SWIFT, AL (a Representative from Washington)

Addresses

Buying and Selling Television Stations: Gene Jankowski, 14751 [19JN]

Analyses

Nuclear Waste Policy Act (H.R. 5423), 21743 [14AU]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2005, Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act, 1943 [6FE]

———H.R. 5300, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 26359 [25SE]

———S. 426, Electric Consumers Protection Act, 14703 [19JN]

Articles and editorials

Buying and Selling Television Stations, Channels (publication), 14750 [19JN]

Buying and Selling Television Stations, Electronic Media (publication), 14751 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Atomic energy: establish liability and indemnification of nuclear incidents (see H.R. 4394), 4577 [12MR]

Elections: improve law relative to absentee registration and voting for uniformed services and persons who reside overseas (see H.R. 4393), 4577 [12MR]

FCC: repromulgate regulations to prohibit trafficking in station licenses (see H.R. 5068), 14742 [19JN]

Federal Election Commission: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4758), 9774 [7MY]

Olympic National Forest, WA: revise boundaries (see H.R. 4704), 8887 [29AP]

Olympic National Park, WA: revise boundaries (see H.R. 4704), 8887 [29AP]

Radioactive waste disposal: suspend site characterization process for repository (see H.R. 5423), 21246 [13AU]

Telephones: availability of universal service in rural areas (see H. Con. Res. 308), 6638 [8AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Airlines: fair treatment of employees in mergers (see H.R. 4838), 19952 [8AU]

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty: defense programs should remain in conformance (see H. Con. Res. 336), 12365 [4JN]

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), 12364 [4JN]

———mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of testing (see H.R. 3442), 13268 [11JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4075), 14297 [18JN]

Budget: rescission of authority for revenue sharing program (see H.J. Res. 528), 2678 [25FE]

CCC: excess cheese be made available to States (see H.R. 5145), 18420 [31JY]

Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]

Civil service: cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 10523 [13MY]

Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area: establish (see H.R. 4221), 3854 [6MR]

Communications Act: clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programming (see H.R. 1840), 10990 [15MY]

———expand availability of hearing-aid compatible telephones (see H.R. 3099), 12364 [4JN]

———promote increased availability of television programming (see H.R. 5058), 14741 [19JN]

Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 3107 [27FE]

Copyright: amend requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 4696), 11625 [21MY]

———conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 8762 [28AP]

———make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 17693 [24JY]

Crime and criminals: make felonious sexual molestation of a minor an offense within Indian country (see H.R. 3826), 1779 [5FE]

Customs Service: eliminate certain user fees (see H.R. 5326), 20744 [11AU]

Disaster Relief Act: establish cost sharing formulas for assistance (see H.R. 4934), 18670 [1AU]

Drugs: prevent denial of employment by restricting use of tests (see H.R. 5530), 31219 [14OC]

EEOC: time limitation for review and action on charges under Civil Rights Act (see H. Con. Res. 359), 28824 [6OC]

Employment: prevent denial by restricting use of drug tests (see H.R. 5530), 31219 [14OC]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: conservation standards for gas and electric appliances (see H.R. 5465), 22145 [15AU]

EPA: promulgate regulations requiring inspection for asbestos containing material (see H.R. 5073), 17693 [24JY]

———set standards for identification and abatement of asbestos in schools (see H.R. 4311), 15287 [24JN]

Executive departments: establish certain restrictions relative to drug testing (see H.R. 5531), 28824 [6OC]

Export Administration Act: place restrictions on exporting crude oil from Cook Inlet, AK (see H.R. 3817), 9465 [5MY]

Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 2678 [25FE]

Hanford Reservation, WA: remove from consideration as repository for high-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 4937), 12363 [4JN]

Housing: prevent displacement of low-income and elderly residents in certain rural subsidized projects due to prepayment of loans by Sec. of Agriculture (see H.R. 5463), 28179 [2OC]

IRS: regulations on substantiation of deductions for use of business vehicles, 8888 [29AP]

Japan: authorize Jpn. as abbreviation (see H. Con. Res. 290), 4269 [11MR]

Job Training Partnership Act: establishment of education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 4054), 1503 [4FE]

Maine Central Railroad Co. and Portland Terminal Co.: provide for settlement of labor-management dispute (see H.J. Res. 728), 23473 [16SE]

