THOMAS, ROBERT LINDSAY (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 395, continuing appropriations, 35453 [14DE]

———H.R. 2700, making appropriations for energy and water development, 34772 [10DE]

———H.R. 2906, making appropriations for Dept. of Defense, 30809 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Cooks, Meliha and Gorkhan: relief (see H.R. 2938), 19677 [14JY]

Elections: increase public participation in campaigns (see H.R. 2580), 14260 [2JN]

Farmers Home Administration: improve operation of secondary market for certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2179), 10023 [27AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agricultural Act: amend to limit the quantity of milk protein products that may be imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 1436), 6632 [24MR]

Agriculture: farm program benefits (see H.R. 3487), 27929 [14OC]

———improve administration of Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (see H.R. 2340), 11864 [8MY]

———increase number of acres placed in conservation reserve program (see H.R. 3357), 25481 [29SE]

———label perishable commodities with country of origin (see H.R. 692), 4089 [25FE]

———measures to defray costs of cotton research and promotion program (see H.R. 1622), 5723 [16MR]

———protection of poultry growers and sellers (see H.R. 3457), 26990 [8OC]

———reduction of outstanding loan principal (see H.R. 1050), 3224 [9FE]

———use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (see H.R. 2752), 17102 [23JN]

Airlines: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10837 [30AP]

———tax treatment of certain air transportation expenses (see H.R. 45), 3225 [9FE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10, 2686), 2395 [2FE], 17438 [25JN]

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

Banks and banking: facilitate restructuring of certain agricultural loans by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1346), 4548 [3MR]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23877 [14SE]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 21470 [29JY]

———reform process (see H.R. 2960), 19899 [15JY]

Capital Ownership Development Program: reform (see H.R. 1807), 27175 [9OC]

Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 20780 [22JY]

Clean Water Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 19137 [9JY]

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

Communications: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 6966 [26MR]

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 13827 [27MY]

Community Development Block Grant Program: sense of House of Representatives (see H. Res. 67), 4450 [2MR]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3130), 33334 [1DE]

Conservation of natural resources: contributions of Aldo Leopold (see H.J. Res. 50), 19564 [13JY]

Consumer Product Safety Act: establish uniform standards (see H.R. 1115), 16569 [17JN]

Courts: retirement and survivors' benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586), 22314 [4AU]

Credit: protect users of consumer and charge cards (see H.R. 1086), 10023 [27AP]

De Soto Trail: study (see H.R. 2565), 20906 [23JY]

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Agency: establish (see H.R. 2047), 17103 [23JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: maintain Soil Conservation Service funding in budget (see H. Res. 68), 4551 [3MR]

———redesignate as Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (see H.R. 2026), 8665 [9AP]

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

Dept. of Education: demonstration programs to assist students in education and career planning (see H.R. 2027), 8665 [9AP]

Disasters: response (see H.R. 2707), 16568 [17JN]

Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]

EEC: U.S. countermeasures for proposed tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils (see H. Con. Res. 51), 3517 [19FE]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 24135 [16SE]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 15585 [11JN]

Farm credit banks: protect stock of borrowers in institutions of farm credit system (see H. Res. 137), 8671 [9AP]

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

Federal Meat Inspection Act: require pizza products containing imitation cheese or meat to be labeled to reflect that fact (see H.R. 3232), 23079 [7AU]

Fish and fisheries: plastic drift nets (see H.R. 940), 6632 [24MR]

Food: encourage consumption of meat and meat products (see H. Con. Res. 198), 16568 [17JN]

———labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 14918 [8JN]

Food relief: distribution of excess cheese held by CCC (see H.R. 607), 3518 [19FE]

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

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 28620 [21OC]

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

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

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 30982 [5NO]

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

Hazardous substances: prohibit use of certain organotin-based antifoulant paints (see H.R. 2210), 10585 [29AP]

Health: stabilize rural care provisions (see H.R. 1829, 1830), 10274 [28AP]

Housing: Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 11362 [6MY]

Immigration: permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 29738 [28OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 759), 2004 [27JA]

