ROWLAND, JOHN G. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 12073 [12MY]

Appointments

Committee on Armed Services (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Res. 10), 20 [6JA]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]

Memorial service for Stewart B. McKinney, 12331 [13MY]

Articles and editorials

Welfare Reform, Wall Street Journal, 35676 [15DE]

Welfare's Trojan Horse, 35690 [15DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

AFDC: implement programs for self-sufficiency (see H.R. 1880), 7427 [31MR]

Courts: make nondischargeable any debt arising from a judgment requiring debtor to make restitution as a result of a violation of State law (see H.R. 2619), 14778 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: notification of withheld progress payment under certain contracts (see H.R. 2730), 16775 [18JN]

———prohibit awarding of contracts to Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co. and Toshiba Corp. (see H.R. 3079), 22126 [3AU]

Elections: restriction on use of Presidential campaign funds (see H.R. 2155), 9645 [23AP]

ERISA: improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660), 5863 [17MR]

Government: restrictions on procurement from firms that have jeopardized national security (see H.R. 2731), 16775 [18JN]

Internal Revenue Code: improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660), 5863 [17MR]

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

Natural gas: expedited consideration relative to pipelines (see H.R. 1458), 4917 [5MR]

Tariff: 4,4'Bis(a,a-dimethylbenzyl) diphenylamine (see H.R. 2418), 12387 [13MY]

Vas, Jose M.: relief (see H.R. 1191), 3517 [19FE]

Vas, Maria H.: relief (see H.R. 1191), 3517 [19FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 6284 [19MR]

Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (see H.R. 2666), 22799 [6AU]

Acid rain: control (see H.R. 2666), 22799 [6AU]

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

Allied Commission on Out-of-Area Issues Act: enact (see H.R. 2805), 17696 [26JN]

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

Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]

———enroll continuing appropriations legislation agreed to by both Chambers in same form as series of separate bills or resolutions (see H.R. 3199), 23077 [7AU]

———require 60% majority vote of both Houses of Congress for passage of any bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 3201), 23077 [7AU]

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: designate Tomb of the Unknowns (see H.R. 1987), 20284 [20JY]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 14058 [28MY]

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

Bankruptcy: rejection of collective bargaining agreements by debtors (see H.R. 931), 5494 [11MR]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23081 [7AU]

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

———line-item veto (see H.R. 2363), 12828 [19MY]

———process (see H.R. 2232), 12388 [13MY]

Business: prohibitions on certain foreign corporations (see H.R. 2241), 10837 [30AP]

Child care: establish requirements relative to federally funded services (see H.R. 2644), 15367 [10JN]

Children: employment withholdings for support of dependents (see H.R. 1604), 10838 [30AP]

Civil rights: restore scope of coverage and clarify application of antidiscrimination provisions of certain laws (see H.R. 1214), 25749 [30SE]

Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan (see H. Res. 44), 1075 [8JA]

Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), 28619 [21OC]

Connecticut: appointment of additional district court judge (see H.R. 373), 863 [7JA]

———appointment of additional district judge (see H.R. 3032), 21377 [28JY]

Connecticut Coastal National Wildlife Refuge: change name to Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 2334), 11864 [8MY]

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), 33776 [2DE]

Dept. of Defense: establish standards for inventory accounting systems used by contractors (see H.R. 3140), 22796 [6AU]

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

———restrictions on overseas contracts (see H.R. 2873), 18681 [1JY]

Dept. of HHS: submit proposal for regulation of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1933), 26707 [6OC]

Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 4920 [5MR]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 31964 [16NO]

Employment: worker training (see H.R. 2725), 16775 [18JN]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 8019 [6AP]

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

Federal employees: conduct study on annuities, personnel management, and individual retirement planning (see H.R. 388), 10274 [28AP]

———overtime pay (see H.R. 1076), 35921 [16DE]

———right to participate as private citizens in political process (see H.R. 3400), 26061 [1OC]

———rights to participate in political process (see H.R. 20), 23876 [14SE]

Fish and fisheries: reduce adverse effects of drift nets (see H.R. 537), 9646 [23AP]

Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 23935 [15SE]

Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1597), 5558 [12MR]

House of Representatives: restore role of continuing resolutions as short-term funding measures (see H. Res. 210), 18098 [29JN]

Housing: chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2321), 34402 [8DE]

———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 9325 [22AP]

———Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 19055 [8JY]

Immigration: permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 25482 [29SE]

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (see H.R. 1933), 26707 [6OC]

———withdrawals for acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of principal residence (see H.R. 570), 14260 [2JN]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 16291 [16JN]

