BENTSEN, LLOYD (a Senator from Texas)
Addresses
Foreign Trade: by, 13267 [20MY]
Fortifying the Democratic Center in Central America: Charles S. Robb, 16415
Preserving Our Medical Archives: Lois DeBakey, 8995
Amendments
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 395), 35988 [17DE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 2763), 28101 [15OC]
Amendments offered by, to
Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act: enact (S. 1184), 27126 [8OC], 29554, 29556, 29650, 29651, 29652 [28OC]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 395), 35098, 35102, 35175, 35179, 35224, 35298, 35299, 35301, 35306, 35314, 35315 [11DE]
Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 1394), 26455 [6OC]
Budget: reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution (S. 1920), 34465-34548 [9DE], 34976 [10DE]
Congressional budget: setting forth for fiscal 1988-91 (S. Con. Res. 49), 11547 [6MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-89 (S. 1174), 24202, 24224 [16SE], 25195 [24SE]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 1394), 26455, 26580 [6OC], 27123 [8OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 2763), 28135 [15OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), 27764, 27819 [14OC]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2700), 31827 [12NO]
Farm Credit Act: enact (S. 1665), 33584, 33650 [2DE]
Farm Disaster Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1157), 9236, 9273 [22AP]
Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (S. 2), 15091 [9JN], 16184 [16JN]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (S. 1539), 31118, 31153 [5NO]
Foreign trade: authorize negotiations of reciprocal trade agreements (S. 1420), 17778, 17806, 17862 [26JN]
Government procurement: interest on overdue payments (see S. 328), 22954 [6AU]
———interest on overdue payments (S. 328), 27206, 27315 [9OC]
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 27359 [13OC], 29474, 29475 [27OC]
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 1420), 18565-18567 [1JY], 18926, 18927, 18928, 18938, 18959, 18962 [8JY], 19428, 19432, 19433 [10JY], 19932, 19977, 20064, 20072, 20075 [15JY], 20147, 20256 [17JY], 20398 [21JY]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (S. 387), 2434, 2457 [2FE], 2546, 2550, 2636, 2637 [3FE]
Treaty on Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships: ratification, 31061, 31150 [5NO]
Appointments
Adviser to delegations to international sessions related to trade agreements, 11751 [8MY]
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation subcommittees, D16 [16JA]
Committee on Finance subcommittees, D31 [27JA]
Committee on Intelligence (Select), 1139 [12JA]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 324, public debt limit, 21873 [31JY]
———H.J. Res. 395, making continuing appropriations, 35108 [11DE]
———H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 22419 [5AU]
———H.R. 2310, authorizing appropriations for Airport and Airway Improvement Act, 32032 [17NO]
Articles and editorials
Keeping Rural Hospitals Open and Affordable, Senator Baucus, Business and Health (magazine), 8993
Underlying Issues of the Trade Debate, Senator Danforth, St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 14371
We Can't Count on Oil From the Gulf, by, Washington (DC) Post, 17194 [24JN], 18105 [29JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Butler, Kathy: relief (see S. 823), 6659 [24MR]
Cohen, Wilbur J.: recognize service and contributions (see S.J. Res. 132), 12956 [19MY]
Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act: enact (see S. 1838), 30529 [3NO]
Committee on Finance: authorize expenditures (see S. Res. 71), 1382 [16JA]
———supplemental expenditures (see S. Res. 311), 30530 [3NO]
Cooper Lake and Channels, TX: construction, maintenance, and operation of recreation facilities (see S. 692), 5147 [10MR]
Corpus Christi, TX: designate Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (see S. 384), 1965 [27JA]
Customs Service: funding (see S. 829), 6854 [25MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: plant stress and water conservation research laboratory (see S. 1652), 23200 [7AU]
Dept. of the Interior: lease of lands acquired for the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, TX (see S. 1385), 16642 [18JN]
Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building, Corpus Christi, TX: designate (see S. 384), 1965 [27JA]
Employee stock ownership plans: estate tax deduction (see S. 591), 4264 [26FE]
Foreign trade: reciprocal agreements (see S. 490), 3076 [5FE]
Hallien, Christy C.: relief (see S. 1387), 16642 [18JN]
ITC: funding (see S. 829), 6854 [25MR]
James, Charlotte: relief (see S. 823), 6659 [24MR]
Madariaga, Oscar and Maria: relief (see S. 758), 5920 [17MR]
McFarlane, Tracey: relief (see S. 1732), 25862 [30SE]