Insects: designate honey bee as national insect (see H.J. Res. 171), 8670 [9AP]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 14261 [2JN]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property en route (see H.R. 2489), 25749 [30SE]

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

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), 9082 [21AP]

Jimmy Carter Historic Site and Preservation District, GA: designate (see H.R. 2416), 12387 [13MY]

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

Kings River, CA: wild and scenic designation (see H.R. 799), 4089 [25FE]

Lasker, Mary: award special gold medal (see H.R. 390), 22127 [3AU]

Leopold, Aldo: anniversary of birthday (see H.J. Res. 50), 19564 [13JY]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 129), 2741 [4FE]

Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 21378 [28JY]

Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (see H.R. 74), 3260 [10FE]

Marine transportation: counter unfair practices (see H.R. 1290), 8019 [6AP]

Maritime programs: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 953), 10838 [30AP]

Marshall plan: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207), 9083 [21AP]

Medical care: establish programs to increase number of professional nurses (see H.R. 3340), 31964 [16NO]

Medicare: benefits to additional poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018), 8019 [6AP]

———catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1280, 1281), 4159 [26FE]

———improve availability of home health services (see H.R. 2138), 14579 [3JN]

———payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see H.R. 2474), 25749 [30SE]

———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 2520 [3FE]

Motor vehicles: counter restrictive practices in maritime transportation (see H.R. 1364), 4549 [3MR]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 18683 [1JY]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 21470 [29JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 4551 [3MR]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 55), 26814 [7OC]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 20906 [23JY]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 12388 [13MY]

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

National Black American Inventors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 35576 [14DE]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 8124 [7AP]

National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans: establish (see H.R. 3336), 28843 [22OC]

National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 23935 [15SE]

National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 9082 [21AP]

National Child Support Enforcement Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 19056 [8JY]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 2881), 21186 [27JY]

National Community Development Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91), 11004 [4MY]

National Cosmetology Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23877 [14SE]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 19564 [13JY]

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

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

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 9648 [23AP]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 23082 [7AU]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 20781 [22JY]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 23082 [7AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 22127 [3AU]

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

National Health Service Corps: revise and extend program (see H.R. 1327), 13433 [21MY]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 23877 [14SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 23081 [7AU]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 24678 [21SE]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 17698 [26JN]

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

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 299), 18683 [1JY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5864 [17MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 4090 [25FE]

National Outward Bound Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284), 15369 [10JN]

National parks: minimum altitude for aircraft (see H.R. 921), 2518 [3FE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 33333 [1DE]

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

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 5494 [11MR]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), 19563 [13JY]

National Safety Belt Use Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 23082 [7AU]

National School Psychologist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 339), 23934 [15SE]

National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 16291 [16JN]

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

———improve (see H.R. 1717), 6284 [19MR]

National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), 31635 [10NO]

National Teacher Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 9326 [22AP]

National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), 23712 [10SE]

National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 116), 6777 [25MR]

National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 9646 [23AP]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 23877 [14SE]

National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), 14579 [3JN]

National Wildlife Refuge System: enhancement (see H.R. 3601), 30649 [3NO]

National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 30911 [4NO]

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

Nicaragua: reforms (see H. Res. 290), 28842 [22OC]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend relative to set-aside targets for rural areas (see H.R. 2029), 8665 [9AP]

Oil spills: a comprehensive system of liability and compensation for damage and removal costs (see H.R. 1632), 5862 [17MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4918 [5MR]

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

100th Congress: commemorative medals (see H.R. 972), 2737 [4FE]

———commemorative stamp (see H. Con. Res. 39), 2739 [4FE]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: Federal/State consultations (see H.R. 996), 2737 [4FE]

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

Phobia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 25482 [29SE]

Plastics: disposal of certain materials at sea (see H.R. 940), 6632 [24MR]

PLO: prohibition on establishment of office in U.S. (see H.R. 2587), 22127 [3AU]

Point Udall, GU: designate (see H.R. 2434), 16776 [18JN]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 17103 [23JN]

