DUNCAN, JOHN J. (a Representative from Tennessee)
Bills and resolutions by, as cosponsor
Taxation: reinstate 5% investment credit for certain property (see H.R. 936), 19055 [8JY]
Appointments
Committee on Taxation (Joint), 3499 [19FE]
Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 324, public debt limit extension, 22257 [4AU]
———H.R. 2, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 3499 [19FE]
———H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 23028 [7AU], 24071 [16SE]
———H.R. 1748, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 28464 [20OC]
———H.R. 1777, Dept. of State appropriations, 28466 [20OC]
———H.R. 2310, authorizing appropriations for Airport and Airway Improvement Act, 33029 [20NO]
———H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 34572 [9DE]
———H.R. 3545, budget reconciliation, 35049 [11DE]
———S. 1174, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 28465 [20OC]
Delegation representing Congress at ceremony honoring the Constitution, 19877 [15JY]
Articles and editorials
B. Ray Thompson, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, 29760
Censors at Work, Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, 7870
Democrats' Tax Dilemma, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, 27943
ET's Great Benefactor Dies at 81, Kaye F. Veal, 29760
Friends, Family Mourn Loss of Doctor, Civic Leader Hardy, Amy Todd Geisel, Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel, 966
Get Serious About Protecting Pensions, New York (NY) Times, 18701
Legislative Hopper Gets Too Many Bills, Athens (TN) Post-Athenian, 2370
Red Retires After 37 Years With EUB, Richard McCoy, Athens (TN) Post-Athenian, 3171
Stock Market Plunge, New York (NY) Times, 31433
Taxing Capital Gains, 31439
They Just Don't Make People Anymore Like Neal Ensminger, Chuck Redfern, Athens (TN) Post-Athenian, 13028
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Banks and banking: prevent trustee from avoiding transfers to depositors relative to uninsured industrial banks that are debtors (see H.R. 2688), 16289 [16JN]
Children: tax on income received for personal injuries (see H.R. 2311), 11719 [7MY]
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act: registration of certain carriers (see H.R. 895), 2224 [29JA]
Internal Revenue Code: amend (see H.R. 2235), 10837 [30AP]
Knoxville, TN: transfer of certain land (see H.R. 1094), 3301 [11FE]
Low-Income Opportunity Board: establish to improve existing work assistance programs (see H.R. 1288), 4159 [26FE]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 21632 [30JY]
Medicare: coverage for therapeutic shoes to individuals with severe diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2768), 17210 [24JN]
———improve program (see H.R. 2864), 18680 [1JY]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (see H.R. 2863), 18680 [1JY]
———security as condition for pension plan funding (see H.R. 2865), 18680 [1JY]
Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate the last person service rule (see H.R. 1284), 4159 [26FE]
Real property: estate and gift taxation (see H.R. 3323), 24890 [22SE]
Rolen-Rolen-Roberts International of Knoxville, TN: relief (see H.R. 2022), 8387 [8AP]
Ruth, John W., Sr.: refer H.R. 1669, a bill for relief, to the U.S. Court of Claims (see H. Res. 123), 5864 [17MR]
———relief (see H.R. 1669), 5864 [17MR]
Simpson, Willie G.: relief (see H.R. 2582), 14260 [2JN]
Southern Industrial Banking Corp.: good faith transfers of property shall not be voidable (see H.R. 1351), 4548 [3MR]
Tariff: bicycle tires and tubes (see H.R. 1686), 6208 [18MR]
———color couplers and coupler intermediates (see H.R. 968), 2737 [4FE]
———4-chlor-2-nitro aniline (see H.R. 1287), 4159 [26FE]
———indirect process electrostatic copying machines (see H.R. 970), 2737 [4FE]
———3,4 diamino phenetole dihydrogen sulfate (see H.R. 1286), 4159 [26FE]
———3-(4'aminobenzamido) phenylbeta-hydroxyethyl sulfone (amino sulfon br) (see H.R. 1285), 4159 [26FE]
Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 3300 [11FE]
———deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 470), 867 [7JA]
———exemption for child support of noncustodial parent (see H.R. 969), 2737 [4FE]
———involuntary conversion of property (see H.R. 2608), 14777 [4JN]
———treatment of residential lot and second home interest expenses (see H.R. 1779), 6774 [25MR]
Trade Act: appoint U.S. distributors of Japanese automobiles (see H.R. 1399), 4778 [4MR]
TVA: purchase of electric power by Dept. of Energy (see H.R. 3027), 21377 [28JY]
Walters, Gregory E.: relief (see H.R. 1670), 5864 [17MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 15368 [10JN]
Acuff, Roy: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2538), 14057 [28MY]
Aeronautics: appropriations for airport and airway improvements (see H.R. 3350), 25481 [29SE]
AFDC: improve program (see H.R. 1985), 8385 [8AP]
Airlines: extension of small community air service program (see H.R. 2318), 16958 [22JN]
Animal Welfare Act: amend (see H.R. 1770), 23934 [15SE]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
———enroll continuing appropriations legislation agreed to by both Chambers in same form as series of separate bills or resolutions (see H.R. 3199), 23077 [7AU]
