ROWLAND, J. ROY (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments offered by, to

Infant mortality: additional funds to community and migrant health centers (H.R. 1326), 31375 [9NO]

Appointments

Bio-Medical Ethics Board, 3898 [23FE]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), 1686 [21JA]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Res. 9), 19 [6JA]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, 96 [6JA], 5548 [12MR]

Articles and editorials

Uncaring Medicare, Charlotte T. North, New York (NY) Times, 5216 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of HHS: submit proposal for regulation of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1933), 7780 [2AP]

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (see H.R. 1933), 7780 [2AP]

Lake Tobesofkee, Bibb County, GA: hydroelectric power projects (see H.R. 3790), 36150 [17DE]

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

Medicare: rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 9324 [22AP]

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

Veterans: establish benefits for death victims of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1811), 6775 [25MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 28843 [22OC]

———development of collision avoidance systems (see H.R. 1517), 5257 [10MR]

———equitable user treatment and development of the Airport and Airway System (see H.R. 8), 3302 [11FE]

———standards relating to air carrier passenger services (see H.R. 3051), 23081 [7AU]

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

Air transportation: tax treatment of certain (see H.R. 45), 3517 [19FE]

Airlines: fair treatment of employees in mergers (see H.R. 1101), 14918 [8JN]

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

American Physiologists Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), 1075 [8JA]

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

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: designate Tomb of the Unknowns (see H.R. 1987), 18734 [7JY]

Barnhart, Ray A.: commend efforts to improve Federal-aid highway system (see H.R. 3734), 35576 [14DE]

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

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

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

———treatment of highway, airport and inland waterway trust funds (see H.R. 372), 11264 [5MY]

Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 34402 [8DE]

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

Commemorative events: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 2740 [4FE]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 13), 110 [6JA]

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 11004 [4MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: maintain Soil Conservation Service funding in budget (see H. Res. 68), 5865 [17MR]

Diabetes: medicare coverage of therapeutic footwear (see H.R. 1325), 14260 [2JN]

Diseases: grant program for acquired immune deficiency syndrome counseling and testing (see H.R. 3071), 21632 [30JY]

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

EEC: opposition to tax on certain U.S. products and commodities (see H. Con. Res. 51), 4920 [5MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2739 [4FE]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 35921 [16DE]

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

Federal Aviation Act: fair treatment of airline employees in airline mergers (see H.R. 1101), 12728 [18MY]

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]

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

———opposition to EEC tax on certain U.S. products and commodities (see H. Con. Res. 51), 4920 [5MR]

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

Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 16569 [17JN]

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 11946 [11MY]

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

Industry: enhance U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 3), 3517 [19FE]

Insects: designate honeybee as national insect (see H.J. Res. 171), 6211 [18MR]

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

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), 3261 [10FE]

Lawyers: limitation on attorneys' fees (see H.R. 2312), 17438 [25JN]

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

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

Medicare: benefits to additional poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018), 2738 [4FE]

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

———retain payment methodology for physician services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 1836 [22JA]

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

Members of Congress: disapprove salary increases (see H.R. 518; H.J. Res. 123), 1795 [21JA], 2225 [29JA]

———revoke salary increase (see H.R. 966), 4089 [25FE]

———salaries (see H.J. Res. 62), 4920 [5MR]

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

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 55), 12136 [12MY]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 13827 [27MY]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1259), 8670 [9AP]

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

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 4780 [4MR]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 11265 [5MY]

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

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

National Challenger Center Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 89), 2005 [27JA]

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

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 20781 [22JY]

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

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 17), 11865 [8MY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 16776 [18JN]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 6211 [18MR]

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

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 28518 [20OC]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 17103 [23JN]

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

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 28518 [20OC]

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

National League of Families: display of POW/MIA flag in Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 28), 4450 [2MR]

National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 25483 [29SE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), 6211 [18MR]

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

National Operation Prom/Graduation Kickoff Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 5865 [17MR]

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), 2395 [2FE]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 3518 [19FE]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 15585 [11JN]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 4450 [2MR]

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), 22589 [5AU]

National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 22127 [3AU]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), 33776 [2DE]

National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 17103 [23JN]

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

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

Northwest Ordinance: commemorate (see H.J. Res. 181), 5259 [10MR]

Nuclear waste disposal: remove secondary repository requirement (see H.R. 509), 4450 [2MR]

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

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 23082 [7AU]

Polygraph: examinations of applicants by employers (see H.R. 1536), 21378 [28JY]

