DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY see also Secretary of the Treasury

Affidavits

U.S. v. Arshad Z. Pervez: John R. New, 19776-19778 [14JY]

Amendments

American Battle Monuments Commission: investment of funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial (H.R. 1454), 29283 [27OC]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 2907), 19565 [13JY], 19847, 19848, 19854, 19856, 19858, 19869 [15JY], 25217, 25229, 25326 [25SE]

Government procurement: interest on overdue payments (S. 328), 23576 [9SE]

Public debt: extension of limit (H.R. 3022), 21510, 21535 [29JY]

Appointments

Conferees on H.R. 2907, making appropriations, 27961 [15OC]

Articles and editorials

Battle of the Banks, 2936 [4FE]

Bottom Line—No More Latin Loans—Baker Plan Was Hopelessly Off Target, as CitiCorp Made Clear, 14104 [28MY]

Branch Cuts Seen Hurting Minorities, 4421 [26FE]

Change the Dollar Bill, 26176 [1OC]

Clash on Primacy in War on Drugs, 6380 [19MR]

Columbus Dollar, 25653 [29SE]

Competition for Capital—Will Tax Blemish Handicap Us?, 24797 [22SE]

Court Lets Agency Reinstate Drug Tests, 16786 [18JN]

Dollar of Copper Has Value, 26175 [1OC]

Federal Agencies Take Aim at Makers and Sellers of Illegal Fireworks, 19569 [13JY]

Freeing Us From Bondage to Our Useless Money, Stephen Chapman, Chicago (IL) Tribune, 26176 [1OC]

Gold Lures Investors as a Storm Shelter, 11876 [8MY]

How To Make a Buck in the 1980's, 26174 [1OC]

Huge Customs Scam Victimizes Uncle Sam, Senator Heinz, 26923 [7OC]

Lobbyists Hope $1 Bill Will Fold in Favor of Coin They're Pitching, 26178 [1OC]

``Loony'' Success Colorful in Canada, 26178 [1OC]

Mental Hazards of Exporting, 8535 [8AP]

Penny Gambit, 26175 [1OC]

U.S.' Allies Urge Fresh Look at World Monetary System—Europe Seeks To Get off Currency Roller Coaster by Lessening Role of U.S. Dollar, 30978 [5NO]

Wright—A Powerful Friend, 33287 [30NO]

Bills and resolutions

Airline Competition Act: enact (see S. 806)

American Battle Monuments Commission: investment of funds for construction of Korean War Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 1454)

Appropriations: making (see H.R. 2907)

Banks and banking: develop program to expand use of underutilized banks by Federal agencies (see H.R. 1656)

———treatment of certain short-term loans (see S. 1239)

Bborder management inspectors: revision of overtime laws (see H.R. 1592)

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: budget authority (see H.R. 885)

Coins and coinage: minting and circulation of one dollar coins (see H.R. 3348)

———requirement for use of gold refined in the U.S. (see H.R. 2816)

Commercial Activities Contracting Act: enact (see S. 909)

Congress: minting of bicentennial coins (see H.R. 3251)

Customs Service: administration of duty-free sales enterprises (see H.R. 2336)

———budget authority (see H.R. 886)

———funding (see S. 829)

———funding (S. 829), return to Senate, considered and agreed to (see H. Res. 235)

———reconciliation of inconsistent decisions of officers within the same customs region (see S. 1926)

Customs Service Field Efficiencies Act: enact (see H.R. 2912)

Dept. of the Interior: transfer mineral lease royalty collection functions to Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 2911)

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: $1 coins to commemorate 100th anniversary of birth (see S. 1982; H.R. 3654)

Executive departments: disclosure of addresses of certain persons to military departments or other agencies (see H.R. 2282)

Federal Credit Program Revolving Fund: establish (see S. 218)

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: budget authority (see H.R. 884)

Federal Mineral Collection Efficiency Act: enact (see H.R. 2911)

Foreign countries: intermediary between heavily indebted, less developed countries and their creditors to reduce the amount of total debt (see H.R. 1453)

Inflation: issue portion of obligations indexed (see H.R. 1330)

Kenneth G. Ward Border Station, Lynden, WA: designate (see S. 1126)

Office of Multilateral Development Bank Procurement: establish (see S. 1406)

Panama Canal Interest Act: enact (see H.R. 1688)

Pension funds: procedure for business waiver of minimum funding standards in hardship (see H.R. 129)

Pornography: enforcement of restrictions against imported materials (see S. 1061)

President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: implement (see H.R. 1592)

Public debt: extension of limit (see H.R. 3022)

Salaries and benefits: adjust (see H.R. 2943)

Secret Service uniform division: pay treatment (see H.R. 383)

Tariff: prohibit excessive customs fees for foreign trade zone services (see H.R. 2338)