Polygraph: examinations of applicants by employers (see H.R. 1536), 5258 [10MR]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: enact (see H.R. 1207), 7239 [30MR]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2960), 19899 [15JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10, 2686), 2395 [2FE], 17438 [25JN]

Roads and highways: authorizing funds (see H.R. 2), 105 [6JA]

Rural areas: economic development (see H.R. 2028), 8665 [9AP]

Rural Crisis Recovery Program: establish (see H.R. 3492), 28009 [15OC]

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 8666 [9AP]

Securities: require aliens to register investments (see H.R. 312), 1794 [21JA]

———sale of obligations to issuer before public offering (see H.R. 2059), 8667 [9AP]

Shipping industry: donation of surplus ships to humanitarian organizations (see H.R. 1097), 17103 [23JN]

Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4450 [2MR], 4920 [5MR]

Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 30275 [30OC]

Sports: efforts to bring 1994 World Cup soccer to U.S. (see H.J. Res. 343), 22314 [4AU]

State and local governments: minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation proposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1278), 15584 [11JN]

———unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1087), 3300 [11FE]

Strategic Marine Research Program: establish (see H.R. 1717), 6284 [19MR]

Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 35576 [14DE]

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

———delay exception from certain technical personnel (see H.R. 792), 20780 [22JY]

———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 26814 [7OC]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 22127 [3AU]

———Federal estate and gift taxes relative to Federal revenues (see H. Res. 276), 29307 [27OC]

———Federal excise taxes should not be increased (see H. Res. 110), 9648 [23AP]

———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 6777 [25MR]

———scholarships, fellowships, and education loans (see H.R. 2649), 26062 [1OC]

———treatment of certain air transportation expenses (see H.R. 45), 3225 [9FE]

Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 15584 [11JN]

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program: funds (see H.R. 906), 3461 [18FE]

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

Timber: unlawful to spike (see H.R. 3075), 24957 [23SE]

Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and conservation (see H.R. 1516), 30649 [3NO]

Tropical Forest Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3010), 25482 [29SE]

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

VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 23712 [10SE]

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

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

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

Water Quality Act: enact (see H.R. 1), 105 [6JA]

White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 2690), 20780 [22JY]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 5865 [17MR]

Wyeth, Andrew: gold medal (see H.R. 593), 7780 [2AP]

Yellowstone National Park: reintroduction of wolves by National Park Service (see H.R. 3378), 35576 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Appropriations: election (see H. Res. 287)

Essays

Merchant Fleet Costly but Worth It: Sheila P. Dillon, 18718 [1JY]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Oliver, Darin E., 9689 [23AP]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: place crop acreage into non-crop use, 18402 [30JN]

———use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (H.R. 2752), 31316 [9NO]

Budget: deficit, 28553 [21OC]

Citizenship: requirements for crews of documented vessels, 19002 [8JY]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1988 (H.R. 2342), 19002, 19038 [8JY]

Congressional budget: setting forth for fiscal years 1988-90 (H. Con. Res. 93), 8575 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 11900 [11MY], 12117 [12MY]

———budget, 8576 [9AP]

———C-17 aircraft funding, 12117 [12MY]

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35038, 35039 [11DE], 36092, 36097, 36101 [17DE]

Georgia Southern College Eagles (football team): tribute, 1807 [21JA]

Girl Scouts: anniversary, 5531 [11MR]

India: Union Carbide plant accident in Bhopal, 28800 [22OC]

Persian Gulf: involvement of U.S. Armed Forces, 19038 [8JY]

Polygraphs: employee protection against dismissal or discipline, 30877 [4NO]

———prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 30877 [4NO]

Wine Equity and Export Expansion Act: updating of reports (H.R. 1628), 5739 [16MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Committee on Agriculture: resignation, 28613 [21OC]

Committee on Appropriations: election (H. Res. 287), 28613 [21OC]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: resignation, 28613 [21OC]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 8576 [9AP], 11900 [11MY], 12117 [12MY], 19038 [8JY]

Reports

Endangered Species Act: House of Representatives, 35038 [11DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 287, election to Committee on Appropriations, 28613 [21OC]

Tributes

Hooks, Jones and Stephanie, 21461 [29JY]