COMMITTEE ON FINANCE (Senate)
Bills and resolutions
Expenditures: supplemental (see S. Res. 311)
Funding: authorize (see S. Res. 71)
Hearings
Available options for raising Federal revenues: (testimony), D517 [15JY]
Budgets for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the ITC: (testimony from M.A. Woods, Susan Liebeler, and William K. Krist), D97 [27FE]
Catastrophic illness care costs, D34 [28JA]
———(testimony), D172 [19MR], D199 [26MR]
Conversion of the tariff schedules of the U.S. into the nomenclature structure of the harmonized system: (testimony), D284 [27AP]
Customs Service budget, and to review operation and management of the Service: (testimony from Representatives Bustamante and Ronald D. Coleman, William von Raab, Allan Mendelowitz, James Burow, and Samuel Banks), D83 [25FE]
———(testimony from Senator Chiles, Robert M. Tobias, Harry Lamar, J.H. Kent, James E. Landry, James Chenoweth, David Rose, and James R. Williams), D91 [26FE]
Developing countries debt (testimony), D234 [6AP]
Effect of current tax laws on U.S. competitiveness: (testimony), D683 [5OC], D813 [16NO], D729 [19OC]
Effect of deficit reduction efforts and structural changes on medicare and medicaid (testimony from Michael Zimmerman, Stuart Altman, Karen Davis, Cynthia Polich, Jack A. Meyer, John L. Palmer, Robert Rubin, and Joshua Wagner), D38 [29JA]
Effects of the current nursing shortage crisis affecting health care: (testimony), D774 [30OC]
Empower States to require out-of-state vendors to collect state sales and use taxes (S. 639, 1099): (testimony), D797 [6NO]
Energy tax issues: (testimony from William Fisher, Francis Durand, Mack Wallace, Henry Schuller, Charles Ebinger, Charles DiBona, George Singer, Jack Taylor, William Bradford, Carl Bolch, and William F. Kenny II), D41 [2FE]
Enforcement of trade agreements (testimony), D156 [17MR]
Evaluation of claimants with acquired immune deficiency syndrome under the Social Security and Supplemental Security income disability programs: (testimony), D606 [10SE]
Examine role and performance of utilization and quality control peer review organizations under medicare (testimony), D205 [27MR]
Family welfare system, D29 [26JA]
———(testimony), D252 [9AP]
———(testimony from Barbara Blum, David Ellwood, Christopher Jencks, and Ginnie Nuta), D98 [2MR]
———(testimony from John Bode, Robert Helms, Charles Blakeney, Ronnie Blakeney, Robert Woodson, Leslie Lenkowski, Michael Novak, Jack Kammer, David Levy, and Richard Nathan), D98 [2MR]
Health care access and catastrophic protection for children: (testimony), D682 [2OC]
Hospital payment rates under the medicare program: (testimony), D237 [7AP]
Impact of imports and foreign investment on national security (testimony), D192 [25MR]
Impact of Latin American debt crisis on U.S. (testimony from Donald V. Fites, John T. Plunket, Phil LaRocco, and Margaret D. Hayes), D125 [9MR]
———(testimony from Joaquim dos Santo Andrade, Thomas Burns, Sally Shelton-Colby, Richard E. Feinberg, Steve Beckman, Leroy Watson, Sam Brownback, and James L. Adams), D125 [9MR]
Impact of master limited partnerships on the corporate income tax base: (testimony), D529 [21JY]
Impact of trade deficit on U.S. industry (S. 490; H.R. 3) (testimony), D164 [18MR]
Improving existing family welfare system and promoting the well-being of families with children: (testimony), D761 [28OC]
———(testimony from Cynthia Marano, Charles V. Bergstrom, Robert Greenstein, David Liederman, and Robert J. Fersh), D40 [2FE]
———(testimony from Judith Gueron, Lawrence Mead, Robert Lerman, Robert Reischauer, William H. Kolberg, and Gerald W. McEntee), D74 [23FE]
———(testimony from Michael N. Castle, Arthur J. Holland, Ann Klinger, Dorothy V. Harris, Douglas G. Glasgow, and J.B. Hehir), D40 [2FE]
———(testimony from Robert McGlotten), D74 [23FE]
———(testimony from Senator Kennedy, Representative Levin, Booth Gardner, John Ashcroft, Thomas Kean, John Larson, and Art Agnos), D74 [23FE]
Insurance coverage of prescription drugs: (testimony), D439 [18JN]
Limits on imports of textiles and nonrubber footwear (S. 549): (testimony), D562 [30JY]
