Alcoholic beverages: establish uniform national drinking age, 3786, 3796 [6MR]
———prohibit open containers in motor vehicles (H.R. 5538), 23602 [17SE], 23861 [17SE]
Atomic power plants: State regulation, 33666 [17OC]
Banks and banking: development of interstate banking, 27461 [1OC]
Bilingual ballots: eliminate requirement (H.R. 949), discharge petition, 2468 [20FE]
Boats and boating: establish uniform boat titling system between States (H.R. 4731), 9700 [6MY], 28783 [6OC], 33689 [18OC]
Budget: impact of Federal legislation, 24712 [18SE]
———impact of Federal legislation (H.R. 5535), 23661 [17SE]
Business: State and local government participation, 16982 [17JY]
Capital punishment: withhold Federal funding from States that fail to adopt, for those who kill law enforcement officers (H.R. 2531), 16878 [17JY]
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act: allotment of consumer and homemaking funds (H.R. 4841), 14035 [17JN]
Child care centers: closings due to reductions in State subsidies, 22189 [15AU]
Children: permit State option for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum low-income care for pregnant women (H.R. 4630), 8031 [17AP], 8584 [23AP]
Children's Justice Act: enact (S. 140), 18878-18891 [4AU]
Civil defense: requirements for States to receive funds for natural disaster planning, 16526 [15JY]
Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5568), 27377-27385 [30SE]
Consumer Fraud Act: enact (H.R. 3913), 193 [21JA]
Continental Shelf: division of offshore leasing revenues, 3785-3790, 3793, 3797, 3798, 3800 [6MR]
Courts: exempt States from statute of limitations applicable to quit title actions against the U.S. (H.R. 2484), 27375 [30SE]
Crime and criminals: racketeer influenced and corrupt organization civil court action regulation (H.R. 5290), 18593 [31JY]
DEA: ability to waive the non-Federal share matching requirement under the State and local drug enforcement grant program, 22952 [11SE]
Dept. of the Interior: require application of survey rules applicable to all States (H.R. 5332), 18853 [1AU]
Disasters: Federal cost-sharing regulations, 10509 [13MY], 10654 [14MY]
———increase limitation on amount of obligations for emergency relief projects (H.R. 4240), 4200-4202 [11MR]
Diseases: promote establishment of family support groups for Alzheimer's patients, 1049 [30JA]
District of Columbia Interstate Banking Act: impact, 7246 [10AP]
Drug abuse: funding to State and local governments to combat, 21448 [13AU]
———model statute for States to prohibit establishment and use of freebase houses (H.R. 4776), 9713 [7MY]
———use of Dept. of Justice assets forfeiture fund for education and prevention programs (H.R. 5309), 18820 [1AU]
Drug Abuse Education Act: enact (H.R. 4155), 2046 [6FE]
Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 5378), 21137 [12AU]
Drunken driving: establishment of national minimum blood alcohol level (H.R. 5538), 23602 [17SE], 23861 [17SE]
Effective Schools and Even Start Act: enact (H.R. 4463), 5834 [20MR]
Elderly Feeding Program: Dept. of Agriculture nutrition data, 21452 [13AU]
Elections: uniform poll closing time (H.R. 3525), 662 [29JA], 679 [30JA]-693 [29JA]
———uniform poll closing time (H.R. 3525), technical corrections, 693 [29JA]
Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act: enact (H.R. 4938), 12305 [4JN]
Enterprise zones: effects on business, 1022 [29JA]
———efficacy of policy, 337 [22JA]
———State program of incentives for revitalization, 5831 [20MR]
Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (H.R. 5021), 13519 [12JN], 33655 [17OC]
Essential Services Payment to Local Governments Act: enact (H.R. 4703), 9103 [30AP]
Fair Housing Initiative Program: funding, 10281 [12MY]
Fair Share Low-Income Energy Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 4556), 7117 [10AP]
Federal aid programs: revenue sharing, 8035 [17AP]
Federal Crime Insurance Program: extension, 12553-12559 [5JN]
Federal employees: tax treatment of retirees, 24781, 24792 [19SE]
Federal Health Planning Program: reauthorize (H.R. 5413), 21446 [13AU]
Federal Housing Administration: closing of certain district offices, 12356 [4JN]
———processing of applications for loan mortgage insurance, 12354 [4JN]
Federal Housing Program: funding, 1322 [3FE]
Federal laboratory consortium: technology transfer promotion, 29334 [7OC]
Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act: enact (H.R. 4814), 20606-20610 [11AU]
Federal power marketing administrations: divestiture, 10190 [8MY]
Federalism Act: enact, 33576 [17OC]
Federal-State relations: fiscal burden of certain Federal legislation (H.R. 5535), 23661 [17SE]
FEMA: prohibit implementation of certain regulations revising the Federal Disaster Relief Program (H.R. 5488), 22487, 22489 [9SE], 27370 [30SE], 27371 [2OC], 27375 [30SE]
Firearms: interstate sale of handguns, 7075 [10AP]
———State registration system of handguns, 7080 [10AP]
General revenue sharing: extend (H.R. 1400), 26391 [25SE], 27442 [30SE]