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

Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]

Japan: negotiations to remove restrictions preventing U.S. firms from competitively bidding on public construction projects in Japan (see H. Con. Res. 132), 14058 [28MY]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 7429 [31MR]

Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: import ban (see H.R. 2698), 18368 [30JN]

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

Medicaid: benefits for the chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2322), 34402 [8DE]

Medicare: benefits to poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018), 14579 [3JN]

———influenza vaccine (see H.R. 514), 4550 [3MR]

———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 9648 [23AP]

———special educational program for beneficiaries (see H.R. 977), 4550 [3MR]

Members of Congress: compensation (see H.R. 1038), 29306 [27OC]

———disapprove salary increases (see H.J. Res. 123), 2225 [29JA]

———salaries (see H.R. 518), 2070 [28JA]

Memorial Day: redesignate (see H.R. 1647), 15368 [10JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 19564 [13JY]

Merchant marine: require approval of Secs. of State and Defense before a vessel registered to a foreign country may be documented under U.S. laws (see H.R. 2645), 17211 [24JN]

Motor vehicles: national minimum blood alcohol level and open containers of alcohol (see H.R. 637), 16775 [18JN]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 26814 [7OC]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 4088 [25FE]

National cemeteries: improve system (see H.R. 2957), 19899 [15JY]

National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans: establish (see H.R. 3336), 26707 [6OC]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 2881), 19678 [14JY]

National Day of Mourning for the Victims of the U.S.S. Stark: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 13433 [21MY]

National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 16569 [17JN]

National Day of the Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 240), 19901 [15JY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 21633 [30JY]

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

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 17211 [24JN]

National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 4919 [5MR]

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

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 14779 [4JN]

National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 28010 [15OC]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 22799 [6AU]

Natural gas: expedited procedures in consideration of applications for construction of pipelines (see H.R. 1053), 3224 [9FE]

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

Office of Chief Financial Office of President: establish (see H.R. 1241), 13827 [27MY]

Olmsted Heritage Landscape Act: enact (see H.R. 17), 20906 [23JY]

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]

Petroleum: import fee (see H. Res. 16), 3302 [11FE]

Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3814), 36481 [18DE]

Postal Service: employee rights to participate in political process (see H.R. 21), 23876 [14SE]

Poverty: vouchers for child care services (see H.R. 1572), 5493 [11MR]

POW/MIA: directing executive departments to make public, records concerning reported live sightings of personnel (see H.R. 2260), 10838 [30AP]

President: line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2363), 12828 [19MY]

———submission of annual reports on the Standing Consultative Commission (see H.R. 1724), 8670 [9AP]

President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 2), 3302 [11FE]

Railroad Retirement Act: taxation of tier 1 retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 16569 [17JN]

Roads and highways: authorizing funds (see H.R. 2), 1075 [8JA]

Robert A. Young Federal Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 3817), 36481 [18DE]

Romania: most favored nation status (see H.R. 1953), 9082 [21AP]

Small business: access to trade remedies (see H.R. 1737), 19564 [13JY]

Social Security: assist severely disabled in attaining or maintaining their maximum potential for independence (see H.R. 3454), 26990 [8OC]

———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]

———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]

———outside income (see H.R. 469), 4011 [24FE]

———restore provisions for determining order of payment of lump-sum death benefits (see H.R. 1977), 14261 [2JN]

———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 468), 16569 [17JN]

———treatment of adopted child (see H.R. 190), 32552 [17NO]

Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 21379 [28JY]

———condemn attack on U.S. servicemen and actions inconsistent with Military Liaison Missions Agreement (see H. Res. 269), 24891 [22SE]

———missile tests near Hawaii (see H. Con. Res. 193), 26708 [6OC]

Tax Reform Act: deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 374), 863 [7JA]

Taxation: amend certain laws (see H.R. 111), 25482 [29SE]

———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 9325 [22AP]

———exemption for child support of noncustodial parent (see H.R. 969), 8387 [8AP]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 32552 [17NO]

———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 20361 [21JY]

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

———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592, 603), 6285 [19MR], 16290 [16JN]

———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 19900 [15JY]

———Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 16569 [17JN]

Tax-exempt organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 10274 [28AP]

Technology: educational demonstration programs (see H.R. 1203), 4009 [24FE]

Telephone: monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950), 10838 [30AP]

Toshiba Corp.: import ban (see H.R. 2698), 18368 [30JN]

VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 8670 [9AP]

———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), 5724 [16MR]

———health-care programs (see H.R. 2616), 14778 [4JN]