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1127), 11077 [5MY]
Mexico-U.S. Border Health Education and Training Act: enact (see S. 672), 5013 [6MR]
National Commission on Children: establish (see S. 1711), 24780 [22SE]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 83), 5600 [12MR]
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program: establish (see S. 752), 5920 [17MR]
Petroleum: national security policy (see S. 694), 5147 [10MR]
Public Health Service Act: allotment formula for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (see S. 924), 8041 [6AP]
REA: loan guarantee programs (see S. 1933), 34328 [8DE]
Roads and highways: reimbursement of State for advance construction (see S. 245), 346 [6JA]
Tariff: cantaloupes (see S. 340), 1472 [20JA]
Tax Reform Act: technical corrections (see S. 1350), 15137 [10JN]
Taxation: extend filing period for reliquidation of certain imports (see S. 984), 8759 [9AP]
Tobacco: duty on that grown in U.S. and processed in a Caribbean Basin country (see S. 1956), 35796 [16DE]
U.S. Trade Representative: funding (see S. 829), 6854 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: establish congressional advisory panel (see S. 613), 4264 [26FE]
———national commitment (see S. Res. 190), 8956 [10AP]
Adoption: family planning projects (see S. 271), 5946 [17MR]
Afghanistan: Soviet occupation (see S. Res. 31), 349 [6JA]
Afghanistan Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 63), 4633 [3MR]
African American Education Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 174), 29649 [28OC]
Agriculture: advance deficiency payments (see S. 1713), 30564 [3NO]
———advance deficiency payments for certain crops (see S. Res. 284), 24541 [18SE]
———promote export of commodities (see S. 488), 3076 [5FE]
American Gospel Arts Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 101), 15469 [11JN]
American Indian Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 53), 17857 [26JN]
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: availability of funds (see S. Res. 204), 10907 [1MY]
Antitrust policies: trademarked malt beverage products distribution licenses (see S. 567), 20252 [17JY]
Appropriations: bills shall be presented separately to the President (see S. 1835), 30342 [30OC]
Arizona Statehood Diamond Jubilee: designate (see S.J. Res. 46), 2891 [4FE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 48), 8500 [8AP]
Berlin, Irving: honor (see S. Res. 246), 24218 [16SE]
Big Bend National Park, TX: donation of land (see S. 1636), 25637 [29SE]
Budget: balanced (see S.J. Res. 161), 23576 [9SE]
Burns, Arthur F.: express sorrow on death (see S. Res. 245), 20058 [15JY]
Carson, Rachel: tribute for environmental book ``Silent Spring'' (see S. Res. 267), 22210 [4AU]
Challenger Center: grant charter (see S. 1939), 34956 [10DE]
Children: health insurance coverage for disabled adopted (see S. Con. Res. 95), 37794 [21DE]
———infant mortality (see S. 1441), 17824 [26JN]
Civil liberties: clarify antidiscrimination provisions (see S. 557), 3722 [19FE]
Clean Air Act: sanctions (see S. 1941), 35288 [11DE]
Clean Water Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 160), 17021 [23JN]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see S. 1009), 8955 [10AP]
Committees of the Senate: requirements for proposed legislation on new employee benefits (see S. Res. 218), 18541 [1JY]
Communications Act: fair marketing practices for certain encrypted satellite communications (see S. 889), 7650 [1AP]
Continental Scientific Drilling Program: direct cooperation of certain Federal entities (see S. 52), 342 [6JA]
Controlled Substances Act: suppress trafficking of chemicals utilized in illicit manufacture of controlled substances (see S. 1861), 32049 [17NO]
Cuba: civil rights abuse (see S. Con. Res. 89), 31900 [13NO]
De Soto National Trail Study Act: enact (see S. 1297), 21927 [31JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural export enhancement program (see S. Con. Res. 67), 20633 [22JY]
———anniversary (see S.J. Res. 129), 12486 [14MY]
———making supplemental appropriations (see S.J. Res. 167), 17571 [25JN]
———wheat program (see S. Res. 237), 16845 [19JN]
Education: establish literacy programs for individuals of limited English proficiency (see S. 629), 4586 [3MR]
EEC: proposed tax on marine fats and oils (see S. Con. Res. 21), 3724 [19FE]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: recognize (see S. 840), 13965 [28MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment on campaign contributions and expenditures (see S.J. Res. 21), 6117 [18MR]
Electric appliances: standards (see S. 83), 342 [6JA]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 148), 16858 [19JN]
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: standards for appliances (see S. 83), 342 [6JA]
Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (see S. 2), 23574 [9SE]