Taxation: extend filing period for reliquidation of certain imports (see S. 984)

———promote and protect taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2568)

U.S. currency: annual reports on actual exchange rate (see H.R. 1309)

U.S. Mint: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2631)

U.S. Park Police: pay treatment Secret Service uniform divisions (see H.R. 383)

Chronologies

Coast Guard/Customs Reimbursable Agreement Chronology of Events, 13720 [27MY]

Communications from

Anti-Drug Law Enforcement and Its Impact: report, 28346 (EC2257) [19OC]

Appropriations for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature: draft, 4260 (EC577, EC609) [26FE]

Authorizing U.S. contributions to the African Development Bank: draft, 4261 (EC617) [26FE]

———U.S. contributions to the Asian Development Bank: draft, 4261 (EC617) [26FE]

———U.S. contributions to the Inter-American Development Bank: draft, 4261 (EC617) [26FE]

———U.S. contributions to the International Development Association: draft, 4261 (EC617) [26FE]

———U.S. contributions to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency: draft, 4261 (EC617) [26FE]

Collection of fees for rulings, opinions, and determinations: legislation, 5919 (EC778) [17MR]

Customs Service appropriations authorization: draft, 5696 (EC730) [13MR]

Electronic deposit for Federal employees: legislation, 22016 (EC1645) [3AU]

Foreign security documents: authorize printing, 6965 (EC991) [26MR]

Freedom of Information Act: report, 5141 (EC687) [10MR]

General Counsel: defaulting contractors, 6965 (EC995) [26MR]

IRS: legislation, 5492 (EC848) [11MR]

Offset Federal income tax refunds, 10103 (EC1150) [28AP]

Statement of Liabilities and Other Financial Commitments of the U.S. Government: report, 1790 (EC411) [21JA]

Trust funds: report, 12386 (EC1406) [13MY]

U.S. currency reissuance requirement: repeal, 6965 (EC992) [26MR]

U.S. Mint: appropriations, 5920 (EC807) [17MR]

U.S. securities: counterfeit deterrents, 6965 (EC996) [26MR]

Factsheets

Federal Credit Reform Act (H.R. 1754), 6231 [18MR]

U.S. Coinage Reform Act (S. 1742), 26173 [1OC]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): budget, D228 [2AP]

———budget (testimony), D180 [20MR], D214 [31MR]

———Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Secret Service budgets (testimony from Stephen C. Higgins and John R. Simpson), D147 [12MR]

———engraving and printing, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (testimony from Francis A. Keating II and Robert J. Leuver), D131 [10MR]

———Financial Management Services, Bureau of the Public Debt, Savings Bond Division, and Bureau of the Mint (testimony from Gerald Murphy and Donna Pope), D118 [5MR]

———U.S. Customs Service (testimony from William von Raab), D140 [11MR]

Committee on Appropriations (Senate): budget, D122 [6MR]

———budget (testimony from John R. Simpson, Stephen E. Higgins, and Charles F. Rinkevich), D90 [26FE]

———Customs Service budget (testimony from William von Raab), D114 [5MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: illegal and unfair foreign trade practices on interstate commerce (testimony), D256 [9AP]

———promotion and protection of taxpayer rights (S. 604, 579) (testimony), D262 [21AP]

———U.S. Customs Service budget, operation and management (testimony from Representatives Bustamante and Ronald D. Coleman, William von Raab, Alan Mendelowitz,, Samuel Banks and James Burow), D83 [25FE]

———U.S. Customs Service budget, operation and management (testimony from Senator Chiles, Robert M. Tobias, Harry Lamar, J.H. Kent, James E. Landry, James Chenoweth, James R. Williams and David Rose), D91 [26FE]

Committee on Government Operations: accuracy of IRS responses to taxpayer questions (testimony), D248 [8AP]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: accounting procedures of seized cash and property by executive departments, D151 [13MR]

Committee on Ways and Means: increasing the public debt limit (testimony), D306 [30AP]

Letters

Banking regulation: George D. Gould, 12448 [14MY]

———James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 12449 [14MY]

Charitable deduction for donors of debt of developing nations: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 27309 [9OC]

Competitive Equality Banking Act: Comptroller of the Currency, 6820 [25MR]

———George D. Gould, 7115 [27MR]

———James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 22084 [3AU]

Customs fraud: David A. Hartquist and Lauren R. Howard, Specialty Steel Industry of the U.S., 31224 [6NO]

———Frances Shaine, SPM Manufacturing Corp., 31560 [10NO]

DISC loans, 20041 [15JY]

Private enforcement action against customs fraud: Frank Fenton, Trade Reform Action Coalition, 29902 [29OC]

Public debt limit: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 19311 [10JY], 20621 [22JY], 21426 [29JY], 21834 [31JY]

