TALLON, ROBIN (a Representative from South Carolina)

Amendments offered by, to

International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 3100), 31428 [9NO]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3030, Agricultural Credit Act, 35016 [11DE]

Articles and editorials

Have We Forgotten the Dream? Juan Williams, Washington Post, 4416 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Crime and criminals: life imprisonment for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3320), 24890 [22SE]

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

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

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program: designate (see H.R. 2085), 8667 [9AP]

Taxation: repeal restrictions added by the Tax Reform Act on the deduction for retirement savings (see H.R. 1273), 4088 [25FE]

Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 4160 [26FE]

Wildlife Action, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 705), 1793 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: quality control review procedures (see H.R. 3160), 24678 [21SE]

———require States to establish employment, training, or education programs for participants (see H.R. 1696), 6209 [18MR]

———restructure (see H.R. 1720), 22799 [6AU]

Aged: correct Social Security benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 15), 3903 [23FE]

Agriculture: bankruptcy amendments relative to family farms (see H.R. 1152), 10838 [30AP]

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

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

———production and food processing systems (see H.R. 3735), 34783 [10DE]

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

Air pollution: encourage international negotiations on setting standards for protection of the stratosphere (see H. Con. Res. 50), 4920 [5MR]

Airlines: consumer information on performance records (see H.R. 1866), 7427 [31MR]

American Gospel Arts Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 11947 [11MY]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 28009 [15OC]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt Pell Grant Higher Education Assistance Program from sequestration (see H.R. 1932), 7779 [2AP]

———use of certain funds to reduce deficit (see H.R. 3149), 24678 [21SE]

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

Banks and banking: certain financial, securities, real estate, and insurance activities (see H.R. 50), 3517 [19FE]

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

Budget: 2-year cycle and separate and timely consideration of authorizations (see H.R. 22), 4010 [24FE]

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

———require balanced (see H.R. 311), 2225 [29JA]

———treatment of highway, airport and inland waterway trust funds (see H.R. 372), 4919 [5MR]

Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 14260 [2JN]

Capital Ownership Development Program: reform (see H.R. 1807), 13129 [20MY]

Children: improve and expand child care and early childhood education (see H.R. 1001), 2738 [4FE]

Clarks Hill Lake and Dam, and highway traversing dam: designate as J. Strom Thurmond Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Dam, and J. Strom Thurmond Highway (see H.R. 3693), 34402 [8DE]

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

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

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 7428 [31MR]

———prohibit encryption of broadcast television programming produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2546), 14261 [2JN]

Community Development Block Grant Program: executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.J. Res. 98), 4089 [25FE]

———sense of House of Representatives (see H. Res. 67), 4450 [2MR]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3130), 23934 [15SE]

Computer Learning Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 20360 [21JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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), 14579 [3JN]

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

Dept. of State: minority employment (see H. Con. Res. 143), 17698 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: sharing of amounts received from the National Forest System, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (see H.R. 1662), 12388 [13MY]

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

District of Columbia: statehood admission as New Columbia (see H.R. 51), 12388 [13MY]

Drug industry: ban reimportation of drugs produced in the U.S., restrict distribution of drug samples, and ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other health care facilities (see H.R. 1207), 10023 [27AP]

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

Education: Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 627), 6210 [18MR]

———financial assistance for deprived children (see H.R. 950), 8123 [7AP]

———grant programs for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 2607), 18098 [29JN]

———impact aid (see H.R. 2371), 12388 [13MY]

———improve elementary and secondary (see H.R. 5), 11946 [11MY]

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), 31424 [9NO]

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

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 19136 [9JY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 1546), 17211 [24JN]

EPA: protect stratospheric ozone layer from depletion (see H.R. 2036), 20360 [21JY]

Ernest Frederick Hollings Charleston Judicial Building, SC: designate (see H.R. 3364), 25748 [30SE]

Espionage: penalties (see H.R. 1337), 17697 [26JN]