———extending appropriations (H.R. 1400), 10950 [15MY]
General Revenue Sharing Program: extending appropriations (H.R. 1400), 1035 [30JA]
———funding, 26196, 26200 [25SE]
Handicapped: uniform recognition of handicapped parking stickers, 19692 [7AU]
Hanford, WA: require Dept. of Energy to comply with Federal and State environmental laws at nuclear reservation (H.R. 4848), 11998 [22MY]
Hawaii: provide temporary extension of interstate transfer deadline for H-3 Highway (S. 2880), 28753-28756 [6OC]
Hazardous substances: strengthen and coordinate transportation safety regulations (H.R. 4612), 7831 [17AP], 8055 [17AP]
———transportation safety, 8033 [17AP]
Health: collection and dissemination of information on certain adverse licensure decisions and payments for malpractice actions against medical personnel (H.R. 4390), 4591 [12MR]
———insurance coverage (H.R. 4742), 9202 [1MY]
Holocaust: sense of Congress that States should develop school curriculum (H. Con. Res. 133), 9959 [7MY]
Housing Eligibility Verification Improvement Act: enact, 16305 [26JN]
Insurance: interstate regulation, 16994 [17JY]
———medical malpractice, 3385 [3MR]
Job Corps training centers: closing of certain, 10124 [8MY]
Job Training Partnership Act: amend (H.R. 5185), 16999 [17JY]
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: State and local programs, 16983 [17JY]
Liability insurance: crisis, 9186 [1MY], 18255 [31JY], 19017 [5AU], 20733-20737 [11AU], 23604 [17SE]
Liability Risk Retention Act: enact (H.R. 5225), 17504 [24JY]
Medicaid Community Spouse Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4901), 11994 [22MY]
———enact (H.R. 4902), 11994 [22MY]
———enact (H.R. 4903), 11994 [22MY]
———enact (H.R. 4904), 11994 [22MY]
Medical care: recommend measures for cost and quality control (H. Res. 386), 9186 [1MY], 9706 [6MY]
Medicare: coverage of State and local employees, 29606 [8OC]
Mental health: require development of comprehensive plans (S. 1744), 33116-33143 [17OC]
Mentally handicapped: implement health plans (H.R. 4326), 3622 [5MR]
———program funding, 1054 [30JA]
———prohibit protection and advocacy agencies from interference with guardians, 1047 [30JA]
———recognition of existing protection and advocacy system, 1047 [30JA]
Merchant marine: making appropriations for State maritime academies (H.R. 4175), 8039 [17AP]
Mexican-U.S. border: impact of narcotic traffic, 1472-1482 [4FE]
Michigan: injunction of State employees against the UAW, 17862 [28JY]
National Association of Attorneys General: position on unavailability and unaffordability of liability insurance, 16753 [16JY]
National Association of State Racing Commissioners: access to Federal criminal identification records, 32709 [17OC]
National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse: establish (H.R. 5425), 21634 [14AU]
National Driver Register: establish (H.R. 6170), 5084 [17MR]
National Forest Timber Receipts Clarification Act: enact (H.R. 5200), 17004 [17JY]
National Guard: training outside U.S., 21632 [14AU]
National High-Tech Month: designate (H.J. Res. 707), 21455 [13AU]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: funding, 18596 [31JY]
National Homelessness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 347), 12023 [22MY]
National lottery: establish, to reduce the Federal deficit, 33592 [17OC]
National Substance Abuse Education Act: enact (H.R. 3769), 1011 [29JA]
New York, NY: local law prohibiting transportation contracts with firms enforcing South African apartheid policy, 10223 [8MY]
New-Born Genetic Screening Act: enact (H.R. 5147), 16303 [26JN]
Northeast-Midwest Leadership Council: economic development proposals, 14859 [20JN]
Nuclear risk reduction centers: establish, 21726 [14AU]
Older American Act Nutrition Program: appropriations, 15241 [24JN]
Older Americans Service Credit Demonstration Program Act: enact, 30454 [10OC]
Omnibus Family Decency Act: enact (H.R. 5100), 16659 [16JY]
Pacific Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act: amend (H.R. 8157), 24697 [18SE]
Pesticides: notification of stored, 24731 [19SE]
Petroleum: economic suggestions to oil-producing states, 9695 [6MY]
Philadelphia, PA: tribute to Assistance Program for alcoholism and drug abuse, 16272 [26JN]
Polygraphs: minimum standards (H.R. 3916), 3449 [4MR]
Poverty: shelter for the homeless, 12305 [4JN]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend (H.R. 4669), 22346 [9SE], 22355 [11SE]-22356 [9SE]
———repeal certain restrictions (H.R. 4669), 8578 [23AP]
Prisons: marketplace for prison industry-made goods, 22953 [11SE]
———transfer of certain deportable aliens from State and local facilities to Federal facilities, 22977 [11SE]
Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (H.R. 4301), 3574 [4MR], 5344 [18MR], 16283 [26JN]
Product Liability Uniform Standards Act: enact (H.R. 4425), 5084 [17MR]
Product Liability Voluntary Claims and Uniform Standards Act: enact (H.R. 4832), 11101 [15MY]
Professionals' Liability Insurance Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4874), 12023 [22MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate, 8553 [23AP]
