HALL, RALPH M. (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 24071 [16SE]
———H.R. 1777, Dept. of State appropriations, 28457 [20OC]
———H.R. 3545, budget reconciliation, 35049 [11DE]
Articles and editorials
Plan Threatens Free Research Exchanges, Frank E. Vandiver, Bryan-College Station (TX) Eagle, 34730 [10DE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Fish and Wildlife Service: land conveyance (see H.R. 2381), 12135 [12MY]
Gay, George: award Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2840), 18098 [29JN]
Global Change Research Program: establish (see H.R. 3497), 28009 [15OC]
SEC: exemptive authority (see H.R. 3302), 24352 [17SE]
Social Security: ensure physicians' hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (see H.R. 1445), 4917 [5MR]
Technology: development of the superconductor supercollider (see H.R. 3463), 27174 [9OC]
Wood County, TX: U.S. rights and interests under conservation easement (see H.R. 2382), 12135 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 20906 [23JY]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: reporting requirements (see H.R. 2272), 11263 [5MY]
———testing requirements (see H.R. 2273), 11263 [5MY]
Afghanistan: Soviet invasion and occupation (see H.J. Res. 25), 4011 [24FE]
Airlines: drug testing of aircraft operators (see H.R. 693), 3302 [11FE]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend block grants for services relative to mental health and substance abuse (see H.R. 3187), 26814 [7OC]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 14059 [28MY]
Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 36482 [18DE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), 15369 [10JN]
Bankruptcy: amend code relative to retired employees (see H.R. 1186), 6285 [19MR]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 20781 [22JY]
Big Bend National Park, TX: authorizing acceptance of land donation (see H.R. 2325), 24890 [22SE]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
Children: appropriations for child survival fund (see H.R. 1376), 16290 [16JN]
Clean Air Act: consumer safety factor in regulations relative to mobile pollution sources (see H.R. 3196), 23076 [7AU]
Clean Water Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 19137 [9JY]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14), 110 [6JA]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 26814 [7OC]
Communications: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 8669 [9AP]
Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 12135 [12MY]
Corpus Christi, TX: designate Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (see H.R. 781), 8123 [7AP]
Courts: retirement and survivors' benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586), 23934 [15SE]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit upgrading of Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 302), 15585 [11JN]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 23078 [7AU]
———suspend activities under the Nuclear Waste Act (see H.R. 2888), 18681 [1JY]
District of Columbia: collection of sales taxes by nonresidents (see H.R. 1891), 31635 [10NO]
Drug abuse: testing of operators of trains and aircraft (see H.R. 693), 3302 [11FE]
Drug industry: ban reimportation of drugs produced in the U.S., restrict distribution of samples, and ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other medical facilities (see H.R. 1207), 4009 [24FE]
Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 23876 [14SE]
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: $1 coins to commemorate 100th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 3654), 32683 [18NO]
Elections: appointment of electors of President and Vice President by Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands (see H.J. Res. 217), 7428 [31MR]
Embassies: travel restrictions on personnel of certain missions and organizations in the U.S. (see H.R. 2083), 15584 [11JN]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 7429 [31MR]
Ethanol: increase use as motor fuel (see H.R. 2052), 10586 [29AP]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 10274 [28AP]
Farm Credit System: protect stock of borrowers (see H.R. 2324), 17438 [25JN]
Fish and fisheries: ban importation of shrimp from certain countries (see H.R. 1658), 9082 [21AP]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 13828 [27MY]
Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), 24957 [23SE]
Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 11720 [7MY]
Great Lakes: commodities exports (see H.R. 3144), 34402 [8DE]
Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 9323 [22AP]
Housing: Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 11362 [6MY]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 3), 105 [6JA]
Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 24956 [23SE]
Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 14059 [28MY]
Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 4780 [4MR]
Medicare: coverage of antibiotics administered at home (see H.R. 1294), 10274 [28AP]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 7430 [31MR]
———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 9324 [22AP]
Members of Congress: time restriction for salary increases (see H.R. 510), 2740 [4FE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 18368 [30JN]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 11946 [11MY]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 11361 [6MY]
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 250), 27930 [14OC]
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), 4920 [5MR]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 8124 [7AP]
National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 8124 [7AP]
National Challenger Center Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 89), 2005 [27JA]
National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 9082 [21AP]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 24), 22127 [3AU]
National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 17), 9647 [23AP]
National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 22314 [4AU]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 16776 [18JN]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 6211 [18MR]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 26063 [1OC]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, 380), 5259 [10MR], 32552 [17NO]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 17103 [23JN]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 10023 [27AP]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 368), 30649 [3NO]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 6210 [18MR]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 23081 [7AU]