Ethanol: increase use as motor fuel (see H.R. 2052), 8666 [9AP]

FAA: screening of airline passengers for weapons and explosives (see H.R. 2862), 18680 [1JY]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 8389 [8AP]

Farm credit system: secondary market for agricultural mortgages (see H.R. 2435), 14579 [3JN]

Farmers Home Administration: improve operation of secondary market for certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2179), 19055 [8JY]

FCC: assignment of particular channel in citizen band radio service for use by neighborhood programs (see H.R. 261), 2520 [3FE]

Federal aid programs: increased funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (see H.J. Res. 192), 8389 [8AP]

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

Federal employees: include INS inspectors, Customs Service inspectors, and IRS revenue officers within hazardous occupations retirement provisions (see H.R. 2532), 19137 [9JY]

———permit certain retirees to resume coverage under group life insurance (see H.R. 2125), 18368 [30JN]

———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]

Fire Fighter Protective Gear Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2647), 21378 [28JY]

Fire fighters: death benefits (see H.R. 80), 2395 [2FE]

Food: labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 19055 [8JY]

Foreign countries: assistance of international financial institutions for production of commodities and minerals in surplus (see H.R. 306), 16775 [18JN]

Foreign relations: negotiations with participating common defense alliance countries (see H. Con. Res. 139), 17104 [23JN]

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

———fee on certain imports to offset impact of defense expenditures on U.S. economy (see H.R. 2620), 14778 [4JN]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 24957 [23SE]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 13828 [27MY]

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]

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

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 3518 [19FE]

International Association of Fire Fighters: recognize (see H. Con. Res. 87), 11865 [8MY]

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]

Interstate Highway System: provide for release of funds if estimate is not approved (see H.R. 185), 4919 [5MR]

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

———support U.N. efforts to end war with Iraq and bring end to human rights abuses (see H. Con. Res. 192), 26708 [6OC]

Japan: defense expenditures (see H.J. Res. 327), 18682 [1JY]

Jews: treatment of those wishing to emigrate from Soviet Union (see H. Res. 199), 18683 [1JY]

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), 5864 [17MR]

Labor: workplace literacy programs (see H.R. 1342), 17697 [26JN]

Law enforcement officers: death benefits (see H.R. 80), 2395 [2FE]

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

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

Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (see H.R. 74), 9646 [23AP]

Marine transportation: counter unfair practices (see H.R. 1290), 7429 [31MR]

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

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

Medical care: catastrophic illness insurance for aged and handicapped (see H.R. 1280), 11947 [11MY]

Medicare: coverage of physically or mentally impaired victims at their own expense (see H.R. 1971), 24677 [21SE]

———limit rate of increase of part B premium (see H.R. 3291), 32963 [19NO]

———long-term care benefits for chronically ill individuals and children (see H.R. 2762), 32963 [19NO]

———provide catastrophic health care coverage (see H.R. 1281), 11947 [11MY]

———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 3518 [19FE]

———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 18369 [30JN]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 1280), 11947 [11MY]

Members of Congress: salaries (see H.R. 759), 2741 [4FE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 4551 [3MR]

Merced River, CA: designate as component of National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 317), 5559 [12MR]

Merchant marine: authorize decorations, medals, and other recognition for service (see H.R. 1430), 14059 [28MY]

———provide benefits to World War II veterans (see H.R. 1235), 14059 [28MY]

———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]

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

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 16291 [16JN]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 250), 27930 [14OC]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 2395 [2FE]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 20781 [22JY]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 9325 [22AP]

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

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 8124 [7AP]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 40), 11947 [11MY]

National Black American Inventors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 33064 [20NO]

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

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 2992 [5FE]

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

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

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

National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 628), 5724 [16MR]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 2881), 20284 [20JY]

National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 24), 7239 [30MR]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 17438 [25JN]

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

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 4551 [3MR]

National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 8670 [9AP]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 21378 [28JY]