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 9), 4352 [26FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: renewal of water quality (see S. 1), 340 [6JA]
Food stamps: improve nutrition of homeless (see S. 812), 6898 [25MR]
Foreign trade: Brazil's informatics policies (see S. Res. 331), 33253 [30NO]
———competitiveness factor in trade relief decisions (see S. 482), 3076 [5FE]
———enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see S. 485), 3076 [5FE]
———improve U.S. policy (see S. 489), 3076 [5FE]
———marketing loan program for agricultural commodities (see S. 1137), 11078 [5MY]
———reciprocal agreements (see S. 481, 484), 3075, 3076 [5FE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 126), 27314 [9OC]
Gas appliances: standards (see S. 83), 342 [6JA]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88), 13965 [28MY]
German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 108), 8475 [8AP]
Government: interest on overdue payments (see S. 328), 1877 [22JA]
Government National Mortgage Association: limit certain fees (see S. 607), 4264 [26FE]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), 34341 [8DE]
Hamadei, Mohammed: extradition (see S. Con. Res. 62), 16845 [19JN]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 151), 14330 [2JN]
Homeless: assistance (see S. 809), 6898 [25MR]
———assistance to protect and improve lives and safety (see S. 813), 6898 [25MR]
Housing: assistance for homeless individuals and families (see S. 810), 6898 [25MR]
———enforcement of Civil Rights Act (see S. 558), 3723 [19FE]
Impact Aid Authorization Act: enact (see S. 1620), 23853 [11SE]
Intelligence Oversight Act: enact (see S. 1721), 25311 [25SE]
Interstate Commerce Commission Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96), 5921 [17MR]
Japan: violations of agreement on semiconductors (see S. Res. 164), 5148 [10MR]
Justice for All Day: commend efforts and commitment of organizers and participants (see S. Res. 303), 29443 [27OC]
Karolyi, Bela: relief (see S. 668), 6117 [18MR]
Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act: amend (see S. 502), 3076 [5FE]
Landon, Alfred M.: commemorating birthday (see S. Res. 280), 23572 [9SE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 39), 7650 [1AP]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 157), 16407 [17JN]
Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (see S. 858), 7024 [26MR]
Marine Science, Technology, and Resource Development Act: enact (see S. 1196), 12300 [13MY]
Marshall plan: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 70), 6117 [18MR]
Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (see S. 592), 4264 [26FE]
Micro Enterprise Loans for the Poor Act: enact (see S. 998), 13259 [20MY]
Motion pictures: distribution in Canada (see S. Res. 227), 14852 [5JN]
Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 853), 7024 [26MR]
Motor vehicles: treatment of methanol and ethanol (see S. 1518), 22954 [6AU]
National Academies of Practice: recognize (see S. 104), 6404 [19MR]
National Adoption Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 97), 6093 [18MR]
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 168), 17825 [26JN]
National Aeronautics and Space Act: acceptance of certain gifts and donations (see S. 503), 3076 [5FE]
———protect use of certain inventions (see S. 501), 3076 [5FE]
National Aeronautics and Space Council: establish (see S. 504), 3076 [5FE]
National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 192), 25419 [28SE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 15), 5946 [17MR]
National Anti-Apartheid Day and Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 123), 11078 [5MY]
National Catfish Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 164), 16642 [18JN]
National Ceramic Arts Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 170), 23853 [11SE]
National Challenger Center: charter (see S. 407), 13965 [28MY]
National Challenger Center Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 201), 27444 [13OC]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 58), 5946 [17MR]
National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 141), 28290 [16OC]
National Czech American Heritage Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51), 14702 [4JN]
National Day of Excellence: designate (see S.J. Res. 35), 27314 [9OC]
National Drinking Water Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 185), 23201 [7AU]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 19), 2455 [2FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 52), 5173 [10MR]
National Flight of the Voyager Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 62), 13259 [20MY]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 59), 35805 [16DE]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 22), 1620 [21JA]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 98), 16180 [16JN]
