DOWDY, WAYNE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 558, Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act, 11828 [8MY]

Articles and editorials

Former Jackson Lawmaker's Book Given to National Museum, Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger, 15384 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

FCC: prohibit trafficking in station licenses except when ownership is sought by minorities (see H.R. 2479), 13128 [20MY]

Local government: establish program to assist in essential services (see H.R. 3748), 35072 [11DE]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 21632 [30JY]

Natural gas: pipelines (see H.R. 3445), 26813 [7OC]

Tolentino, Elacio and Grace: relief, 2225 [29JA]

VA: flight training for veterans (see H.R. 2950), 19899 [15JY]

Veterans: employment and training (see H.R. 3460), 27174 [9OC]

———survivors' benefits (see H.R. 3001), 20905 [23JY]

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see H.R. 1504), 5257 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (see H.R. 3069), 23934 [15SE]

American Battle Monuments Commission: exempt retired members of Armed Forces from grade limitations (see H.R. 733), 10838 [30AP]

American Conservation Corps: establish (see H.R. 18), 12728 [18MY]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 23876 [14SE]

———payment under CHAMPUS of certain medical expenses not covered under medicare (see H.R. 2934), 23649 [9SE]

———tax deductions for members of Reserve and National Guard (see H.R. 2214), 32684 [18NO]

Arms sales: congressional authorization for certain (see H.R. 898), 5559 [12MR]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), 15369 [10JN]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 9648 [23AP]

Brailovsky, Leonid: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union (see H. Res. 213), 17438 [25JN]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]

Children: protect the rights of victims of child abuse (see H.R. 1437), 4916 [5MR]

Clean Water Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 19901 [15JY]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. circulating coin designs (see H.R. 3314), 36482 [18DE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14), 110 [6JA]

Conservation of natural resources: contributions of Aldo Leopold (see H.J. Res. 50), 23649 [9SE]

Constitution: guarantees on the 1st, 14th, and 15th amendments (see H.R. 1582), 9082 [21AP]

Courts: retirement and survivors' benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586), 23934 [15SE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit upgrading of Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 302), 15585 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish National Center for Biotechnology Information (see H.R. 393), 26707 [6OC]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 23876 [14SE]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 7429 [31MR]

Federal aid programs: increased funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (see H.J. Res. 192), 16291 [16JN]

Federal Employee Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 53), 2005 [27JA]

Federal employees: conduct study on annuities, morale, personnel management, and individual retirement planning (see H.R. 388), 863 [7JA]

———right to participate as private citizens in political process (see H.R. 3400), 27930 [14OC]

Financial Independence Week: designate (see H. Res. 185), 24957 [23SE]

Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 19136 [9JY]

———opposition to tax on certain U.S. products and commodities by European Economic Community (see H. Con. Res. 51), 6632 [24MR]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 21633 [30JY]

General Revenue Sharing Program: restore appropriation authorization (see H.R. 1198), 5864 [17MR]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 18682 [1JY]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180), 22314 [4AU]

Great Lakes: commodities exports (see H.R. 3144), 34402 [8DE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 36482 [18DE]

Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 245), 11362 [6MY]

Health: Federal child care program (see H.R. 3660), 37627 [21DE]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 16082 [15JN]

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 4919 [5MR]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 3), 105 [6JA]

Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 24956 [23SE]

Japan: trade barriers on agricultural imports from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 128), 15369 [10JN]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 3462 [18FE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: location in District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 405), 33063 [20NO]

Lawyers: limitation on attorneys' fees (see H.R. 2312), 24677 [21SE]

Leave of absence: protection of employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (see H.R. 925), 33063 [20NO]

Leopold, Aldo: anniversary of birthday (see H.J. Res. 50), 23649 [9SE]

Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 27716 [13OC]

Medicare: eliminate discrimination relative to mental illness (see H.R. 1067), 8019 [6AP]

———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 2992 [5FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 18368 [30JN]

Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor: establish (see H.R. 3204), 23077 [7AU]