Long-term health care (testimony from George Halvorson), D77 [24FE]
———(testimony from Senator Mikulski, Marjory Blood, Jacob Clayman, Victoria Jaycox, Val J. Halamandaris, Sheldon Goldberg, Paul Willging, Stanley J. Brody, Trish Riley, and Gail R. Wilensky), D77 [24FE]
Merits of repealing the excess profits tax and making other technical changes: (testimony), D406 [5JN]
Nomination of Alan F. Holmer to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative: (testimony), D667 [30SE]
———of Jean K. Elder as Assistant Sec. of HHS for Human Development Services, D172 [19MR]
———of John K. Meagher to be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs: (testimony), D652 [25SE], D667 [30SE]
———of Laurence J. Whalen to the U.S. Tax Court: (testimony), D780 [3NO]
———of M. Peter McPherson to be Deputy Sec. of the Treasury: (testimony), D365 [20MY]
———of O. Donaldson Chapoton to be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Tax Policy: (testimony), D667 [30SE]
———of Robert P. Ruwe to the U.S. Tax Court: (testimony), D780 [3NO]
Omnibus Trade Act (S. 490), D267 [22AP]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: (testimony), D354 [18MY]
Permit donors of debt of developing countries to charitable organizations to obtain a charitable deduction equal to their basis in the debt (S. 1781), D811 [13NO]
Programs contained in President's budget within committee's jurisdiction: (testimony from James C. Miller III), D64 [18FE]
Promoting and protecting taxpayer rights (S. 579, 604): (testimony), D262 [21AP], D447 [22JN]
Proposed changes to the basic medicare outpatient mental health program: (testimony), D439 [18JN]
Proposed spending reduction in medicare, expansions of medicaid coverage and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant: (testimony), D499 [9JY]
Provisions of Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), Omnibus Trade Act (S. 490), and International Economic Environment Improvement Act (S. 636): (testimony), D245 [8AP]
Public debt limit: (testimony), D331 [8MY]
Quality of long-term health care (testimony), D288 [28AP], D422 [12JN]
Reimportation and distribution of certain drugs (S. 368) (testimony), D423 [15JN]
Revenue increases (testimony), D182 [23MR]
———(testimony from Senator Murkowski, Roger Mentz and Kathleen P. Utgoff), D50 [4FE]
Setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal years 1988-90 (H. Con. Res. 93): (testimony), D494 [8JY], D505 [10JY]
Social service and income maintenance programs (testimony from Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS), D74 [23FE]
Spending reductions and revenue increases: (testimony), D524 [17JY]
Tax credit for research activities (S. 58): (testimony), D232 [3AP]
Tax incentives for business in enterprise zones designated in economically depressed rural areas (S. 983): (testimony), D811 [13NO]
Tax incentives for businesses in enterprise zones established on Indian lands (S. 788): (testimony), D811 [13NO]
Tax incentives to small businesses who want to establish pension plans (S. 1426): (testimony), D749 [23OC]
Taxpayer rights (S. 579): (testimony), D259 [10AP]
———(S. 604): (testimony), D259 [10AP]
Technical corrections to the Tax Reform Act (S. 1350): (testimony), D535 [22JY]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), Omnibus Trade Act (S. 490), and International Economic Environment Improvement Act (S. 636): (testimony), D226 [2AP]
U.S. trade: (testimony), D237 [7AP]
Welfare system improvement: (testimony), D714 [14OC]
———(testimony from Representative Pepper, Michael Dukakis, Wayne A. Stanton, Jane Maroney, Paul MacIlwaine, Kevin P. Kenney, Marian W. Edelman, Carol Curtis, Carolyn Kastner, John Abbott, and Susan Paiken), D74 [23FE]
World economy and trade issues, focusing on U.S. response to international trade deficit (testimony from Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., and John Young), D17 [16JA]
———(testimony from James A. Baker, III, Sec. of the Treasury and Clayton Yeutter), D68 [19FE]
———(testimony from James D. Robinson III and Mark Shepherd, Jr.), D46 [3FE]
———(testimony from Lane Kirkland, Owen Bieber, and Lynn R. Williams), D19 [20JA]