Public welfare: State child care reform efforts, 17858 [28JY]
Radon: establish research, information, and technical assistance program relative to effects of exposure (H.R. 5202), 16878 [17JY], 17024 [17JY], 17319 [22JY]
Revenue sharing program: establish fiscal safety net program for needy communities (H.R. 4317), 3762 [5MR]
———extend (H.R. 4257), 2635 [24FE], 2890 [26FE], 3240 [27FE]
———funding, 30454 [10OC]
———termination, 9103 [30AP]
Roads and highways: allow individual States to set maximum speed limits in certain rural areas (H.R. 1163), 13650 [12JN]
———funding, 1748 [5FE]
———national speed limit, 19443-19451, 19453 [6AU]
———regulating use of billboards, 19664-19674 [7AU]
———speed limit, 13394 [11JN]
———speed limits, 3592 [5MR], 26409 [26SE], 28685 [3OC]
Safe Pipeline Act: enact (H.R. 5401), 21413 [13AU]
Self-Employment Opportunity Act: enact (H.R. 169), 23027 [11SE]
———enact (H.R. 1690), 5863 [20MR]
Self-Insurance Enhancement Act: enact (H.R. 4796), 10123 [8MY]
Social conditions: coordination of efforts in dealing with elder abuse (H.R. 5425), 21634 [14AU]
Social Security: prohibit retroactive modification of child support arrearages (S. 2404), 9958 [7MY]
Speed limit: allow States to monitor certain Federal-aid primary roads for purposes of determining compliance with national maximum (H.R. 5164), 16521 [15JY]
———minimum, 18155 [30JY]
St. Paul, MN: Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (H.R. 5434), 22154 [15AU]
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act: termination, 9103 [30AP]
State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 526), 1784 [5FE], 5983 [21MR]
State defense force: Federal support, 21678 [14AU]
State Nuclear Safety Participation Act: enact (H.R. 5652), 29392 [7OC], 29838 [8OC]
States: require application of survey rules applicable to all States (H.R. 5332), 18853 [1AU]
Tax Reform Act: retroactive provisions for Federal, State, and local government employee pensions, 22236-22240 [8SE], 22320 [9SE], 22642, 22644 [10SE], 22764 [10SE]
Taxation: deductibility of State and local taxes, 26058 [24SE], 28041 [2OC], 29606 [8OC]
———mail order firms (H.R. 5021), 33655 [17OC]
———mail-order business (H.R. 5021), 13519 [12JN]
Terrorism: State and local police response, 11991 [22MY]
Texas: anniversary of independence from Mexico, 8971-8972 [29AP]
———independence from Mexico, 9005 [29AP]
———San Jacinto Day, 9474 [5MY], 9700 [6MY]
———sesquicentennial anniversary, 2671 [25FE], 3378 [3MR]
Tobacco industry: sale and advertisement of smokeless tobacco, 1324, 1326 [3FE], 1337 [4FE]-1338 [3FE]
Tort law: reform, 10982-10988 [15MY]
Transportation: abandonment of rural bus routes (H.R. 5632), 28040 [2OC]
———urban mobility block grant, 1034 [30JA]
Unemployed Parent Program, 30161 [10OC]
VA: require to contract with non-VA medical facilities under certain circumstances, 8552 [23AP]
Vocational Rehabilitation Act: amend (H.R. 4021), 9493-9504 [6MY]
———amend (H.R. 4021), conference report, 28088-28095 [2OC]
———amend (H.R. 4021), conference report enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 400), 28624 [3OC]
———amend (H.R. 4021), technical corrections, 28095 [2OC]
———amend (H.R. 4021), waiving certain points of order against conference report, 28077 [2OC]
Volunteer Service Promotion Act: enact (H.R. 5690), 30444 [10OC]
Water: sovereignty, 2672 [25FE]
Water resources: authorize Dept. of the Interior projects in U.S. territories and commonwealths (H.R. 4435), 5337 [18MR]
Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact: enact (H.R. 4929), 17500 [23JY]
Remarks in Senate
Acid rain: control program (S. 2203), 5163-5167 [18MR], 6144 [25MR]
———reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions, 5434 [19MR]
Acid Rain and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act: enact (S. 2813), 23038-23046 [12SE]
———enact (S. 2813), star print, 23492 [16SE]
Adoption: Dept. of HHS publication of statistical data (S. 2476), 11329 [20MY]
AFDC: work opportunities and retraining compact (S. 2513), 12491-12494 [4JN], 12799 [5JN]
Alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant: State allotments (S. 2087), 2597 [24FE]
Appropriations: authorizing funds for certain highways, 25548-25553, 25561 [23SE]
Arkansas: sesquicentennial celebration, 13863 [16JN]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: removal of transportation trust funds, 6368 [26MR]
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors: review certain reports relative to U.S. Route 13 Relief Route, 25558 [23SE]
Boats and boating: establish uniform boat titling system between States (H.R. 4731), 29918 [9OC], 33735 [18OC]
Budget: legal enforcement of balanced, 4297 [11MR]
Business: attractive local economic environment, 26890 [29SE]
California: reform of unitary tax system, 22465 [9SE]
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act: allotment of consumer and homemaking funds (H.R. 4841), 14818 [20JN], 15432 [25JN]