———require 60% majority vote of both Houses of Congress for passage of any bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 3201), 23077 [7AU]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 11004 [4MY]
Arlington National Cemetery, VA: designate Tomb of the Unknowns (see H.R. 1987), 23649 [9SE]
Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 14058 [28MY]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt Pell Grant higher education assistance program from sequestration (see H.R. 1932), 12388 [13MY]
Bankruptcy: exception to certain provisions of law relative to avoidable transfers (see H.R. 2501), 34631 [9DE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 20781 [22JY]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
———constitutional amendment to balance (see H.J. Res. 197), 13130 [20MY]
Chile: support transition to democracy (see H.J. Res. 349), 23877 [14SE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14), 110 [6JA]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 14779 [4JN]
Committee on Ways and Means: funding for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 50), 1794 [21JA]
Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 19564 [13JY]
Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), 28619 [21OC]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 23078 [7AU]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 1782), 7780 [2AP]
Electric power: amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (see H.R. 87), 108 [6JA]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 14953 [9JN]
Employee stock ownership plans: estate tax deduction for employer securities sales (see H.R. 1311), 4160 [26FE]
EPA: implementation of programs established to comply with Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 3489), 31635 [10NO]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 8671 [9AP]
Farmers: taxation (see H.R. 2228), 23712 [10SE]
Federal employees: conduct study on annuities, personnel management, and individual retirement planning (see H.R. 388), 4550 [3MR]
Financial Independence Week: designate (see H. Res. 185), 24957 [23SE]
Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 19136 [9JY]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 13828 [27MY]
Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), 24678 [21SE]
Government procurement: interests on overdue payments (see H.R. 1663), 25749 [30SE]
Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: enact (see H.R. 1495), 5257 [10MR]
History: commemoration of Northwest Ordinance (see H.J. Res. 181), 14059 [28MY]
House of Representatives: require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 19056 [8JY]
Housing: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 3518 [19FE]
———extend period during which qualified mortgage bonds may be issued (see H.R. 2640), 15367 [10JN]
Individual retirement accounts: withdrawals for acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of principal residence (see H.R. 570), 11721 [7MY]
Insurance: improve system for resolving medical professional liability actions (see H.R. 1955), 21186 [27JY]
International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 19056 [8JY]
Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 24956 [23SE]
———U.S. trade embargo (see H.R. 3391), 26061 [1OC]
Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
Long-term resolutions: prohibit consideration of certain (see H. Res. 271), 29210 [26OC]
Mass transit: prohibit implementation of regulations discriminating against handicapped (see H.R. 2887), 23712 [10SE]
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1245, 1280, 1281), 4087 [25FE], 4159 [26FE]
———improve application in rural areas (see H.R. 1829, 1830), 14261 [2JN]
———payment of psychologists (see H.R. 236), 7239 [30MR]
———retain payment methodology for physician services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 1836 [22JA]
Memorial Day: redesignate (see H.R. 1647), 16290 [16JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 11265 [5MY]
Minorities: education of medical personnel (see H.R. 954), 2736 [4FE]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 18683 [1JY]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 16291 [16JN]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 8388 [8AP]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259), 7429 [31MR]
National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 3518 [19FE]
National Centenarians Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 16290 [16JN]
National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 9082 [21AP]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 9326 [22AP]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 25209 [25SE]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 20284 [20JY]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 14060 [28MY]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 24136 [16SE]
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), 7429 [31MR]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 17698 [26JN]
National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 25750 [30SE]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 299), 21378 [28JY]
National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 4920 [5MR]
National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 27175 [9OC]