Medicare: payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2543), 4268 [11MR]

Meiman, Inna: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 14079 [17JN]

Meiman, Naum: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 14079 [17JN]

Merit Systems Protection Board: provide more expeditious granting of relief (see H.R. 2602), 15605 [25JN]

Milk: reductions in net expenditures for price support (see H.R. 4188), 2678 [25FE]

Most favored nation agreement: deny to country that supports terrorism (see H.R. 3661), 14078 [17JN]

National Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 8412 [22AP]

National methanol energy policy: develop and coordinate efforts to implement (see H.R. 3355), 1779 [5FE]

NIH: transfer research monkeys to custody of Primarily Primates, Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 351), 16967 [17JY]

NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 27552 [1OC]

Occupational disease: establish system for identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death (see H.R. 1309), 13526 [12JN]

POWs: veterans' benefits (see H.R. 864), 7127 [10AP]

Product Liability Risk Act: include coverage lines of insurance (see H.R. 5225), 21131 [12AU]

Public Health Service Act: extend health planning authority (see H.R. 5413), 24687 [18SE]

Recreation: provide for ski areas on national forest lands (see H.R. 4489), 5898 [21MR]

Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 10990 [15MY]

Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 8412 [22AP]

Sec. of Agriculture: investigate identification procedures used in lieu of hot-iron branding of animals (see H. Res. 407), 7556 [15AP]

Securities Exchange Act: auditors report of fraudulent activities (see H.R. 5439), 22144 [15AU]

———audits performed to include reasonable procedures for financial fraud detection (see H.R. 4886), 12625 [5JN]

Social Security: make improvements to ensure work incentive provisions (see H.R. 4471), 25457 [23SE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 5050), 14297 [18JN]

Soviet Union: sense of Congress concerning nuclear disaster at Chernobyl (see H. Con. Res. 333), 12982 [9JN]

Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 13269 [11JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for State and local sales tax (see H.R. 5639), 28178 [2OC]

———modify deduction for adoption expenses (see H.R. 2793), 4268 [11MR]

Telecommunication: greater participation of women and minorities (see H.R. 5651), 28823 [6OC]

Territories (U.S.): accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of islands of Samoan group (see H.R. 3555), 6930 [9AP]

Tobacco: ban promotion of products (see H.R. 4972), 13073 [10JN]

Trade adjustment assistance programs: extend (see H.R. 4109), 2132 [18FE]

U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the U.N.: establish (see H.J. Res. 417), 16504 [15JY]

U.S.-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship: designate (see H.J. Res. 715), 22145 [15AU]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: deferral of budget authority, 2678 [25FE]

VA: improve benefits for ex-POWs (see H.R. 4333), 7127 [10AP]

Western regional export licensing office: establish (see H.R. 5443), 22144 [15AU]

White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 5477), 22145 [15AU]

Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 6057 [25MR]

Explanations

Telecommunications Equipment and Services Act (H.R. 3800), 22223 [15AU]

Letters

Port Townsend, WA, and sister city Jalapa, Nicaragua: Brent S. Shirley, 5341 [18MR]

Sale or transfer of facilities of Federal Power Marketing Administration: Ruth Caplan, Environmental Action, 10194 [8MY]

Superfund: Norine D. Brodeur and Cathy Hinds, 29763 [8OC]

Uniform poll closing times: by and Representative William M. Thomas, 686 [29JA]

———Edward M. Joyce, 687 [29JA]

———Lawrence K. Grossman, 686 [29JA]

———Roone Arledge, 687 [29JA]

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: Betty B. Brasch, 9008 [29AP]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), 10193 [8MY]

Atomic accidents: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification (H.R. 3653), 30456 [10OC]

Atomic energy: establish liability and indemnification of nuclear incidents (H.R. 4394), 4579 [12MR]

Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (H.R. 3800), 22222-22225 [15AU]

Blaine, WA: Border Patrol agents protection, 14481 [18JN]

Bonneville Power Administration: privatization, 3756 [5MR], 4584 [12MR]

Budget: deficit reduction proposals, 4595-4597 [12MR]

Commercial and Apartment Conservation Service Program: abolish, 4208 [11MR]

Communications: trafficking in broadcast licenses, 14750 [19JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 20979 [12AU]