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 111), 12307 [13MY]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 104), 6854 [25MR]
National League of Families: display POW/MIA flag in Capitol rotunda (see S. Con. Res. 9), 23773 [10SE]
National Medical Research Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 142), 16180 [16JN]
National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 57), 5946 [17MR]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 89), 6582 [23MR]
National Outward Bound Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 145), 17021 [23JN]
National POW Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 47), 4352 [26FE]
National Safety Belt Use Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 184), 24218 [16SE]
National School Yearbook Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 109), 12621 [15MY]
National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 125), 14366 [2JN]
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 853), 7024 [26MR]
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 172), 21003 [23JY]
National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 188), 26340 [2OC]
Natural Gas Policy Act: repeal incremental pricing requirements (see S. 85), 2928 [17FE]
Noncommissioned Officers Association: grant charter (see S. 1397), 23575 [9SE]
Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 5173 [10MR]
Ozone: international negotiations to protect (see S. Res. 226), 14852 [5JN]
Performing arts: collective bargaining rights (see S. 1346), 18204 [30JN]
Petroleum: import fee and repeal of excess profits tax on domestic crude oil (see S. 971), 8759 [9AP]
———repeal excess profits tax (see S. 200), 1165 [12JA]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 135), 16667 [18JN]
Postal Service: procedural and appeal rights for certain adverse personnel actions (see S. 541), 8988 [10AP]
Poverty: health services, mental health services, and job training for homeless (see S. 811), 6898 [25MR]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal end use constraints on natural gas (see S. 85), 2928 [17FE]
Public Health Service Act: program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 1220), 22954 [6AU]
———revise and extend family planning programs (see S. 1366), 21927 [31JY]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see S. 542), 3722 [19FE]
Roads and highways: authorizing appropriations (see S. 185), 345 [6JA]
Rural Electrification Act: allow electric and telephone borrowers to prepay and refinance loans held by Federal financing bank (see S. 912), 16407 [17JN]
SBA: disaster assistance loans (see S. 1957), 37834 [21DE]
Science: research on biotechnology and the human genome (see S. 1966), 37835 [21DE]
Senate: general election campaign funding (see S. 2), 23574 [9SE]
———tendering thanks to the President pro tempore for the courteous, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided (see S. Res. 351), 37794 [21DE]
Silver Haired Congress: facilitate convening (see S. Con. Res. 88), 36226 [18DE]
Social Security: continue disability benefits during appeal (see S. 1937), 34461 [9DE]
Soviet Union: permission to visit family members in U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 29), 10126 [28AP]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see S. 1288; S.J. Res. 139), 13932, 13933 [28MY]
Student Loan Act: amend (see S. 1448), 18183 [30JN]
Superconductivity Competition Act: enact (see S. 880), 8990 [10AP]
Tariff Act: protection of intellectual property rights (see S. 486), 3076 [5FE]
Taxation: oil import fee (see S. 460), 4352 [26FE]
Technology: establish National Quality Award (see S. 1251), 22445 [5AU]
Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (see S. 907), 13259 [20MY]
Telecommunications Trade Act: enact (see S. 596), 4264 [26FE]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: improve (see S. 483), 3076 [5FE]
Trade Expansion Act: improve President's ability to prevent imports impairing national security (see S. 529), 3384 [17FE]
Trails: study of Coronado Trail (see S. 1693), 24434 [17SE]
U.S. Trade Representative: monitor transfers of technology between foreign countries (see S. 487), 3076 [5FE]
Veterans: remove expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance programs for All-Volunteer Force (see S. 12), 11543 [6MY]
White House Conference on Library and Information Services: convene (see S.J. Res. 26), 4352 [26FE]
White House Conferences on Small Business: permanent authorization (see S. 818), 6659 [24MR]
Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see S. 1371), 16150 [16JN]
Women: ERA (see S.J. Res. 1), 1165 [12JA]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 69), 5946 [17MR]
Youth Employment Services Act: enact (see S. 1731), 31903 [13NO]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: appointment (see S. Res. 17), 348 [6JA]