Children: encourage physical education programs (S. Con. Res. 145), 12242 [3JN]
———funding for abuse prevention programs, 12906 [6JN]
Children's Justice Act: enact (S. 140), 21410 [13AU]
Clinton, Bill: tribute, 22607 [10SE]
Coastal Zone Management Act: use of appropriations, 33736 [18OC]
Community Development Block Grant Program: budget authority, 2880 [26FE]
Congress: campaign finance reform, 15315 [25JN]
Congressional budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), Community Services Block Grant Program and Community Action Agency, 9252-9258 [1MY]
Connecticut: small business survey, 16635 [16JY]
Constitution: urging States to establish commissions on bicentennial (S. Con. Res. 104), 1577 [4FE]
Consumers: allocation of weatherization program funds, 28469 [3OC]
———protect ratepayers from costs of abandoned or canceled generating plants, 27891-27896 [2OC]
Crime and criminals: grants for children's justice system, 16357-16360 [14JY]
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: upgrade access from U.S. Route 25, 25542 [23SE]
Dependent care grants: reauthorizing (H.R. 4421), S. 2444 language passed in lieu, 16361 [14JY]
———reauthorizing (S. 2444), 16348-16361 [14JY]
Dependent Care State Grant Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 2444), 10408-10415 [13MY]
Deprivation of rights: civil liability of local governments (S. 436), 26098 [25SE]
Dept. of HHS: provide for regional referral centers for States previously under waiver under the Social Security Act, 27910 [2OC]
Dept. of Transportation: authorize feasibility study of Interstate 29 north, 25601 [23SE]
Disasters: provide for major relief and emergency assistance, 25513-25519 [23SE]
———provide procedures for Federal emergency assistance programs, 33752-33761 [18OC]
Drug abuse: funds for prevention programs in schools (S. 1820), 174 [21JA]
———model statute for prohibition of freebase houses by States, 12870 [6JN]
———model statute for prohibition of freebase houses by States (S. 2353), 8289 [22AP]
———rehabilitation facilities, 27784 [2OC]
Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 5730), 33380 [17OC]
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: minimum grants under act, 26735 [27SE]
Economic conditions: targeted fiscal assistance for needy communities (S. 2037), 1235 [30JA]
EPA: enforcement agreement with Arkansas, 28463 [3OC]
Farmers Home Administration: funding for insured water and sewer facility loan programs, 27885 [2OC]
Farmland Protection Policy Act: amend to propose Federal assistance and State financing to save farm land (S. 2548), 13536 [12JN]
Federal aid programs: minimize impact of budget cuts (S. 2843), 25021 [19SE]
———reimbursement to State and local governments for costs of complying with rules and regulations (S. 483), 3506 [4MR]
Federal funds: annual report on distribution (H.R. 3168), 29417 [8OC]
Federal Unemployment Tax Act: amend (S. 2111), 2864 [26FE]
Federal-Aid Highway Act: enact (H.R. 3129), 25769, 25794 [24SE]
———enact (H.R. 3129), appointment of conferees, 26165 [25SE]
———enact (S. 2405), 9571-9586 [6MY], 17130 [21JY], 19865 [7AU], 22790 [11SE], 25142 [22SE], 25468-25475, 25484, 25504-25572, 25573-25607 [23SE], 25745-25769, 25794 [24SE]
———enact (S. 2405), appointment of conferees, 26165 [25SE]
———exemption for highway project in Hawaii, 22514 [10SE]
———strike provisions relative to South Africa on awards of contracts, 25762-25765 [24SE]
FEMA: prohibit implementation of certain regulations revising the Federal Disaster Relief Program (H.R. 5488), 28631-28636 [3OC]
Fish and fisheries: correct funding for fish restoration projects of State wildlife agencies, 32355 [16OC]
———provide for conveyance of Berlin National Fish Hatchery to New Hampshire, 28649 [3OC]
Food: distribution, 12852, 12853, 12858 [6JN]
Food Security Act: local and county agricultural stabilization and conservation committees, 2072 [7FE]
Gambling: establishment of government sponsored lotteries, 19591 [6AU]
General Revenue Sharing Program: funding, 25608 [23SE]
Global Resources, Environmental, and Population Act: enact (S. 2905), 27702 [1OC]
Government: reform of Federalism policies, 31243 [15OC]
Government regulations: reimbursement to State and local governments for cost of implementation, 28495 [3OC]
Government spending: annual consolidated report on geographic distribution (H.R. 3168), 29417 [10OC]
Granite City, IL: sale of St. Louis Area Support Center, 13531 [12JN]
Hawaii: provide an exemption for H-3 Highway, 25573-25601 [23SE]
———provide temporary extension of interstate transfer deadline for H-3 Highway, 33906 [6NO]
———provide temporary extension of interstate transfer deadline for H-3 Highway (S. 2880), 26472 [26SE]
———tribute to George R. Ariyoshi, Governor, 387 [23JA]
Highway Trust Fund: provide for extension of taxes, 25543 [23SE]
Housing Development Action Grants: provide additional time to begin construction on projects, 28376 [3OC]
Human Services Reauthorization Act: amend (H.R. 4421), 28553 [3OC]