Money: redeem U.S. currencies in gold (see H.R. 336), 23650 [9SE]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 11946 [11MY]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 19678 [14JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 15369 [10JN]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1259), 11362 [6MY]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 40), 4551 [3MR]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 428), 35920 [16DE]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 7239 [30MR]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 5258 [10MR]

National cemeteries: improve system (see H.R. 2957), 21378 [28JY]

National Centenarians Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 16290 [16JN]

National Center for Biotechnology Information: establish (see H.R. 393), 26707 [6OC]

National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 23712 [10SE]

National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 7780 [2AP]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 2881), 18681 [1JY]

National Cosmetology Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 20906 [23JY]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 17), 9647 [23AP]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 13433 [21MY]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 9326 [22AP]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 7780 [2AP]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 14579 [3JN]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5259 [10MR]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 20284 [20JY]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 10023 [27AP]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]

National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 368), 29936 [29OC]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 22589 [5AU]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 31635 [10NO]

National Home Remodeling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 163), 7430 [31MR]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 8386 [8AP]

National Housing Act: amend to provide the Sec. of HUD with permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 5865 [17MR]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 16082 [15JN]

National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 25750 [30SE]

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: recognize (see H.R. 958), 24956 [23SE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), 7781 [2AP]

National NHS—Neighbor Works Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 34402 [8DE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 8670 [9AP]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 10586 [29AP]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 13827 [27MY]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 7729 [1AP]

National Postsecondary Education Trust: establish (see H.R. 2509), 20906 [23JY]

National Safety Belt Use Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 22589 [5AU]

National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 21186 [27JY]

National Sea Grant College Program: establishment of strategic research program (see H.R. 3017), 24678 [21SE]

———improve (see H.R. 1717), 11721 [7MY]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), 24891 [22SE]

National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 18098 [29JN]

National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), 29307 [27OC]

National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 36482 [18DE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 3903 [23FE]

Natural gas: independent producer cooperatives (see H.R. 310), 4919 [5MR]

Nicaragua: withhold military assistance to Contras until completion of investigation into arms sales to Iran (see H.R. 360), 2740 [4FE]

Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: charter (see H.R. 2248), 10837 [30AP]

Older Americans Act: amend provision relative to grants to States for demonstration projects (see H.R. 907), 5260 [10MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 7240 [30MR]

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 191), 19137 [9JY]

Pensions: railroad retirement benefits exempt from sequestration (see H. Con. Res. 227), 36482 [18DE]

Petroleum: national security policy (see H.R. 308), 4919 [5MR]

Postal Service: procedural and appeal rights for certain personnel actions (see H.R. 348), 3518 [19FE]

Power resources: encourage exploration for domestic sources (see H.R. 1614), 13827 [27MY]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: amend (see H.R. 308, 309, 1941), 4089 [25FE], 4919 [5MR], 8018 [6AP]

Public Health Service Act: amend (see H.R. 1609), 10274 [28AP]

———minority medical education (see H.R. 954), 12388 [13MY]

Public safety officers: increase death benefits (see H.R. 1016), 34402 [8DE]

Railroad Retirement Act: trust fund (see H.R. 2229), 10836 [30AP]

Rural areas: revitalization through economic diversification and provision of community facilities to meet basic needs (see H.R. 1800), 19055 [8JY]

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 10586 [29AP]

Secret Service: adjust salaries and benefits (see H.R. 2943), 30649 [3NO]

Securities: require foreign persons to register investments (see H.R. 312), 4550 [3MR]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 8389 [8AP]

Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4920 [5MR]

Social Security: more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 7779 [2AP]

———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (see H.R. 1444), 4917 [5MR]

———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (see H. Con. Res. 133), 14579 [3JN]

Southern Gospel Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), 21378 [28JY]

Soviet Union: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 34), 6522 [23MR]

———relative to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 83), 18369 [30JN]

———U.S. citizens to maintain regular contact with relatives (see H. Con. Res. 68), 18683 [1JY]

Strategic Marine Research Program: establish (see H.R. 1717), 11721 [7MY]

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Act: enact (see H.R. 1195), 9325 [22AP]

Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 24135 [16SE]

———Christa McAuliffe Fellowships shall not be included in gross income (see H.R. 3664), 37627 [21DE]

———credit for care of aged (see H.R. 631), 2991 [5FE]

———credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1064), 36482 [18DE]

———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 4919 [5MR]

———deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 10273 [28AP]

———educational expenses (see H.R. 3444), 29936 [29OC]

———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 24135 [16SE]

———extend period during which qualified mortgage bonds may be issued (see H.R. 2640), 18368 [30JN]

———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 4919 [5MR]

———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 9647 [23AP]

———passive loss limitation on deductions allowable for expenses relative to rental real estate in which the taxpayer materially participates (see H.R. 3224), 35073 [11DE]

———repeal certain provisions which require certain entities to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 666), 4550 [3MR]

———restore special 3-year basis recovery rule in computing amount of employee's annuity (see H.R. 1007), 11362 [6MY]

———3-year basis recovery rule applicable to employees' annuities (see H.R. 780), 2004 [27JA]

Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 25482 [29SE]

Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786), 8388 [8AP]

Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see H.R. 1154), 3515 [19FE]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Celebration: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

VA: 3.5% increase in rates of compensation (see H.R. 1084), 24890 [22SE]

———establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 23080 [7AU]

———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]

———executive impoundment of appropriated medical funds (see H.J. Res. 110), 2741 [4FE]

———fee charged for home loans (see H. Con. Res. 32), 2742 [4FE]

———fee charged for obtaining home loan guarantee (see H. Con. Res. 79), 9648 [23AP]

———health care programs (see H.R. 2616), 17438 [25JN]

———home loan program (see H. Con. Res. 78), 9648 [23AP]

———improve health care programs (see H.R. 3449), 28010 [15OC]

———increase per diem rates for payments for domiciliary and nursing home care in State homes (see H.R. 1659), 11721 [7MY]

———opposition to budget reductions (see H. Con. Res. 27), 3518 [19FE]

———rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2945), 20906 [23JY]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 11720 [7MY]

———establish benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1811), 20906 [23JY]

———GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]

———improve housing programs (see H.R. 2672), 21632 [30JY]

Vocational education: funding (see H. Res. 146), 8669 [9AP]

White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 5260 [10MR]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 25750 [30SE]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 4450 [2MR]

World War II: memorial and museum (see H.R. 3742), 34784 [10DE]

Youth: establish adolescent health services demonstration projects (see H.R. 1609), 10274 [28AP]

Books

``Politics of Conservation,'' Frank E. Smith (1966), 15384 [10JN]

Documents

Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans, from U.S. Code, 10252 [28AP]

Remarks by, on

Banks and banking: moratorium on real estate activities, 14603 [3JN]

Civilian Conservation Corps: tribute, 15384 [10JN]

Communications Act: clarify congressional intent concerning requirements that broadcasters afford opportunity for discussion of conflicting views (H.R. 1934), 14526 [3JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5752 [17MR], 10252 [28AP], 14526 [3JN], 17696 [26JN], 36479 [18DE]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), 10252 [28AP]

Jackson, MS: tribute to students, 9674 [23AP]

Jackson, MS, VA Medical Center: tribute to volunteer workers, 10867 [30AP]

Mississippi: Civilian Conservation Corps tribute, 15384 [10JN]

Natchez-Adams County, MS, Senior Citizens Center, 36684 [19DE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10252 [28AP]

VA: rates of compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 2945), 36288 [18DE]

Veterans: continuation of educational assistance, 12330 [13MY]

———employment and training (H.R. 3460), 29231 [27OC]

———GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5752 [17MR], 12330 [13MY]

———GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), House amendment to Senate amendment, 12330 [13MY]

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 5289 [10MR], 17904 [26JN]

Statements

Press Freedom: Thomas Jefferson, 14526 [3JN]

Tributes

Jackson, Marvin, 33197 [20NO]

Powell, John W., 20114 [15JY]

Stewart, Tommie H., 11288 [5MY]