Regulated investment companies, J. Roger Mentz, 11354 [6MY]

Transfer of FCC licenses, 34909 [10DE]

Lists

Cosponsors of H.R. 1002, Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act, 2952 [4FE]

Meetings

Committee on Finance: U.S. Customs Service, ITC, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative budgets, D137 [11MR]

Memorandums

Fair Trade Practices, 18747 [7JY]

Memorials of legislature

North Dakota, 9732 [24AP], 9771 [27AP]

Messages

Deferral of Certain Budget Authority: President Reagan, 26153 [1OC]

Federal Credit Reform Act: President Reagan, 5598 [12MR]

Regulations

Order for labeling native American style arts, crafts and jewelry: Custom Service, 18933 [8JY]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: making (H.R. 2907) 19653 [14JY]-19661 [14JY], 19836, 19841-19875 [15JY]

———making (H.R. 2907), appointment of conferees, 27961 [15OC],

———making (H.R. 2907), consideration (H. Res. 223), 19647-19651 [14JY]

Banks and banking: advance notice of closing of branch (H.R. 926), 4421 [26FE]

Coins and coinage: Industry Council for Tangible Assets criticism of U.S. Mint's establishment of cartel to distribute American Eagle gold bullion coins, 27708 [13OC]

———minting and circulation of one dollar coins (H.R. 3348), 25653 [29SE]

———U.S. Mint to contract with U.S. firms, 28614 [21OC]

Developing countries: intermediary between heavily indebted, less developed countries and their creditors to reduce the amount of debt (H.R. 1453), 4929 [5MR]

Federal Credit Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1754), 6231 [18MR]

Foreign trade: business competitiveness, 8543 [8AP]

———impact of the Nation's trade problems, 11892 [11MY]

———interpretation of export control, 8535 [8AP]

Fort Worth, TX: prohibited from issuing a check for an economic development project, 33287 [30NO]

FSLIC: plan, 7718 [1AP]

———recapitalization, 16772 [18JN]

Gold standard: foreign exchange, 6618 [24MR]

Government obligations: payment, 17962 [29JN]

Government securities: bond market, 10179 [28AP]

Monetary policy: currency devaluation, 2504 [3FE]

Narcotics traffic: international control activities, 34756-34758 [10DE]

National Postsecondary Education Trust: establish (H.R. 2509), 13677 [21MY]

Panama Canal Commission fund: increase, 6227 [18MR]

Panama Canal Interest Act: enact (H.R. 1688), 6227 [18MR], 16777 [18JN]

Public debt: comprehensive foreign debt information, 34725 [10DE]

———extension of limit (H.R. 3022), 21422-21427 [29JY]

Secret Service Uniformed Division: pay equity (H.R. 383), 871 [7JA]

Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries: foreign exchange, 34724, 34765 [10DE]

Sub-Saharan Africa: debt rescheduling for certain low-income countries, 34692 [10DE]

Tariff: Customs administration of duty-free sales enterprises (H.R. 2336), 11883-11886 [8MY]

———prohibit imposition of excessive customs fees for foreign trade zone services (H.R. 2338), 11872 [8MY]

Taxation: capital gains (H.R. 109), 6215 [18MR]

Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1002), 2952 [4FE]

U.S. currency: counterfeit deterrent, 35910 [16DE]

———debasement, 3281 [11FE], 9284 [22AP]

———gold bonds, 11875 [8MY]

———require annual reports regarding actual exchange rate (H.R. 1309), 4719 [3MR]

U.S. Customs Service: funding (S. 829), 21582 [30JY]

U.S. Mint: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2631), 26613-26616 [6OC], 28355 [19OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2631), making technical corrections, 26685 [6OC]

———use of foreign metal, 22280 [4AU]

Remarks in Senate

Airline Competition Act: enact (S. 806), 6492 [20MR]

———enact (S. 806), order for star print, 6637 [24MR]

Appropriations: making (H.R. 2907), 25213-25231 [25SE]

———making (H.R. 2907), unanimous-consent agreement, 25179 [24SE]

Banks and banking: treatment of certain short-term loans (S. 1239), 13236 [20MY]

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: anniversary, 2229 [29JA]

Capital gains: differential (S. 444), 24797 [22SE]

Chapoton, O. Donaldson: nomination, 26146 [1OC]

Clothing industry: customs fraud and violations, 29901 [29OC]

Commercial Activities Contracting Act: enact (S. 909), 7964 [3AP]

Customs fraud, 31224 [6NO], 34231 [4DE], 34559 [9DE]

———substandard bolts, 33172 [20NO]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: issue $1 coins in commemoration of 100th anniversary of birth (S. 1982), 36614 [19DE]

Exchange Rate Adjustment Act: enact (S. 30), 459 [6JA]

Fair Currency Exchange Rate and Trade Act: enact (S. 452), 2748 [4FE]