Committee on Finance: appointment (see S. Res. 17), 348 [6JA]
Cloture motions
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-89 (S. 1174), 12632 [15MY], 23733 [10SE]
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 83), 3157 [5FE]
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 1420), close debate on Moynihan amendment, 18499 [1JY], 19152, 19168 [9JY]
Communiques
Preservation of an open and stable international environment for trade and investment: Business Roundtable and Roundtable of European Industrialists, 36229 [18DE]
Descriptions
Miscellaneous tariff items, 17491 [25JN]
Documents
Budget Deficit Reduction Package: Committee on Finance, 34808-34830 [10DE]
Explanations
Extension of highway trust fund taxes, 2547 [3FE]
Letters
Budget reconciliation package: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 34808 [10DE]
Farm Credit Act: Paul S. Day, 33585 [2DE]
Fellowship program: National Commission on Space, 5875 [17MR]
Japanese foreign trade summit: by, 9374 [23AP]
Public debt limit: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 12480 [14MY], 19311 [10JY], 20621 [22JY], 21833 [31JY]
Romania most favored nation trade status: Morris B. Abram, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, 17743 [26JN]
Semiconductor technology research and development: by, 25152 [24SE]
Superconducting supercollider: by, 13203 [20MY]
U.S.-Japan trading relationship: by, 20470 [21JY]
Lists
Items funded in fiscal year 1987 supplemental bill which benefit Texas, 14312 [2JN]
Nicaraguan democratic civic opposition, 26457 [6OC]
VA medication classification system, 29404 [27OC]
Memorials of legislature
Texas: relief for Farm Credit Bank borrowers, 16670
Motions offered by
Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (S. 1539), 31118 [5NO]
Foreign trade: authorize negotiations of reciprocal agreements (S. 1420), table Armstrong amendment, 17760 [26JN]
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 29398 [27OC]
Public debt: limit (H.J. Res. 324), 21869 [31JY]
Proposals
Highway trust fund's excise tax extension: Committee on Finance, 1971
Remarks by, on
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: establish congressional advisory panel (S. 613), 4339 [26FE]
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), conference report, 36532 [19DE]
———domestically produced wheat gluten, 18164 [30JN]
———Korean beef imports, 19240 [9JY]
———maximum limitation on farm program payments, 34841 [10DE]
———Presidential discretion to avoid injury, 19218 [9JY]
———tax treatment of business assets in farm cooperatives, 37956 [22DE]
Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act: enact (S. 1184), 29554, 29556, 29557, 29558 [28OC]
Angola: prohibit exports and imports, 18938 [8JY]
Antiballistic Missile Treaty: violations, 24201 [16SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 395), 35093, 35095, 35148, 35180 [11DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 1827), 13202, 13207 [20MY], 13729 [27MY], 14132 [29MY], 14311 [2JN]
Baldrige, Malcolm: express sorrow and regret (S. Res. 256), 21221, [28JY]
Blytheville, AR: Air Force gymnasium construction, 24422 [17SE]
Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (S. 1394), 26455, 26456, 26457, 26458, 26460, 26461, 26463 [6OC], 26854 [7OC], 27042 [8OC]
Bork, Robert H.: Supreme Court nomination, 26258 [2OC]
Budget: deficit, 28400 [20OC]
———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), 37956 [22DE]
———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), conference report, 37704 [21DE]
———reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution (S. 1920), 34805-34808, 34831, 34841, 34856, 34863, 34887, 34888, 34898, 34899, 34900, 34909, 34910, 34922, 34932 [10DE]
Business: trade actions that would disproportionately burden poor, 19202-19204 [9JY]
Canada: trade agreement with U.S., 6844 [25MR]
Central America: U.S. policy, 16415
Chapoton, O. Donaldson: nomination, 26146 [1OC]
China, People's Republic of: trade policy, 19200 [9JY]
Civil liberties: clarify antidiscrimination provisions (S. 557), 3746
Clean Air Act: sanctions (S. 1941), 35290
Coal: exports to Japan, 20398 [21JY]
Cohen, Wilbur J.: recognize service and contributions (S.J. Res. 132), 12989 [19MY]
Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act: enact (S. 1838), 30556
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: meetings during sessions, 21931 [31JY]
Committee on Foreign Relations: meetings during sessions, 21931 [31JY]
Committee on Governmental Affairs: meetings during sessions, 21931 [31JY]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: meetings during sessions, 21931 [31JY]
Committees of the Senate: authorizing appropriations, 2103 [28JA]
Congressional budget: setting forth for fiscal 1988-91 (S. Con. Res. 49), 11400 [6MY]