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

Public Health Service Act: minority medical education (see H.R. 954), 14187 [1JN]

Public works: study local financing practices and lenient treatment for issuers of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3807), 36481 [18DE]

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

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

———commend efforts of Ray A. Barnhart, to improve (see H.R. 3734), 35576 [14DE]

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

Robert E. Jones, Jr., Highway, AL: designate (see H.R. 3325), 25209 [25SE]

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 11362 [6MY]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 6285 [19MR]

Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 9323 [22AP]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 9323 [22AP]

Southern Gospel Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), 24678 [21SE]

State and local governments: minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation proposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1278), 6632 [24MR]

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Act: enact (see H.R. 1195), 11946 [11MY]

Taxation: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 11946 [11MY]

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

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

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

———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 13433 [21MY]

———treatment of certain air transportation (see H.R. 45), 3517 [19FE]

Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 12388 [13MY]

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: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 13827 [27MY]

———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]

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

———improve housing programs (see H.R. 2672), 20360 [21JY]

———medical care for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3161), 23877 [14SE]

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

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

White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 8670 [9AP]

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

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

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic: a victim, 27638 [13OC]

In Defense of Creation—The Nuclear Crisis and a Just Peace: United Methodist Church Council of Bishops, 22333 [4AU]

Poems

``Veterans Day,'' Charles D. Whittle, 31725 [10NO]

Remarks by, on

Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), 25709 [30SE], 26004 [1OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), conference report, 36284 [18DE]

Airport and Airway Trust Fund: budget treatment, 26004 [1OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 12116 [12MY]

———C-17 aircraft funding, 11300 [6MY], 11892 [11MY], 12116 [12MY]

Dept. of HUD: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2783), 24846 [22SE]

Diseases: acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 27638 [13OC]

EPA: stormwater control program, 2512 [3FE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), veto, 2512 [3FE]

FTC Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2897), 26759 [7OC]

Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term health-care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (H.R. 1933), 7760 [2AP]

Infant mortality: additional funds to community and migrant health centers (H.R. 1326), 31375 [9NO]

McDonnell Douglas Corp.: C-17 aircraft, 11300 [6MY]

Medicare: patient care policies, 5216 [10MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470, 2941), 20733 [22JY]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (H.R. 2881), 18599 [1JY], 22244, 22246 [4AU]

National Law Day: involvement of Waterbury, CT, Bar Association, 10593 [29AP]

Polygraphs: employee protection against dismissal or discipline, 30878 [4NO]

———prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 30878 [4NO]

Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), conference report, 6165 [18MR]

———authorizing funds (H.R. 2), veto, 7347 [31MR]

Southern New England Telephone Community Observatory, Waterbury, CT: tribute, 10589 [29AP]

States: increase per diem rates for payments by VA for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes (H.R. 1659), 13775 [27MY]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24090 [16SE]

VA: establish as executive department (H.R. 3471), 32079 [17NO]

———fee charged for obtaining home loan guarantee (H. Con. Res. 79), 9809 [27AP]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), 18235 [30JN]

———home loan program (H. Con. Res. 78), 9807 [27AP]

———opposition to budget reductions (H. Con. Res. 27), 4483 [3MR]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), 18235 [30JN]

———establish benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 6728 [25MR], 21307 [28JY]

———GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5762 [17MR]

Veterans Day: observance, 31725 [10NO]

Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (H.R. 1504), 18235 [30JN]

Water Quality Act: enact (H.R. 1), 994 [8JA]

———enact (H.R. 1), veto, 2512 [3FE]

Waterbury, CT, Bar Association: involvement in National Law Day, 10593 [29AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2512 [3FE], 4483 [3MR], 5216 [10MR], 5762 [17MR], 6728 [25MR], 7348 [31MR], 7760 [2AP], 9807 [27AP], 11300 [6MY], 11892 [11MY], 12116 [12MY], 13775 [27MY], 18366 [30JN], 18599 [1JY], 24090 [16SE], 25709 [30SE], 31633 [10NO], 32079 [17NO]

Special order: granted, 11360 [6MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Transportation of Radioactive Materials, D395 [3JN]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): Atomic Veterans Compensation Act (H.R. 1811), D368 [20MY]

———Disability and Death Benefits to Veterans Exposed to Radiation During Detonation of Nuclear Weapons (S. 1002), D368 [20MY]

———Veterans Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act (S. 453), D368 [20MY]