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

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 Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, 380), 5259 [10MR], 32552 [17NO]

National Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial, CO: recognize (see H. Con. Res. 87), 11865 [8MY]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 14058 [28MY]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 2519 [3FE]

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 Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 6210 [18MR]

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

National Home Remodeling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 163), 6211 [18MR]

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), 9647 [23AP]

National League of Families: display of POW/MIA flag in Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 28), 8389 [8AP]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 11265 [5MY]

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

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: recognize (see H.R. 958), 6522 [23MR]

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

National Pedestrian Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 21378 [28JY]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 23712 [10SE]

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 Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 126), 36482 [18DE]

National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 27175 [9OC]

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), 13433 [21MY]

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

———improve (see H.R. 1717, 1727), 6284 [19MR]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 21378 [28JY]

National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), 20359 [21JY]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), 28010 [15OC]

National Teacher Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 8389 [8AP]

National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 116), 5098 [9MR]

National Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), 26063 [1OC]

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

National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), 16082 [15JN]

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

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

Noncommissioned Officers Association: charter (see H.R. 2248), 23934 [15SE]

North Carolina: SBA Administrator to declare red tide contamination a disaster (see H.R. 3694), 34074 [3DE]

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

Older Americans Act: amend provision relative to grants to States for demonstration projects (see H.R. 907), 7780 [2AP]

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

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 27513 [13OC]

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

Persian Gulf: cooperation of allies with significant security and economic interests in region (see H. Con. Res. 135), 14918 [8JN]

Petroleum: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 21379 [28JY]

PLO: prohibition on establishment of office in U.S. (see H.R. 2587), 16776 [18JN]

Point Udall, Guam: designate (see H.R. 2434), 19901 [15JY]

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

Postal Service: solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free of charge or at a lower price by the Government (see H.R. 939), 6632 [24MR]

Power resources: geothermal leases (see H.R. 2794), 24677 [21SE]

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), 26708 [6OC]

Primarily Primates, Inc.: transfer animals (see H.R. 2883), 30912 [4NO]

Public Health Service Act: minority medical education (see H.R. 954), 11721 [7MY]

Public safety officers: increase survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1016), 9325 [22AP]

Public utilities: tax treatment of contributions in aid of construction (see H.R. 3250), 32552 [17NO]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: trust fund (see H.R. 2229), 13129 [20MY]

Railroads: protect employees affected by the sale or other disposal of a rail line (see H.R. 3332), 34075 [3DE]

Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association: charter (see H.R. 2237), 19055 [8JY]

Research: promote dissemination of biomedical information through modern methods and prevent duplication of experiments on live animals (see H.R. 1708), 6209 [18MR]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 732), 23080 [7AU]

Roads and highways: increase 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (see H.R. 665), 4550 [3MR]

———limit application of 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (see H.R. 788), 4011 [24FE]

———provide for release of funds if interstate estimate is not approved (see H.R. 185), 4919 [5MR]

———reimbursement of States for advance construction (see H.R. 316), 2005 [27JA]

Rural areas: counseling and outreach programs to aid farmers and rural families (see H.R. 2398), 13129 [20MY]

———economic development (see H.R. 2028), 8665 [9AP]

Rural communities: revitalization through economic diversification and provision of community facilities to meet basic needs (see H.R. 1800), 8670 [9AP]

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

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

SBA: enhanced participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 3380), 29738 [28OC]

Securities: require foreign persons to register investments (see H.R. 312), 861 [7JA]

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

Securities Exchange Act: establish moratorium on hostile foreign takeovers (see H.R. 2514), 14953 [9JN]

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

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

Small business: fixed term participation period for socially and economically disadvantaged firms (see H.R. 2972), 29738 [28OC]

Social Security: combined earnings of husband and wife divided equally (see H.R. 674), 17211 [24JN]

———comprehensive catastrophic illness benefits through prepaid plans (see H.R. 65), 11721 [7MY]