———setting forth for fiscal years 1988-90 (H. Con. Res. 93), conference report, 17279 [24JN]
Cooper Lake and Channels, TX: construction, maintenance, and operation of recreation facilities (S. 692), 5150 [10MR]
Corpus Christi, TX: designate Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (S. 384), 1967
Council on Economic Competitiveness: modify, 20433 [21JY]
Cranberries: temporarily suspend duty, 20379 [21JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: grants for international trade development centers, 19221 [9JY]
———plant stress and water conservation laboratory (S. 1652), 23243
Dept. of Commerce: investigation of Canadian agricultural subsidies (S. Con. Res. 27), 6971, 6973 [26MR]
———study effects of extending GATT, 19351 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-89 (S. 1174), 24201, 24202 [16SE], 24422 [17SE], 26129 [1OC]
———authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-89 (S. 1174), motion to proceed to consideration, 23751 [10SE]
Dept. of Energy: superconducting supercollider, 13202, 13207 [20MY]
Dept. of HUD: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2783), 28043 [15OC]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 1394), 26455, 26456, 26457, 26458, 26460, 26461, 26463 [6OC], 26854 [7OC], 27042 [8OC]
Dept. of the Interior: lease of lands acquired for the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, Jackson County, TX (S. 1385), 16642 [18JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 2763), 28101, 28112 [15OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), 27765, 27802, 27804 [14OC]
EEC: duty-free treatment to soybeans, soybean meal or corn gluten feed, 20419 [21JY]
Employment: allow President discretion to decline action, 19226 [9JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2700), 31071 [5NO], 31745-31747 [12NO]
Energy Security Act: enact (S. 694), 5126, 5127 [10MR]
Ethanols: investments, 18871 [8JY]
Farm Credit Act: enact (S. 1665), 33584, 33585, 33586, 33589 [2DE]
FBI: nomination of William S. Sessions to be Director, 25268 [25SE]
Federal Railroad Safety Act: amend (S. 1539), 31118 [5NO]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 1), 1587 [21JA]
Foreign Assistance Act: disapprove certification by President under section 481(h) (S.J. Res. 92), 7895 [3AP]
Foreign trade: authorize negotiations of reciprocal agreements (S. 1420), 17449-17452, 17490, 17491, 17514, 17521, 17524, 17525, 17536, 17541, 17552, 17553, 17555 [25JN], 17737, 17743, 17766, 17767, 17772, 17777, 17778, 17779, 17782, 17783, 17801, 17803, 17804, 17805, 17806, 17807, 17808, 17811, 17812, 17814, 17815, 17816 [26JN], 17924 [27JN], 18125, 18138, 18164, 18167 [30JN], 18417-18419, 18427, 18445, 18446 [1JY], 18740, 18764, 18766, 18768, 18772-18776, 18791 [7JY], 18861-18929, 18933, 18938 [8JY], 19200, 19202-19204, 19218, 19221, 19226, 19234, 19238, 19240, 19241, 19242 [9JY], 19310, 19311, 19315, 19334, 19351-19356 [10JY], 19686, 19722, 19723, 19730, 19732, 19744, 19753 [14JY], 19923, 19926, 19930, 19932, 19976 [15JY], 20145-20147, 20180, 20192, 20227-20229 [17JY], 20379, 20382, 20386, 20387-20391, 20398, 20412, 20414, 20419, 20431, 20433, 20447, 20469, 20470, 20476, 20481, 20483, 20488, 20490, 20494 [21JY]
———authorize negotiations of reciprocal agreements (S. 1420), close debate on Moynihan amendment, 19168 [9JY]
———authorize negotiations of reciprocal agreements (S. 1420), unanimous-consent agreement, 20025 [15JY]
———clarify regulatory review provisions, 19242 [9JY]
———definitions of U.S. price and foreign market value, 18138 [30JN]
———duty-free sales enterprise relative to personal use merchandise, 19932 [15JY]
———eliminate administrative procedures for non-controversial tariff suspensions, 20382, 20386 [21JY]
———labeling of imported food, 17924 [27JN]
———limitation on adjustment assistance program, 19234 [9JY]
———preservation of an open and stable international environment for trade and investment, 36229
———reciprocal agreements (S. 490), 3010, 3059 [5FE]
———U.S.-EEC agreement on citrus and pasta, 19351 [10JY]
Gulf of Mexico: designate as special area, 31061-31063 [5NO]
Highway trust fund: 4-year extension of taxes, 2546, 2547 [3FE]
———extend excise taxes, 1971
Housing: enforcement of Civil Rights Act (S. 558), 3755
Indians: country of origin marking of imported jewelry and arts, 18933 [8JY]
Indochinese Refugee Resettlement and Protection Act: enact, 26854 [7OC]
Industry: adjustment plans and commitments, 18768 [7JY]
Intelligence Oversight Act: enact (S. 1721), 25318
Iran: trade embargo, 19926 [15JY]
ITC: affirmative determination trigger, 19241 [9JY]
———funding (S. 829), 7303 [30MR]
Japan: economic relations, 19351 [10JY]
———violations of agreement on semiconductors (S. Res. 164), 6349 [19MR]
McFarlane, Tracey: relief (S. 1732), 25867
McPherson, M. Peter: nomination, 22893 [6AU]
Meagher, John K.: nomination, 26146 [1OC]
Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (S. 592), 4302 [26FE]