———(testimony from Robert D. Hormats and Alan Greenspan), D26 [22JA]
———(testimony from Robert Strauss), D12 [13JA]
World economy and trade issues, focusing on U.S. response to the international trade deficit: (testimony from Colby H. Chandler, Robert W. Galvin, and William Lilley III), D55 [5FE]
Meetings
Additional funds in operating expenses for the committee (S. Res. 311), D780 [3NO]
Airport and Airway Trust Fund excise taxes, D583 [5AU]
Catastrophic illness care costs (S. 661), D381 [28MY], D386 [29MY]
Catastrophic illness care costs (S. 1127), D381 [28MY], D386 [29MY]
Conclude negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada (S. Res. 50), D164 [18MR]
Increase the statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 324), D505 [10JY]
Initiate a countervailing duty investigation of subsidized agricultural imports from Canada (S. Con. Res. 27), D164 [18MR]
Nomination of Alan F. Holmer to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, D667 [30SE]
———of John K. Meagher to be Deputy Under Sec. of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs, D667 [30SE]
———of Laurence J. Whalen to the U.S. Tax Court, D780 [3NO]
———of M. Peter McPherson to be Deputy Sec. of the Treasury, D413 [10JN], D583 [5AU]
———of O. Donaldson Chapoton to be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Tax Policy, D667 [30SE]
———of Robert P. Ruwe to the U.S. Tax Court, D780 [3NO]
Omnibus Trade Act (S. 490), D274 [23AP], D282 [24AP], D288 [28AP], D294 [29AP], D301 [30AP], D308 [1MY], D314 [5MY], D320 [6MY], D326 [7MY]
Operating expenses (S. Res. 71), D17 [16JA]
Opposition to EEC proposed tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils (S. Con. Res. 21), D164 [18MR]
Violations by Japan of the U.S.-Japan agreement on semiconductors (S. Res. 164), D137 [11MR], D164 [18MR]
Proposals
Highway trust fund's excise tax extension, 1971 [27JA]
Remarks in Senate
Expenditures: supplemental (S. Res. 311), 36546 [19DE]
Meetings: during sessions, 2932 [4FE], 3942 [23FE], 6122 [18MR], 6907 [25MR], 7072 [26MR], 7192 [27MR], 7854 [2AP], 8515 [8AP], 8992 [10AP], 9273 [22AP], 9746 [24AP], 10166 [28AP], 10931 [1MY], 11405 [6MY], 11624 [7MY], 13970 [28MY], 14163 [29MY], 14866 [5JN], 16137 [16JN], 18963 [8JY], 19261 [9JY], 19444 [10JY], 20077 [15JY], 20255 [17JY], 20583 [21JY], 20651 [22JY], 21769 [30JY], 23774 [10SE], 25894 [30SE], 26343 [2OC], 27821 [14OC], 28137 [15OC], 28434 [20OC], 29180 [23OC], 29657 [28OC], 30364 [30OC]
Notices of hearings, 7998 [3AP], 27128 [8OC], 31234 [6NO]
Packwood, Senator: ranking member (S. Res. 72), 1460 [20JA]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 32806 [19NO]
Authorize Funds (S. Res. 71), 1381 [16JA]
Nomination of Lawrence J. Whalen to U.S. Tax Court, 30529 [3NO]
Nomination of Robert P. Ruwe to U.S. Tax Court, 30529 [3NO]
Reports filed
Allocation of Budget Totals, Fiscal Year 1988 (S. Rept. 100-199), 27306 [9OC]
Authorizing Appropriations for ITC, U.S. Customs Service, and U.S. Trade Representative (S. 829) (S. Rept. 100-23), 6854 [25MR]
Authorizing Supplemental Expenditures (S. Res. 311) (S. Rept. 100-211), 30528 [3NO]
Budget Allocation of the Committee on Finance (S. Rept. 100-103), 18948 [8JY]
International Trade: (S. 490) (S. Rept. 100-71), 16149 [16JN]
Japanese Violations of Agreement on Semiconductors (S. Res. 164), 6092 [18MR]
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act (S. 1127) (S. Rept. 100-126), 21249 [28JY]
Nomination of Jean K. Elder, 10104 [28AP]
Public Debt Limit (H.J. Res. 324), 19384 [10JY]
Supplemental Expenditures: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 311) (S. Rept. 100-224), 32809 [19NO]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act (S. 549), 21902 [31JY]
Rules
Procedures, 4396 [26FE]
Statements
Medicare Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act (S. 1127), 29410 [27OC]
Refer H. Con. Res. 93 Conference Report to Committee on Finance, 17278 [24JN]
Tables
Supplemental requests, 1987, 36544 [19DE]
Texts of
S. Res. 71, authorizing expenditures, 1409 [16JA]
S. Res. 311, supplemental expenditures, 30566 [3NO], 36547 [19DE]