———enact (S. 2444), 10408-10415 [13MY]
Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act: enact (S. 2710), 18776 [1AU]
Insurance: extend eligibility for death benefits to all State and local government public safety employees, 27928 [2OC]
Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act: enact (S. 2387), 9068-9071 [30AP]
IRS: reimbursement of expenditures relative to certain investigations and recovery of Federal taxes, 26771 [27SE]
———reimbursement of expenditures relative to certain investigations and recovery of Federal taxes (S. 2352), 8289, 8300 [22AP]
Kansas: anniversary of statehood, 706 [29JA]
Labor: application of wage rates to Federal-aid highway contracts, 25568-25573 [23SE]
Law enforcement officers: authorizing wiretapping in hostage taking situation, 28352 [3OC]
Marine accidents: ownership of certain historic shipwrecks in State waters (S. 2569), 14438 [18JN]
Maryland Day: observance, 6018 [24MR]
Medicaid: lithotripter, 28506 [3OC]
———offer home and community-based services to low-income individuals, 33904 [6NO]
———quality control, 14559 [19JN]
Medicare: eligibility for prospective payment system, 28470 [3OC]
———enrollment requirements for State and local government employees, 24813, 24831, 24877-24879 [19SE]
Mental health: require development of comprehensive plans (S. 1744), 20900 [12AU], 33831-33836 [18OC]
Michigan: anniversary of statehood, 1842 [6FE]
Mines: assure eligibility for reclamation funds, 22405, 22408 [9SE]
National Governors' Association: report on education, 25702 [23SE]
New Mexico Is a State Day: designate (S. Res. 427), 13698-13701 [13JN]
Norfolk, VA: release of certain residuary rights of use held by the U.S., 19843 [7AU]
Nuclear Waste State Participation Act: enact (S. 2201), 5161 [18MR]
Oregon: allow substitute transit project, 25547 [23SE]
Political action committees: prohibit contributions to national parties and require disclosure of soft money, 20802 [12AU]
Power resources: authorize to determine funds for low-income home energy assistance (S. 2165), 4066 [7MR]
Public works: give authority to use portion of bridge replacement funds to replace ferryboat operations, 25559-25561 [23SE]
Real property: relative to quiet title actions against the U.S. (H.R. 2428), 32655 [16OC]
Recreation areas: facilitate public access (S. 2587), 14958 [23JN]
Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act: enact (S. 2301), 7394-7396 [14AP], 8117, 8118 [21AP], 9428 [5MY]
Revenue sharing program: budget authority (S.J. Res. 282), 4504 [12MR], 5183 [18MR]
———budget authority (S.J. Res 282), 3189 [27FE]
———State and local government dependence, 8319 [22AP]
———treatment, 8530 [23AP], 8618-8638, 8640-8644 [24AP]
Roads and highways: amend interstate compact between New Jersey and Pennsylvania relative to Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, 17130 [21JY]
———apply buy American provision of the Federal-Aid Highway Act to cement and cement clinker, 25745-25755 [24SE]
———construction of toll highways to meet capacity needs in certain high growth areas, 28337 [3OC]
———express sense of Congress relative to use of rock salt on highways, 25601 [23SE]
———increase limitation on amount of obligations for emergency relief projects (S. 2125), 33752-33761 [18OC]
———increase obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and safety construction programs, 25756-25761 [24SE]
———increase speed limit in rural areas (S. 2665), 19318 [5AU]
———modify existing 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (S. 2552), 13623 [12JN]
———permit Federal participation in construction of toll highways, bridges or tunnels, 25562-25568 [23SE]
———speed limit, 25519, 25523-25539 [23SE]
———speed limit in rural areas (S. 2665), 17122 [21JY]
Seabed Boundary Act: enact (S. 2068), 2090 [7FE]
Sewage disposal: construction grants, 27977 [2OC]
South Africa: enforcement of antiapartheid laws relative to contracts with certain business interests (S. 2654), 16852 [17JY]
———provide for enforcement of antiapartheid laws passed by U.S. political subdivisions, 21801-21805 [15AU]
State and local governments: revenue sharing program, 11780 [21MY]
State long-term care ombudsman programs: improve (S. 2912), 29165, 29168 [7OC]
Student aid: access to information from multistate guarantors, 12069 [2JN]
Support of dependents: prohibit retroactive modification of arrearages (S. 2404), 9416 [5MY]
Tax Exempt Bond Reform Act: enact (S. 2166), 4153-4163 [10MR], 4346 [11MR]
Tax Reform Act: deductibility of State and local taxes, 3366 [28FE], 4820 [13MR], 5181 [18MR], 6372 [26MR], 7043 [9AP], 8151 [21AP]
———deductibility of State and local taxes (H.R. 3838), 8957 [29AP]
———deductibility of State and local taxes (S. Res. 366), 4814 [13MR]
———unitary tax amendment, 14760 [20JN]
Taxation: deductibility of income and real estate taxes, 2884 [26FE]
———deductibility of local taxes, 13556-13565, 13590-13609 [12JN], 14497-14502 [19JN]
———deductibility of State and local taxes, 8960 [29AP]