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: enact (S. 1127), 11078-11080 [5MY], 21957, 21958 [3AU], 22182 [4AU], 27356-27361 [13OC], 29133, 29134 [23OC], 29314, 29315, 29316, 29330, 29331, 29357, 29358, 29362, 29364, 29369, 29372, 29379, 29380, 29383, 29384, 29385, 29386, 29387, 29388, 29389, 29390, 29391, 29392, 29393, 29394, 29395, 29398, 29401, 29403, 29404, 29414 [27OC]
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 29414 [27OC]
Mexico-U.S. Border Health Education and Training Act: enact (S. 672), 5026 [6MR]
Mines and mineral resources: fair trade, 18861 [8JY]
National Commission on Children: establish (S. 1711), 24793
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 83), 5630
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program: establish (S. 752), 5875 [17MR]
Natural gas: policies, 18417-18419, 18427, 18445 [1JY]
Natural Gas Policy Act: repeal incremental pricing requirements (S. 85), 8425 [8AP]
Navy homeports: community planning assistance, 24202 [16SE]
Nicaragua: moratorium on U.S. assistance to Contras (S.J. Res. 81), 6066, 6067 [18MR]
Omnibus Trade Act: enact (S. 490), 3010, 3059 [5FE]
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 1420), 17737, 17743, 17766, 17767, 17772, 17777, 17778, 17779, 17782, 17783, 17801, 17803, 17804, 17805, 17806, 17807, 17808, 17811, 17812, 17814, 17815, 17816 [26JN], 17924 [27JN], 18125, 18138, 18164, 18167 [30JN], 18417-18419, 18427, 18445, 18446 [1JY], 18740, 18764, 18766, 18768, 18772-18776, 18791 [7JY], 18861-18929, 18933, 18938 [8JY], 19200, 19202-19204, 19218, 19221, 19226, 19234, 19238, 19240, 19241, 19242 [9JY], 19310, 19311, 19315, 19334, 19351-19356 [10JY], 19686, 19722, 19723, 19730, 19732, 19744, 19753 [14JY], 19923, 19926, 19930, 19932, 19976 [15JY], 20145-20147, 20180, 20192, 20227-20229 [17JY], 20379, 20382, 20386, 20387-20391, 20398, 20412, 20414, 20419, 20431, 20433, 20447, 20469, 20470, 20476, 20481, 20483, 20488, 20490, 20494 [21JY]
———enact (S. 1420), close debate on Moynihan amendment, 19168 [9JY]
———enact (S. 1420), unanimous-consent agreement, 18415 [1JY], 20025 [15JY]
———tariff provisions, 18928 [8JY]
Persian Gulf: U.S. policy, 20386, 20387-20391 [21JY]
Petroleum: import fee and repeal of excess profits tax (S. 971), 8686 [9AP]
———policies, 18417-18419, 18427, 18445 [1JY]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal end use constraints on natural gas (S. 85), 8425 [8AP]
Presidents of the U.S.: trade authority, 18772-18776, 18791 [7JY]
Public debt: extension of limit (H.R. 3022), 21510-21515 [29JY]
———increase limit (H.R. 2360), 12479, 12480, 12483 [14MY]
———limit (H.J. Res. 324), 20621 [22JY], 21832, 21835, 21836, 21839 [31JY]
———limit (H.J. Res. 324), conference report, 24961-24964, 24998, 25005 [23SE]
———temporary increase (H.R. 3190), 23169, 23172 [7AU]
Public Health Service Act: allotment formula for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (S. 924), 8044 [6AP]
REA: loan guarantee programs (S. 1933), 34339 [8DE]
Roads and highways: reimbursement of States for advance construction (S. 245), 693
Romania: most favored nation trade status, 17743 [26JN]
Rural areas: hospital care, 8993
Science: preservation of biomedical literature, 8994
Senate: legislative program, 17783, 17811 [26JN], 19198 [9JY]
———quorum call, 33564 [2DE]
Social Security: continue disability benefits during appeal (S. 1937), 34562 [9DE]
———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (S. 661), 20922 [23JY]
———trust fund, 21839 [31JY]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (S. 387), 2546 [3FE]
Tariff: customs user fees, 18929 [8JY]
———disposable surgical gowns, 18929 [8JY]
———EEC tax on U.S. exports of marine fats and oils (S. Con. Res. 21), 6973, 6976 [26MR]
———suspend on certain cantaloupes, 1512
Tax Reform Act: amend (S. 591), 4293
———technical corrections (S. 1350), 15142 [10JN]
Taxation: extend filing period for reliquidation of certain imports (S. 984), 8790 [9AP]
———income tax rates, 11400 [6MY]
Technical Corrections Act: enact (S. 1350), 15142 [10JN]
Texas (U.S.S.): restore, 13729 [27MY]
Tobacco: duty on that grown in U.S. and processed in a Caribbean Basin country (S. 1956), 35803
Trade Act: ensure antitrust laws apply to plans and commitments made by domestic industry, 20414 [21JY]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 25593 [29SE]
Transportation: authorizing funds for highway programs (H.R. 2), conference report, 6338 [19MR]
———authorizing funds for highway programs (H.R. 2), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 77), 6467 [20MR]
———authorizing funds for highway programs (H.R. 2), veto, 7526 [31MR], 7616 [1AP]
Treaty on Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships: ratification, 31061-31063 [5NO]
U.S. Court of International Trade: private cause of action for customs fraud and gross negligence, 19930, 19932 [15JY]