National Home Remodeling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 163), 6211 [18MR]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 8386 [8AP]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 17211 [24JN]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 299), 18683 [1JY]
National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 15585 [11JN]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 7429 [31MR]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), 36151 [17DE]
National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 22127 [3AU]
National Sea Grant College Program: improve (see H.R. 1717), 11721 [7MY]
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 19137 [9JY]
National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), 31635 [10NO]
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program: establish (see H.R. 1633), 5862 [17MR]
National Teacher Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 8389 [8AP]
National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 9646 [23AP]
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 23082 [7AU]
National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), 28518 [20OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 20781 [22JY]
Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 2701), 16567 [17JN]
Nicaragua: reforms (see H. Res. 290), 28842 [22OC]
Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: recognize (see H.R. 2248), 15368 [10JN]
NSF: renovation or replacement of college research facilities (see H.R. 1905), 7727 [1AP]
Nuclear Waste Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 2888), 18681 [1JY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4918 [5MR]
Petroleum: ensure energy security for the Nation by expanding the domestic base (see H.R. 2662), 15583 [11JN]
———import fee and repeal excess profits tax (see H.R. 2198), 14579 [3JN]
PLO: prohibition on establishment of office in U.S. (see H.R. 2587), 24353 [17SE]
Point Udall, GU: designate (see H.R. 2434), 15368 [10JN]
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), 4780 [4MR]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: amend (see H.R. 1941), 8018 [6AP]
POW/MIA: make public, records concerning reported sightings in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 2260), 35073 [11DE]
Primarily Primates, Inc.: transfer animals (see H.R. 2883), 35073 [11DE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: trust fund (see H.R. 2229), 18682 [1JY]
Railroads: drug testing of operators (see H.R. 693), 3302 [11FE]
Roads and highways: increase 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (see H.R. 665), 2520 [3FE]
———reimbursement of States for advance construction of highways (see H.R. 316), 3225 [9FE]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 8389 [8AP]
Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 5098 [9MR]
Social Security: benefit computation formula (see H.R. 1721), 6284 [19MR]
———comprehensive catastrophic health benefits through prepaid plans (see H.R. 65), 12728 [18MY]
———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 9323 [22AP]
———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 2115), 9323 [22AP]
———improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees (see H.R. 121), 2225 [29JA]
———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 7779 [2AP]
———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 9323 [22AP]
———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (see H.R. 1444), 4917 [5MR]
———reimburse necessary costs of vocational rehabilitation under State plans (see H.R. 3657), 32683 [18NO]
Soviet Union: invasion and occupation of Afghanistan (see H.J. Res. 25), 4011 [24FE]
———relative to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 83), 16569 [17JN]
Space policy: facilitate commercial access (see H.R. 3765), 35741 [15DE]
States: collection of sales taxes by nonresidents (see H.R. 1891), 31635 [10NO]
Strategic Marine Research Program: establish (see H.R. 1717), 11721 [7MY]
Taxation: credit for expenses incurred for maintaining an aged dependent (see H.R. 3754), 35073 [11DE]
———deduct expenses incurred in filing withholding certificates whether or not itemized (see H.R. 1347), 12388 [13MY]
———delay exception from certain technical personnel (see H.R. 792), 2520 [3FE]
———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 11946 [11MY]
Technology: promote U.S. leadership (see H.R. 2916), 19563 [13JY]
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (see H.R. 1154), 7429 [31MR]
Treaties: require for territory relinquishment (see H.R. 341), 18098 [29JN]
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]
U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 12388 [13MY]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31635 [10NO]
Veterans: GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]
White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 9647 [23AP]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 25750 [30SE]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 4450 [2MR]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), 12388 [13MY]
World War II: memorial and museum (see H.R. 3742), 34784 [10DE]
Essays
Ratification of the Constitution: Nicole Johnson, 18110
Eulogies
Ivah B. Miller: Gerald Stephenson, 18402
Obituaries
Matt Sheley—Ex-Herald Banner publisher dies, Greenville (TX) Herald-Banner, 9009
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 1827), 9550 [23AP], 18404
Courts: authorize payment of legal costs, 21594-21597 [30JY]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1777), 16700 [18JN]
Ecology: ozone protection, 22703
Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 34729
Foreign embassies: U.S. travel restrictions, 16700 [18JN]
New Medico Rehabilitation Center, Tyler, TX: opening, 29753
NRC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1315), 22541, 22548 [5AU]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3037), 22548 [5AU]
Nuclear energy: procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21594-21597 [30JY]
Peace Corps: programs (H.R. 3100), 34729
Polygraphs: prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 30829
Rockwall, TX: tribute to High School Yellowjackets, 38266
Superconducting supercollider: development, 18404
———development (H.R. 3463), 27334
Terrell, TX: British Flying Training School pilots honored, 34985
Tyler, TX: New Medico Rehabilitation Center opening, 29753
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 27174 [9OC]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 30898 [4NO]
Tributes
Johnson, Nicole, 18110
Miller, Ivah B., 18402
Peoples, Clint, 26726
Rowan, Jackie L., 34987
Sheley, Matt, 9009