———deductibility of State and local taxes (S. Res. 395), 9670 [6MY]
———delete dealers exception from the hedging rules, 15072 [24JN]
———exempt industrial revenue bonds, 14898 [23JN]
———extend common paymaster rule for FICA taxes to partnerships, 15007 [24JN]
———impact of reform on ability to raise revenue, 5185 [18MR]
———limitation on investment in non-purpose obligations, 14813-14816 [20JN]
———provide a uniform system for State use of State and local sales and use taxes (S. 2913), 29549 [8OC]
———treat certain entities as trusts for tax purposes, 15002 [24JN]
Tourist trade: develop survey for decline in travel and tourism related business, 32552 [16OC]
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act: provide for uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition policy, 25553-25557 [23SE]
Urban Mass Transportation: authorizing funds to carry out, 25539-25542 [23SE]
Vocational Rehabilitation Act: amend (H.R. 4021), 23346 [15SE]
———amend (H.R. 4021), conference report, 28618-28624 [3OC]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: approval to amend (S.J. Res. 428), 32365 [16OC]
West Virginia: anniversary celebration, 14830 [20JN]
———anniversary of statehood, 14783 [20JN]
Reports
Consolidated Federal Funds: OMB (excerpt), 29417 [8OC]
Federal Food and Drugs Act: House report (1906 excerpt), 24754 [23SE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: White House Conference of Food, Nutrition and Health (excerpt), 24754 [23SE]
H-3 Highway Project: Kershner & Wright (excerpt), 25578 [23SE]
Regulatory Federalism—Policy, Process, Impact, and Reform: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (excerpt), 9071 [30AP]
Tort Liability Insurance: President's Tort Policy Working Group (excerpts), 10984-10987 [15MY]
Reports by conference committees
Vocational Rehabilitation Act amendments (H.R. 4021), 28052-28075 [2OC]
Reports filed
Allow Persons Representing All States To Be Naturalized on Ellis Island, NY, July 3 or 4, 1986: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 613) (H. Rept. 99-587), 9774 [7MY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 334), 10065 [8MY]
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act Relative to State Allotment of Consumer and Homemaking Funds: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4841) (H. Rept. 99-641), 13769 [16JN]
Dept. of the Interior Provide for Settlement of Certain Title Disputes: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1617) (S. Rept. 99-508), 27685 [1OC]
Development of Comprehensive Mental Health Plans: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1744) (S. Rept. 99-380), 19575 [6AU]
Establish Uniform Boat Titling System Between States: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 4731) (H. Rept. 99-968), 28823 [6OC]
Exemption from Statute of Limitations Applicable to Quiet Title Actions Against U.S.: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2484) (H. Rept. 99-924), 27116 [29SE]
Federal, State, and Local Government Law Enforcement Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5393) (H. Rept. 99-847), 24801 [19SE]
Federal and State Roles in Economic Stabilization: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-460), 47 [21JA]
Federal Technology Transfer Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3773) (H. Rept. 99-953), 28178 [2OC]
Federal-Aid Highway Act Appropriations: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2405; S. Res. 459) (S. Rept. 99-369), 19240 [5AU]
General Revenue Sharing Appropriations: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 1400) (H. Rept. 99-610), 11624 [21MY]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1400; H. Res. 527) (H. Rept. 99-740), 19116 [5AU]
Head Start Act, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act, Community Services Block Grant Act, Dependent Care State Grant Program Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 2444) (S. Rept. 99-327), 15104 [24JN]
Lower Colorado Water Supply Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 5028) (S. Rept. 99-496), 26838 [27SE]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4669) (H. Rept. 99-806), 22366 [9SE]
Program of Federal Grants to States for Drug Abuse Education and Prevention in Schools: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 5378) (H. Rept. 99-808), 22366 [9SE]
Prohibition of Implementation of Regulations of FEMA Revising Federal Disaster Relief Program: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5488) (H. Rept. 99-896), 26369 [25SE]
Provide Temporary Extension of Interstate Transfer Deadline for H-3 Highway, HI: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (S. 2880) (H. Rept. 99-950), 27550 [1OC]
Provision for Grandparents To Petition State Courts for Privileges To Visit Grandchildren Following Dissolution of Parent's Marriage: Committee on the Judiciary (H. Con. Res. 67), 25838 [24SE]
Requirement That Public Buildings Comply With Recognized Building Codes and Zoning Laws: Committee on Environment and Public Works (H.R. 2403), 27994 [2OC]