National Safety Belt Use Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 23650 [9SE]
National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 22127 [3AU]
National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), 20359 [21JY]
National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 116, 353), 7429 [31MR], 23712 [10SE]
National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 17103 [23JN]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act: amend (see H.R. 3546), 29209 [26OC]
Older Americans Act: States' long-term care ombudsman programs (see H.R. 2042), 25482 [29SE]
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 27513 [13OC]
Postal service: designate as nonmailable matter solicitations of certain products and services (see H.R. 1550), 14260 [2JN]
Power resources: encourage exploration for domestic sources (see H.R. 1614), 13827 [27MY]
———express support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal power policies (see H. Res. 43), 12729 [18MY]
POW/MIA: make public, records concerning reported sightings in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 2260), 26062 [1OC]
Public debt: extension of limit (see H.R. 3022), 21377 [28JY]
———increase limit (see H.R. 2360), 11945 [11MY]
Romania: most favored nation status (see H.R. 1953), 9082 [21AP]
Santa Barbara Channel Islands, CA: restriction on transporting Alaskan oil (see H.R. 1721), 14261 [2JN]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 13130 [20MY]
Small business: encourage to extend retirement and fringe benefits (see H.R. 2793), 26814 [7OC]
Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4920 [5MR]
Social Security: improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]
———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 15584 [11JN]
———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (see H. Con. Res. 133), 23082 [7AU]
Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 17211 [24JN]
Special Commission on Civil Service Policy: establish (see H.R. 2699), 24135 [16SE]
Spent Fuel Contingency Act: enact (see H.R. 2319), 11720 [7MY]
State and local governments: minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation proposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1278), 19055 [8JY]
———reduce growing costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1087), 19055 [8JY]
Stones River National Battlefield, TN: boundaries (see H.R. 1994), 8386 [8AP]
Tariff: N,N-Bis(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-5-[N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-acetamido]- 2,4,6-triiodoisophthalamide (see H.R. 3513), 32552 [17NO]
Tax Reform Act: deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 374), 863 [7JA]
———technical corrections (see H.R. 2636), 15366 [10JN]
Taxation: allocation of research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 1116, 3121), 3460 [18FE], 22588 [5AU]
———allow for deduction of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 817), 20906 [23JY]
———collection procedures of the IRS (see H.R. 634), 16775 [18JN]
———corporate rate reduction on deferred tax reserves (see H.R. 1049), 7429 [31MR]
———deductibility of State and local income and sales taxes exceeding 1% of adjusted gross income (see H.R. 1450), 5494 [11MR]
———deduction of certain amounts paid to colleges or universities (see H.R. 1106), 3301 [11FE]
———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 1560), 7429 [31MR]
———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]
———delay exception from certain technical personnel (see H.R. 792), 2395 [2FE]
———delay of increase in current year liability test (see H.R. 1581), 5558 [12MR]
———educational benefits provided under certain prepaid college education contracts (see H.R. 2404), 30240 [29OC]
———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 20359 [21JY]
———equity in treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 2940), 20360 [21JY]
———exclude certain payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see H.R. 630), 5098 [9MR]
———exempt certain publicly offered regulated investment companies (see H.R. 3375), 25748 [30SE]
———exempt organizations fundraising information (see H.R. 1566), 17438 [25JN]
———extend energy investment credit for geothermal property (see H.R. 3553), 29306 [27OC]
———Federal excise taxes should not be increased (see H. Res. 110), 12136 [12MY]
———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 12727 [18MY]
———indexing certain assets (see H.R. 533), 2740 [4FE]
———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 6777 [25MR]
———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 12135 [12MY]
———meals furnished off business premises as fringe benefits (see H.R. 622), 1435 [20JA]
———nonelective deferred compensation (see H.R. 3312), 24677 [21SE]
———permanent credit for increases in research expenses and basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 8018 [6AP]
———permit rural telephone cooperatives to have qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 3045), 21469 [29JY]
———rate reductions (see H. Con. Res. 7), 3225 [9FE]
———restore special 3-year basis recovery rule in computing amount of employee's annuity includable in gross income (see H.R. 1007), 19900 [15JY]
———treatment of certain short-term loans (see H.R. 2323), 23712 [10SE]