Conservation Service Reform Act: enact (H.R. 969), 4208 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 5052), 15491, 15494, 15504 [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5205), 18172 [30JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5161), 16945 [17JY]

District of Columbia: Washington metro rail construction funding, 18172 [30JY]

Elections: establish regional poll closing time in Presidential general (H.R. 3525), 662-664, 676, 677, 679, 681, 683, 684, 685, 688 [29JA]

———establish regional poll closing time in Presidential general (H.R. 3525), unanimous-consent agreement, 693 [29JA]

———improve law relative to absentee registration and voting for uniformed services and persons who reside overseas (H.R. 4393), 4583 [12MR]

Electric Consumers Protection Act: enact (H.R. 44), 8169 [21AP]

———enact (S. 426), conference report, 28102, 28114 [2OC]

Electric power: rate increase for federally marketed power, 5992 [21MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5162), 17457, 17461, 17464, 17468 [23JY]

FCC: broadcasting industry trafficking in licenses, 14750 [19JN]

Federal employees: resolution of cases before Merit Systems Protection Board (H.R. 2602), 14481 [18JN]

Federal Nuclear Waste Disposal Liability Act (H.R. 2524), 4579 [12MR]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: use of funds for sale or transfer of facilities, 10193 [8MY]

Federal Radioactive Waste Liability Act: enact (H.R. 4394), 4579 [12MR]

Flight attendants: dispute with Trans World Airlines, 32163 [15OC]

Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 5341 [18MR]

Foreign trade: lumber industry crisis, 3626 [5MR]

———textile industry, 19382 [8AU]

Government spending: reduce, 4595-4597 [12MR]

Hazardous waste disposal: Federal liability and indemnification (H.R. 2524), 4579 [12MR]

Lumber trade: crisis, 3626 [5MR]

Merit Systems Protection Board: resolution of certain cases (H.R. 2602), 14481 [18JN]

Navy: strategic homeporting, 15491, 15494, 15504 [25JN]

Nicaragua: covert aid for military and paramilitary operations, 5341 [18MR]

———U.S. policy, 5341 [18MR]

Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund: appropriations, 17457, 17461, 17464, 17468 [23JY]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 5423), 21743 [14AU]

Olympic National Forest, WA: revise boundaries (H.R. 4704), 8996 [29AP]

———revise boundaries (S. 2351), 31949 [15OC]

Olympic National Park, WA: revise boundaries (H.R. 4704), 8996 [29AP]

———revise boundaries (S. 2351), 31949 [15OC]

Pacific Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act: implementation, 24697 [18SE]

Point of order, 682 [29JA]

Port Townsend, WA: sister city relationship with Jalapa, Nicaragua, 5341 [18MR]

Power resources: Bonneville Power Administration, privatization, 3756 [5MR]

———electric power rate increase for federally marketed power, 5992 [21MR]

Radioactive waste disposal: suspend site characterization process for repository (H.R. 5423), 21743 [14AU]

Residential Conservation Service Program: funding, 4208 [11MR]

Sakharov, Andrei: anniversary of exile in Soviet Union, 35 [21JA]

Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29743, 29760-29763 [8OC]

Soviet Union: anniversary of exile of Andrei Sakharov, 35 [21JA]

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 2005), conference report, 29743, 29760-29763 [8OC]

Telecommunications Equipment and Services Act: enact (H.R. 3800), 22222-22225 [15AU]

Textile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 1562), veto, 19382 [8AU]

Trans World Airlines: dispute with flight attendants, 32163 [15OC]

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act: enact (H.R. 4393), 4583 [12MR], 9007 [29AP], 20976 [12AU]

———enact (H.R. 4393), unanimous-consent agreement, 16456 [15JY]

Washington: privatization of Bonneville Power Administration, 4584 [12MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 662, 693 [29JA], 5306 [18MR], 8169 [21AP], 8885 [29AP], 10193 [8MY], 14076 [17JN], 14295 [18JN], 14740 [19JN], 16944 [17JY], 29743, 29760 [8OC], 31949 [15OC]

Reports

Committee on House Administration, 13525 [12JN], 19744 [7AU]

Statements

Bonneville Power Administration Privatization Plug Number: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 3756 [5MR]

Buying and Selling Television Stations: Thomas Leahy, 14750 [19JN]

Legislation on Repayment: John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 5992 [21MR]