State Maritime Academy Appropriations: Committee on Rules (H.R. 4175) (H. Rept. 99-634), 13266 [11JN]
Vocational Rehabilitation Act: committee of conference (H.R. 4021) (H. Rept. 99-955), 28178 [2OC]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4021; H. Res. 569) (H. Rept. 99-948), 27550 [1OC]
Resolutions by organizations
General Revenue Sharing Program: Association of County Commissioners of Alabama, 25609 [23SE]
H-3 Highway project: Hawaii's Thousand Friends, 25587 [23SE]
———Waipahu Neighborhood Board, 25581 [23SE]
Rulings of the Chair
Elections: uniform poll closing time (H.R. 3525), 682 [29JA]
Statements
Antiapartheid Bidding Standards on Highway Projects: Member of Congress, 25763 [24SE]
Billboards on the Highways: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 25470 [23SE]
Collateral Review of Criminal Judgments: Henry J. Friendly, 7396 [14AP]
———John P. Stevens, 7396 [14AP]
———Lewis F. Powell, Jr., 7396 [14AP]
———Sandra D. O'Connor, 7396 [14AP]
———Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 7396 [14AP]
Discrimination: William H. Rehnquist, 23324 [15SE]
Enforcement of Antiapartheid Laws of U.S. Political Subdivisions: Senator Moynihan, 21802 [15AU]
Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Relations: Representative Gonzalez, 30213 [10OC]
Get States and Cities Off Foreign Policy Stage, 25764 [24SE]
H-3 Highway Project: Don D. Fowler, 25575 [23SE]
———Jacquelin Miller, 25575 [23SE]
———Joseph Kennedy, 25575 [23SE]
———Mark Hagmann, 25578 [23SE]
———several States' transportation officials, 25597 [23SE]
Just Compensation: Everett McKinley Dirksen, 25602 [23SE]
———Jennings Randolph, 25602 [23SE]
Philadelphia, PA, Assistance Program for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: James J. Mahoney, Greater Philadelphia Council, AFL-CIO (excerpts), 16272 [26JN]
Religious Theme in Political Elections—Case-by-Case Examples by State: People for the American Way, 33574 [17OC]
Revenue Sharing Program: Representative McEwen, 3254 [27FE]
Self-Employment Opportunity Act: Representatives Gephardt and Wyden, 5863 [20MR]
Speed Limit: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 25520 [23SE]
———National Conference of State Legislators, 25530 [23SE]
———president of the Independent Drivers Association of America, 25529 [23SE]
———President Reagan, 25529 [23SE]
State Narrative Reports on Major Unmet Drug Abuse Needs: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, 9241-9245 [1MY]
Tax Treatment of Annuities of Federal, State, and Local Government Employees, 22642 [10SE]
Toll Highways and Federal Funds: sundry, 25564 [23SE]
Studies
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act—State and Local Food and Drug Programs: FDA (excerpt), 24754 [23SE]
Summaries
Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act: provisions (S. 2387), 9071 [30AP]
Reform of Federalism Policies, 31244 [15OC]
Surveys
Billboards on the Highways: Hamilton & Staff, 25485-25491 [23SE]
Tables
Agricultural stabilization and conservation service one/multiple community counties by State, 28913 [6OC]
All-terrain vehicles and associated State-by-State deaths, 14425 [18JN]
Authorization levels for interstate and non-interstate programs funds based on S. 2405, 25508 [23SE]
Corporations that pay no Federal income taxes, 8640 [24AP]
Distribution of obligation limitations based on Federal-Aid Highway Act (S. 2405) program structure, 25759 [24SE]
H-3 Highway project per-mile segment compared with other interstates, 25597 [23SE]
Highway funds, 22120 [15AU]
Legislative timetable of mandated due dates of Dept. of Energy studies for radioactive waste disposal, 5162 [18MR]
Local government revenues in farm-dependent v. all counties in 10 sample States, 8319 [22AP]
Low-income energy funds, 7118 [10AP]
Nutrition program for the elderly—1985 payments: Dept. of Agriculture, 21453 [13AU]
Political parties contributions, 20808 [12AU]
Projections of State-by-State defense spending, 21725 [14AU]
Revenue sharing program (sundry), 8320 [22AP], 8621, 8622, 8624, 8626, 8640 [24AP]
State by State impact of eliminating revenue sharing program, 11780 [21MY]
State revolving loan fund and construction grants for wastewater facilities, 32393 [16OC]
State tax and expenditure limits, 3909 [6MR]
State unemployment insurance—proposed Senate reduction in contingency, 22541 [10SE]
State-by-State apportionments under S. 2405, 25508 [23SE]
States requiring missing person entry into National Crime Information Center, 1940 [6FE]
States' use of electronic voting, 2084 [7FE]
Timber sales program provisions to local units of governments, 23509 [16SE]
Wilderness designations enacted since 1979, 27065 [29SE]
Telegrams
Buy American provisions of Federal highway legislation: Independent Cement Corp., 25752 [24SE]
Testimonies
Authority for States To Set Uniform Tolerance Levels for Pesticides: Joseph Brennan, Governor of Maine, 28956 [6OC]
———Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 28957 [6OC]