———correct benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 15), 3903 [23FE]

———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 17103 [23JN]

———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 9647 [23AP]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 19564 [13JY]

———prohibit certain adversarial representatives in disability hearings (see H.R. 819), 2222 [29JA]

Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), 8671 [9AP]

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

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

———treatment of Jews wishing to emigrate (see H. Res. 199), 18683 [1JY]

Square dance: designate as national dance (see H.R. 2067), 8667 [9AP]

State and local governments: reduce growing costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1087), 3518 [19FE]

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

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

Taxation: credit for care of aged (see H.R. 631), 4011 [24FE]

———deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 3518 [19FE]

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

———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 30240 [29OC]

———exempt distributions under Federal retirement system from additional tax on early distributions (see H.R. 2669), 19564 [13JY]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 19678 [14JY]

———Federal excise taxes should not be increased (see H. Res. 110), 10275 [28AP]

———home mortgage interest deduction for boats (see H. Res. 143), 11265 [5MY]

———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 14060 [28MY]

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

———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 7428 [31MR]

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

———permit rural telephone cooperatives to have qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 3045), 23934 [15SE]

———reinstate 5% investment credit for certain property (see H.R. 936), 4550 [3MR]

———treatment of residential lot and second home interest expenses (see H.R. 1779), 24890 [22SE]

———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044), 23934 [15SE]

Technology: educational demonstration programs (see H.R. 1203), 7429 [31MR]

———establish national advanced technician training program (see H.R. 2134), 36482 [18DE]

Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786), 6774 [25MR]

Television: moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1010), 12728 [18MY]

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

Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and conservation (see H.R. 1516), 19900 [15JY]

U.S. Boxing Corp.: establish (see H.R. 2305), 11361 [6MY]

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

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

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

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 14261 [2JN]

Vietnam: release of political prisoners (see H. Res. 212), 28010 [15OC]

Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (see H.R. 791), 2068 [28JA]

Weapons: congressional authorization for certain sales or leases of defense articles (see H.R. 898), 2224 [29JA]

White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 7729 [1AP]

White House Conference on Child Abuse: convene (see H.R. 2832), 18097 [29JN]

White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 2690), 19056 [8JY]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 3461 [18FE]

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

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 6632 [24MR]

Documents

Government Manual on Taxpayer Rights, 9282 [22AP]

Essays

Strong U.S. Merchant Marine—America Should Care: Franklin Pringle, 12228 [12MY]

Obituaries

Robert R. Coker, Florence (SC) News, 31443 [9NO]

Poems

``Men,'' Josiah Holland, 27952 [14OC]

Remarks by, on

Aeronautics: airport security system, 36259 [18DE]

———airport security devices relative to detection of nonmetal firearms (H.R. 84), 14085 [28MY]

———screening of airline passengers for weapons and explosives (H.R. 2862), 18356 [30JN]

AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 29772 [28OC]

Agricultural Credit Act: secondary market provisions (H.R. 3030), 25435 [29SE], 26653 [6OC]

———secondary market provisions (H.R. 3030), conference report, 36454, 36461 [18DE]

Banks and banking: regulate certain activities (S. 790), 14717 [4JN]

Black History Month: observance, 4416 [26FE]

Budget: balanced amendment, 18720 [1JY]

Caloric Corp.: tribute, 33287 [30NO]

China, Republic of: abolishment of martial law, 26956 [7OC]

Costa Rica: peace initiative, 28799 [22OC]

Crime and criminals: life imprisonment for certain drug offenses (H.R. 3320), 24816 [22SE], 24918 [22SE]

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

Firearms: ban plastic handguns (S. 465), 31437 [9NO]

———prohibit manufacture and importation of not readily detectable handguns (H.R. 84), 14085 [28MY]

Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 34359-34361 [8DE]

FSLIC: facilitate provision of additional financial resources (H.R. 27), 14717 [4JN]