Federal Credit Program Revolving Fund: establish (S. 218), 653 [6JA]

Foreign trade: currency devaluation, 19448 [10JY]

———customs fraud, 27095 [8OC], 34983 [10DE], 29145 [23OC], 32028 [17NO], 35811 [16DE]

Golden Fleece of the Month: recipient, 33235 [30NO]

Government securities: foreign investments, 9203 [22AP]

Kenneth G. Ward Border Station, Lynden, WA: designate (S. 1126), 10926 [1MY]

Maass Flange Corp., Seally, TX: importation of East German steel pipe flange declaring them to be of West German origin, 31836 [12NO]

McPherson, M. Peter: nomination, 22875, 22893 [6AU]

Meagher, John K.: nomination, 26146 [1OC]

Narcotics traffic, 14439 [3JN]

National Commission on Deficit Reduction: establish (S. 32), 464 [6JA]

Pornography: enforcement of restrictions against imported materials (S. 1061), 9140 [21AP]

Presidential Advisory Panel for Coordination of Government Debt Collection and Delinquency Prevention Activities: establish, 27221-27223 [9OC]

Public debt: extension of limit, 21510-21515 [29JY]

———extension of limit (H.R. 3022), 21489, 21510-21515 [29JY]

Ryusho America Corp. of Japan: customs fraud, 29489 [27OC]

Taxation: retroactive effective dates for a new section of the Internal Revenue Code, 30371 [30OC]

Textiles and fabric industry: Customs Service fraud, 31560 [10NO]

U.S. Coinage Reform Act: enact (S. 1742), 26172, 26178 [1OC]

U.S. Customs Service: fraud, 25778 [30SE], 26593 [6OC], 26922 [7OC]

———funding (S. 829), 7303 [30MR]

———investigation of fraud, 28435 [20OC]

———reconciliation of inconsistent decisions of officers within the same customs region (S. 1926), 34328 [8DE]

Reports

Administration Position on H.R. 2907, Appropriations, 19659 [14JY]

Definition of Native American Arts, Crafts, and Jewelry, 18932 [8JY]

Reports filed

Airline Competition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 806) (S. Rept. 100-61), 14145 [29MY]

Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2907) (H. Rept. 100-211), 19136 [9JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2907) (S. Rept. 100-160), 24434 [17SE]

———Committee on Finance (S. 829) (S. Rept. 100-23), 6854 [25MR]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2907) (H. Res. 223) (H. Rept. 100-218), 19558, 19562 [13JY]

Public Debt Extension: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3022), Consideration (H. Res. 233) (H. Rept. 100-248), 21377 [28JY]

U.S. Mint Appropriations: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (H.R. 2631) (S. Rept. 100-260), 35795 [16DE]

Statements

A-Mark Precious Metals Co. Loss of Business During Peak Period Following First Offering of American Eagle Coins: Bruce Kaplan, 27708 [13OC]

Exchange Rate of the Dollar, 459 [6JA]

Farm Credit Reform: Charles O. Sethness, 23311 [7AU]

Financial Services Industry: Senator Garn, 2936 [4FE]

Money: John M. Keynes, 9284 [22AP]

Socialism's Secret Weapon—Debasement of Money, Samuel B. Pettengill, 12762 [19MY]

Treasury Practices Regarding Social Security, 467 [6JA]

Studies

U.S. Customs Service: Western States Coalition, 34329 [8DE]

International Trade Accounts, 10224 [28AP]

Tables

Appropriations, 37775 [21DE]

Committee on the Budget scoring of H.R. 2907, 25230 [25SE]

Testimonies

Ban on Plastic Handguns, 34175 [4DE]

———Stephen E. Garmon, 34171 [4DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 223, consideration of H.R. 2907, appropriations, 19647 [14JY]

H.R. 1002, Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act, 2952 [4FE]

H.R. 2338, Foreign Trade Zone Fee Structure Act, 11873 [8MY]

H.R. 2631, authorizing appropriations for the U.S. Mint, 26612 [6OC]

H.R. 2907, making appropriations, 19841-19847, 19850-19854 [15JY]

S. 30, Exchange Rate Adjustment Act, 460 [6JA]

S. 452, Fair Currency Exchange Rate and Trade Act, 2748 [4FE]

S. 806, Airline Competition Act, 6493 [20MR]

S. 829, U.S. Customs Service funding, 7305-7306 [30MR]

S. 909, Commercial Activities Contracting Act, 7965 [3AP]

S. 1126, designate Kenneth G. Ward Border Station, Lynden, WA, 10926 [1MY]

S. 1743, U.S. Coinage Reform Act, 26173 [1OC]

S. 1982, mint and issue $1 coins in commemoration of 100th anniversary of birth of Dwight David Eisenhower, 36615 [19DE]