———New York State Department of Health, 28954 [6OC]
———Orlo Ehart, 28958 [6OC]
———Richard W. Lowerre, 28959 [6OC]
FERC Jurisdiction: Anthony G. Sousa (excerpt), 27892 [2OC]
Sewage disposal construction grants: EPA, 27977 [2OC]
Uniform Poll Closing: James H. Douglas, 666 [29JA]
Texts of
Expand employee role in corporate divestiture consent decree proceedings, 18844 [1AU]
H. Res. 549, authority of State or territories of the U.S. relative to the Anti-Apartheid Act, 23154 [12SE]
H.R. 2484, exempt States from statute of limitations applicable to quit title actions against the U.S., 27375 [30SE]
H.R. 3129, Federal-Aid Highway Act, 25770-25794 [24SE]
H.R. 3913, Consumer Fraud Act, 193 [21JA]
H.R. 4021, Vocational Rehabilitation Act amendments, 9493 [6MY]
H.R. 4233, Colorado water sovereignty, 2776 [25FE]
H.R. 4425, Product Liability Uniform Standards Act, 5085-5086 [17MR]
H.R. 4463, Effective Schools and Even Start Act, 5835 [20MR]
H.R. 4612, strengthen and coordinate Federal, State, and local regulations regarding transportation of hazardous substances, 8055-8059 [17AP]
H.R. 4669, Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act amendments, 22346 [9SE]
H.R. 4731, Recreational Boating Safety Act, 28783 [6OC]
H.R. 4814, Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act, 20606 [11AU]
H.R. 4841, Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act consumer and homemaking funds, 14035 [17JN]
H.R. 5202, establish research, information, and technical assistance program relative to effects of exposure, 17319 [22JY]
H.R. 5401, Safe Pipeline Act, 21413-21415 [13AU]
H.R. 5434, establish Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, 22154-22157 [15AU]
H.R. 5488, prohibit implementation of certain regulations relating to disasters, 27370 [30SE]
H.R. 5538, open container prohibition and national blood alcohol level requirements for automobile drivers, 23861 [17SE]
H.R. 5568, Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 27377-27382 [30SE]
S. 1744, require development of State comprehensive mental health plans, 20900 [12AU], 33121-33143 [17OC]
S. 2037, targeted fiscal assistance for needy communities, 1236-1238 [30JA]
S. 2068, Seabed Boundary Act, 2090 [7FE]
S. 2087, alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant allotments, 2598 [24FE]
S. 2165, determination of funds for low-income home energy assistance, 4066 [7MR]
S. 2166, Tax Exempt Bond Reform Act, 4155-4162 [10MR]
S. 2201, Nuclear Waste State Participation Act, 5162 [18MR]
S. 2301, Reform of Federal Intervention in State Proceedings Act, 7394 [14AP]
S. 2325, reimbursement to State and local governments of expenditures relative to certain investigations and recovery of Federal taxes, 8291 [22AP]
S. 2353, model statute for prohibition of drug freebase houses by States, 8291 [22AP]
S. 2387, Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act, 9069-9071 [30AP]
S. 2404, amend Social Security Act to prohibit retroactive modification of arrearages, 9417 [5MY]
S. 2405, Federal-Aid Highway Act, 9573-9582 [6MY], 25491-25503 [23SE]
S. 2444, Human Services Reauthorization Act, 10408-10410 [13MY]
S. 2476, require States to furnish and the Dept. of HHS to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of adoption, 11331 [20MY]
S. 2513, work opportunities and retraining compact, 12800-12802 [5JN]
S. 2548, amend Farmland Protection Policy Act to propose Federal assistance and State financing to save farm land, 13536 [12JN]
S. 2552, modify existing 55-mile-per-hour speed limit, 13624 [12JN]
S. 2587, facilitate public access to recreation areas, 14959 [23JN]
S. 2654, permit States to enforce State or local antiapartheid laws relative to contracts with certain business interests, 16853 [17JY]
S. 2710, Indoor Radon Research and Assistance Act, 18777 [1AU]
S. 2813, Acid Rain and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act, 23041-23044 [12SE]
S. 2880, provide temporary extension of interstate transfer deadline for H-3 Highway, 28753 [6OC]
S. 2880, provide temporary extension of interstate transfer deadline for H-3 Highway, 26472 [26SE]
S. 2905, Global Resources, Environmental, and Population Act, 27702 [1OC]
S. 2912, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act, 29166-29168 [7OC]
S. 2926, Federalism Act, 32635-32646 [16OC]
S. Con. Res. 104, urging the establishment of State commissions on the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1577, 1601 [4FE]
S. Con. Res. 111, effective date of Tax Reform Act (H.R. 3838) provisions, 2871 [26FE]
S. Con. Res. 118, acid rain, 5174 [18MR]
S. Con. Res. 145, encourage physical education programs for all children, 12242 [3JN]
S. Res. 366, tax deduction of State and local taxes, 4813 [13MR]
S. Res. 368, Cooperative Extension Service Programs funding, 5175 [18MR]
S. Res. 395, State and local taxes, 9669 [6MY]
S. Res. 427, New Mexico Is a State Day, 13701, 13719 [13JN]
S.J. Res. 428, approval to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, 32366 [16OC]