———home loan program (see H. Con. Res. 78), 5724 [16MR]

———improve health care programs (see H.R. 3449), 26814 [7OC]

———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]

———employment and training (see H.R. 3460), 28347 [19OC]

———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), 20360 [21JY]

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see H.R. 1504), 17438 [25JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 28010 [15OC]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 34075 [3DE]

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

White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 9082 [21AP]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 14579 [3JN]

Letters

Committee on Public Works and Transportation resignation: by, 1759 [21JA]

Family Welfare Reform Act: Sec. of HHS, 13676 [21MY]

Toshiba/Kongsberg propeller milling technology diversion case: by, 16829 [19JN]

Prayers

Cowboy's Prayer, 22579 [5AU]

Remarks by, on

AFDC: implement programs for self-sufficiency (H.R. 1880), 7337 [31MR]

———restructure (H.R. 1720), 13676 [21MY], 28451 [20OC], 35689 [15DE], 35898 [16DE]

Congress Hall, Philadelphia, PA: ceremonial session of the House of Representatives, 21169 [27JY]

Connecticut Coastal National Wildlife Refuge: change name to Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 2334), 11844 [11MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 10983 [4MY], 11184 [5MY], 11312, 11325 [6MY], 12061, 12073, 12075-12078, 12119 [12MY], 12355, 12367 [13MY], 12661, 12693 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), conference report, 32080 [17NO]

———C-17 aircraft funding, 12119 [12MY]

———contractors debarred or suspended, 12661 [18MY]

———report timetable to inform Congress of contractor problems, 15500 [11JN]

———terminate Midgetman missile program, 12367 [13MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1777), 16258 [16JN]

———export controls, 16258 [16JN]

Derby/Shelton, CT, and Ahlen, Germany, Fire Fighters Friendship Force: tribute, 13858 [27MY]

Education: improve elementary and secondary (H.R. 5), 13091 [20MY]

Family Welfare Reform Act (H.R. 1720): consideration (H. Res. 331), 35676 [15DE]

Hart, Gary: campaign debt, 9617 [23AP]

Journal: question of approval, 32070 [17NO]

Navy: delivery of Super Stallion helicopters, 12693 [18MY]

Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 5237-5239, 5243, 5244, 5252 [10MR]

———moratorium on U.S. assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 175), 5426 [11MR]

NRC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1315), 22550 [5AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3037), 22550 [5AU]

Nuclear warfare: limitations on deployment, 11325 [6MY]

Public welfare: reform, 34576 [9DE]

Quorum: call, 32070 [17NO]

Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), veto, 7223, 7224 [30MR]

Shays, Representative: welcome to Congress, 23601 [9SE]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 25928 [30SE]

———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (H.R. 3200), 35651 [15DE]

State of the Union Message: response, 2033 [28JA]

Strategic defense initiative: funding, 12061-12073, 12075-12078 [12MY]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), 17977 [30JN]

———GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5760 [17MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2033 [28JA], 5425 [11MR], 5760 [17MR], 7337 [31MR], 8664 [9AP], 9322 [22AP], 10983 [4MY], 11184 [5MY], 11360 [6MY], 11944 [11MY], 12133 [12MY], 12355, 12367 [13MY], 12825 [19MY], 13091 [20MY], 13824 [27MY], 15500 [11JN], 18366 [30JN], 25747 [30SE]

Leave of absence: granted, 21630 [30JY]

Special order: granted, 5255 [10MR], 9643 [23AP], 14577 [3JN]

Resignations

Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 1759 [21JA]

Statements

Chrysler Corp. Federal Loans: Gary Hart, 9617 [23AP]

Freshman Difficulties: Stewart B. McKinney, 11711 [7MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Finance: Welfare System Improvement, D714 [14OC]

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Toshiba/Kongsberg Diversion Case, D480 [30JN]

Committee on Rules: Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1748), D316 [5MY]

Committee on Ways and Means: Place Certain Prohibitions on Certain Corporations (H.R. 2241), D514 [14JY]

———Prohibit for a 5-Year Period Any Goods Produced by the Toshiba Corp. or the Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co. From Entering the U.S. (H.R. 2698), D514 [14JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 10, appointment to Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 20 [6JA]

Tributes

Baldrige, Malcolm, 21289 [28JY], 22579 [5AU]

Gill, Margaret (Peggy), 9024 [10AP], 9350 [22AP]

Kearney, Michael P., 13291 [20MY]

McKinney, Stewart B., 11711 [7MY], 14559, 14573-14577 [3JN]