———recapitalize (S. 790), 14717 [4JN]

Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 8301 [7AP]

Medical care: catastrophic illness, 2377 [29JA]

———rural areas (H.R. 2113), 17607 [25JN]

Medicare/medicaid: catastrophic illness coverage, 2377 [29JA]

National Day of Excellence: observance, 2056 [28JA]

National Library Week: observance, 8374 [8AP]

National Sea Grant College Program: improve (H.R. 1717), 18382 [30JN]

———improve (H.R. 1727), 18382 [30JN]

National Tourist Week: designate (H.J. Res. 255), 23911 [15SE]

Nicaragua: reforms (H. Res. 290), 29014 [22OC]

Older Americans Month: observance, 12551 [14MY]

Peace Corps: programs (H.R. 3100), 34359-34361 [8DE]

Peer Review Organization Due Process and Equity Act: amend (H.R. 2116), 17607 [25JN]

Persian Gulf: involvement of U.S. Armed Forces, 15638 [11JN]

Pringle, Franklin: Harold Harding Memorial Maritime Essay Contest finalist, 12228 [12MY]

Raytheon Co.: tribute, 33287 [30NO]

Reagan, President: meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, 34091 [4DE]

Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), 1717 [21JA]

Rural Health Care Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 2113), 17607 [25JN]

Rural Hospital Act: amend (H.R. 2114), 17607 [25JN]

Rural Nursing Care Access Act: amend (H.R. 2115), 17607 [25JN]

Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (H.R. 2116), 17607 [25JN]

———extended care through swing beds in certain rural hospitals (H.R. 2115), 17607 [25JN]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (H.R. 2114), 17607 [25JN]

Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 8301 [7AP], 34091 [4DE]

Stark (U.S.S.): Iraqi missile attack, 18699 [1JY]

Strategic Marine Research Program: establish (H.R. 1717), 18382 [30JN]

Taxation: CBO study on effects of certain Federal excise taxes, 4945 [5MR]

Taxpayers' bill of rights, 2682 [4FE], 4423 [26FE]

———promote and protect (H.R. 1313), 4139 [26FE], 9282 [22AP], 27743 [13OC]

Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications (H.R. 1786), 7597 [31MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24083 [16SE], 24106 [23SE], 24269 [16SE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10516 [29AP]

VA: establish as executive department (H.R. 3471), 31941 [18NO]

Weapons: polymer technology, 20659 [22JY]

Wildlife Action, Inc.: charter (H.R. 705), 4130 [25FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1782 [21JA], 2067 [28JA], 2682 [4FE], 4086 [25FE], 4139, 4158 [26FE], 4914 [5MR], 7426 [31MR], 8120 [7AP], 8384 [8AP], 9282 [22AP], 10516 [29AP], 11360 [6MY], 12133 [12MY], 14056 [28MY], 14717 [4JN], 15364 [10JN], 15582 [11JN], 17209 [24JN], 18356, 18366 [30JN], 18679 [1JY], 24083, 24133 [16SE], 24889 [22SE], 24955 [23SE], 25435 [29SE], 26813 [7OC], 27713 [13OC], 27928 [14OC], 28841 [22OC], 29736 [28OC], 31422 [9NO], 32551 [17NO], 33229 [30NO], 34072 [3DE], 34359 [8DE], 36454, 36479 [18DE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 15364 [10JN]

Statements

Taxation: Benjamin Franklin, 4139 [26FE]

Taxpayer Rights: sundry, 9282 [22AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Emergency Disaster Assistance, D59 [11FE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ban on Advertisement and Promotion of Tobacco Products, Including the Health Protection Act (H.R. 1272, 1532), D554 [28JY]

Committee on Finance: Taxpayer Rights, D259 [10AP]

Tributes

Carson, Harry, 11596 [6MY]

Coker, Robert R., 31443 [9NO]

Diggs, William P., 27951 [14OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1775 [21JA]