U.S. Customs Service: funding (S. 829), 7303 [30MR]
U.S. Trade Representative: funding (S. 829), 7303 [30MR]
USIA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1394), 26455, 26456, 26457, 26458, 26460, 26461, 26463 [6OC], 26854 [7OC], 27042 [8OC]
VA: medicine and surgery funding, 28043 [15OC]
Verity, C. William, Jr.: Sec. of Commerce nomination, 27423 [13OC]
War Powers Act: compliance with provisions (S.J. Res. 194), 28370 [20OC]
Webster, William H.: nomination, 12940 [19MY]
Weights and measures: national policy of metric conversion, 18931 [8JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Mentally handicapped: leadership, 2313 [29JA]
Special order: granted, 26206 [1OC]
Tribute, 222 [6JA], 2313 [29JA]
Reports
Committee on Finance, 1381 [16JA]
Dept. of Commerce Investigations of Canadian Agricultural Subsidies (S. Con. Res. 27), 6578 [23MR]
Dept. of Defense Facilities Construction: Committee on Armed Services (House), 24422 [17SE]
EEC Tax on Import of Marine Fats and Oils (S. Con. Res. 21), 6578 [23MR]
Finance Allocation of Budget Totals—Fiscal Year 1988 (S. Rept. 100-252), 34956 [10DE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 32806 [19NO]
Nomination of Lawrence J. Whalen to U.S. Tax Court, 30529 [3NO]
Nomination of Robert P. Ruwe to Tax Court, 30529 [3NO]
Nominations: Committee on Finance: Nominations, 30529 [3NO]
Space—America's New Competitive Frontier: Business-Higher Education Forum, 5876 [17MR]
Reports filed
Authorizing Supplemental Expenditures: Committee on Finance (S. Res. 311) (S. Rept. 100-211), 30528 [3NO]
Budget Allocation of the Committee on Finance (S. Rept. 100-103), 18948 [8JY]
Committee on Finance Allocation of Budget Totals—Fiscal Year 1988: Committee on Finance (S. Rept. 100-199), 27306 [9OC]
International Trade: Committee on Finance (S. 490) (S. Rept. 100-71), 16149 [16JN]
ITC, U.S. Customs Service, and U.S. Trade Representative Appropriations: Committee on Finance (S. 829) (S. Rept. 100-23), 6854 [25MR]
Japanese Violations of Agreement on Semiconductors: Committee on Finance (S. Res. 164), 6092 [18MR]
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act: Committee on Finance (S. 1127) (S. Rept. 100-126), 21249 [28JY]
Nomination of Jean K. Elder: Committee on Finance, 10104 [28AP]
———Peter McPherson: Committee on Finance, 16150 [16JN]
Public Debt Limit: Committee on Finance (H.J. Res. 324), 19384 [10JY]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: Committee on Finance (S. 549), 21902 [31JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Trade policy with the U.S.: Canadian House of Commons, 6844 [25MR]
Rules
Committee on Finance, 4396
Statements
Nomination of Robert H. Bork the to Supreme Court: by, 28877 [22OC], 29061 [23OC]
Trade Legislation: William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 20431 [21JY]
Summaries
Omnibus Trade Act (S. 490), 3034-3039 [5FE]
Public debt: limit (H.J. Res. 324), 19311 [10JY]
Tax Reform Act Amendments (S. 591), 4293
Tables
Distributional effect of Medicare Catastrophic Loss Protection Act (S. 1127), 27359 [13OC]
Farm Credit System impact on balance sheet capital, 33587 [2DE]
Supplemental medicare premiums for elderly taxpayers, 27359 [13OC]
Testimonies
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Energy and Water Development Appropriations, D210 [31MR]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Authorization by the Sec. of Energy Concerning the Storage and Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel (S. 839), D325 [7MY]
Committee on Rules and Administration: operating funds for certain committees, D20 [20JA]
Texts of
S. 340, tariff on certain cantaloupes, 1513 [20JA]
S. 490, Omnibus Trade Act, 3011-3034 [5FE]
S. 591, Tax Reform Act amendments, 4293
S. 672, Mexico-U.S. Border Health Education and Training Act, 5026
S. 692, construction, maintenance, and operation of recreation facilities at Cooper Lake and Channels, TX, 5150 [10MR]
S. 694, Energy Security Act, 5127 [10MR]
S. 752, establish National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, 5876-5878 [17MR]
S. 924, reauthorizing and restructuring of the Public Health Service Act's Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant, 8044 [6AP]
S. 1127, Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, 11080-11088 [5MY]
S. 1385, lease of lands acquired for the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, Jackson County, TX, 16643 [18JN]
S. 1933, REA loan guarantee programs, 34339 [8DE]
S. 1956, duty on tobacco grown in U.S. and processed in a Caribbean Basin country, 35804
S. Res. 71, authorizing expenditures for Committee on Finance, 1409 [16JA]
S. Res. 311, Committee on Finance supplemental expenditures, 30566 [3NO]
Tributes
Barnhart, Ray A., 37965 [22DE]
Brockway, David H., 34922 [10DE]
Burns, Arthur F., 17813 [26JN]
Stennis, Senator, 28413 [20OC]