———treatment of contributions in aid of construction (see H.R. 3250), 23712 [10SE]
———treatment of innocent spouses (see H.R. 594), 1074 [8JA]
———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044), 21469 [29JY]
———uniform treatment of employer-provided health care benefits for retired (see H.R. 2860), 18680 [1JY]
———valuation for estate tax purposes of items created by decedents (see H.R. 2239), 17438 [25JN]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see H.R. 1154), 3515 [19FE]
Trade Partnership Act: enact (see H.R. 15), 105 [6JA]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 12388 [13MY]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31635 [10NO]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 31963 [16NO]
White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 2690), 23712 [10SE]
Eulogies
David W. Proffitt, 28526
Letters
Pension plan for football coaches: Bill Curry, 14411
———Joe Restic, 14398
Sec. of State Schultz's visit to Soviet Union: by, 8648 [9AP]
Motions offered by
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), instruct conferees, 23027 [7AU]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), motion to instruct conferees, 23027 [7AU]
Poems
``Tennessee Autumns'', Charles L. Carr, 18698
Remarks by, on
AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 35683 [15DE]
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), conference report, 36282 [18DE]
Budget: deficit, 28555, 28557 [21OC]
———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), 29679 [28OC], 29947 [29OC]
Cigarettes: excise taxes, 6923
Cosponsorship: withdrawal from H.R. 1049 relative to corporate rate reduction on deferred tax reserves, 16430 [17JN]
Customs Service: funding (S. 829), 21582 [30JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 14604
Economic conditions: stock market plunge, 31433
Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: enact (H.R. 1495), 25449 [29SE]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), 10189 [28AP], 10495, 10497, 10502, 10503-10504, 10506, 10509-10511, 10513-10515, 10520, 10527 [29AP], 10802, 10810 [30AP], 23027, 23028 [7AU]
Internal Revenue Code: amend (H.R. 2235), 10855
ITC: funding (S. 829), 21582 [30JY]
Japan: open market to U.S. automobiles (H.R. 1399), 4801
Knoxville, TN: Farragut Middle School, 14403
———tribute to John Tumblin, 18399
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4443
———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1280), 4443
———coverage for therapeutic shoes to individuals with severe diabetic foot disease (H.R. 2768), 17364
———improve program (H.R. 2864), 19286
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 20671, 20680 [22JY]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (H.R. 2863), 18691
Public debt: extension of limit (H.R. 3022), 21426 [29JY]
———increase limit (H.R. 2360), 12337-12346 [13MY]
———limit (H.J. Res. 324), conference report, 24870, 24871 [22SE]
Public welfare: reform, 29509
Real property: estate and gift taxation (H.R. 3323), 24919
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), 1722 [21JA]
———authorizing funds (H.R. 2), conference report, 6160 [18MR]
Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (H.R. 1093), 14398
———treatment of residential lot and second home interest expenses (H.R. 1779), 6920
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24068-24071, 24077-24090 [16SE]
Tobacco industry: ban on advertising, 5535
Toshiba Corp.: U.S. imports, 23027, 23028 [7AU]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10189 [28AP], 10495, 10497, 10502, 10503-10504, 10506, 10509-10511, 10513-10515, 10520, 10527 [29AP], 10802, 10810 [30AP], 23027, 23028 [7AU]
VA Assistant Inspector General for Health Care Quality Assurance Review Act: enact (S. 1444), 21589 [30JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 854 [7JA], 1999 [27JA], 2221 [29JA], 2735 [4FE], 3457 [18FE], 5491 [11MR], 6773 [25MR], 8120 [7AP], 10835 [30AP], 12825 [19MY], 13127 [20MY], 14258 [2JN], 17209 [24JN], 18366 [30JN], 18679 [1JY], 19135 [9JY], 20904 [23JY], 21582, 21589 [30JY], 22586 [5AU], 28008 [15OC], 28516 [20OC], 28617 [21OC], 29305 [27OC], 29736 [28OC], 29947 [29OC], 31422 [9NO]
Reports
Foreign Currency Expenditures, 3290 [11FE]
Statements
Budget Deficit: Senator Proxmire, 28557 [21OC]
Myth of the Day—That the Congress Lacks Character and Wisdom: Senator Proxmire, 28775
Wilderness Preservation, William T. Hornaday, 25449 [29SE]
Tables
Excise tax as percent of income, by class, 1985, 6923 [25MR]
Telegrams
Pension plan for football coaches: John Cooper, 14406
Testimonies
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act (H.R. 1495), D466 [25JN]
Committee on Rules: Guaranteed Deficit Reduction Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3545), D764 [28OC]
———Increase in Public Debt Limit (H.R. 2360), D341 [12MY]
———Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (H.R. 2), D9 [8JA]
———Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), D286 [27AP]
Tributes
Baker, Guy, 11730
Carter, Tim Lee, 8107
Cochran, Litton T., 2014
Cullom, Eldridge V., 22682
Cullom, Jim, 21065
Ensminger, J. Neal, 13028
Ensminger, J. Neal and Maggie, 3480
German, B. Fred, 29512
Hardy, Walter S.E., Jr., 966
Nelson, Lindsey, 2008
Sitzlar, Paul, 7737
Thompson, B. Ray, 29760
Tumblin, John, 18399
Westbrook, Jack K., 29751