INDUSTRY see also Business; Corporations; Small Business
Addresses
American Technological Leadership in Crisis: Fred L. Hartley, 36662-36665 [19DE]
Automotive Imports and Foreign Investment in U.S.: Marvin T. Runyon, 11722 [7MY]
Challenges Facing Mining Industry: Representative George Miller, 24904 [22SE]
Challenges of Banking: John G. Medlin, Jr., 16984-16986 [23JN]
Chance at Greatness—America's Role in World Trade: Allen E. Murray, 5535-5537 [11MR]
Education or Catastrophe: Representative Wright, 14395 [2JN]
Global Economic Growth: Barber B. Conable, 19821 [14JY]
Goals for Namibia: Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, 22149 [3AU]
International Sweetener Colloquium: Arsenio B. Yulo, Jr., 5549 [12MR]
Investing in a New America: Representative Levine, 24260 [16SE]
Let Us Compete-Let Us Get On With It: Albert W. Gruer, Jr., 7586 [31MR]
Oil Industry: Frank Pitts, 7589 [31MR]
On Competition: Olof Lundberg, 24453-24456 [17SE]
On Theories of Unemployment: Robert M. Solow, 31244 [6NO]
Strengthening the U.S.-Mexico Relation—A Proposal for Establishing a Free-Trade and Coproduction Zone, 4688 [3MR]
Survival of General Aviation: James B. Taylor, 16589 [17JN]
U.S. Competitiveness in Global Economy: Lynn Williams, 36152 [17DE]
U.S. Industrial Competitiveness: John A. Luke, 4123-4124 [25FE]
Agenda
Breakthrough in Superconductivity—The Race To Commercialize, 11599
Amendments
Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act: enact (S. 1184), 27126 [8OC], 29546, 29549, 29554, 29555, 29556, 29560, 29563, 29564, 29565, 29566, 29567, 29569, 29572, 29575, 29576, 29577, 29578, 29585, 29587, 29588, 29589, 29591, 29650-29656 [28OC]
Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act: enact (S. 970), 21479, 21535 [29JY]
Corporations: interlocking directors and officers (S. 1068), 21886, 21930 [31JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Optional Acreage Diversion Program (H.R. 3093), 23037 [7AU]
Employment: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 27913 [14OC]
———payment of youth employment opportunity wages (H.R. 2710), 17655 [26JN]
Fishermen's Protective Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2893), 27820, 27843, 27844 [14OC]
Foreign trade: enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), 8380 [8AP], 9648 [23AP], 10024 [27AP], 10484, 10485, 10488, 10492-10495, 10533-10539, 10551, 10561, 10563, 10587 [29AP], 10677, 10679, 10680, 10687, 10695, 10698 [30AP]
Health: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 24353 [17SE], 27881, 27906, 27907, 27908, 27912, 27913, 27914 [14OC], 27965, 27968, 27975, 27976, 27977 [15OC]
Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 31541 [10NO]
Securities Law Technical Act: amend (S. 1452), 30334, 30355-30361 [30OC], 33006-33011 [20NO]
Analyses
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act (S. 1071), 9252 [22AP]
Corporate Takeover and Insider Abuse Reform Act (S. 1324), 14691 [4JN]
Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act (S. 1892), 33162 [20NO]
Dept. of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 2716), 16804 [19JN]
Dislocated Worker Assistance and Labor Productivity Program, 4526 [3MR]
Dislocated Worker Assistance (Sec. 210 of Trade Act), 4527 [3MR]
Enhance Domestic Industrial Competitiveness (H.R. 3), 10243 [28AP]
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 2725), 16552 [17JN]
NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act (S. 1814), 29161 [23OC]
Product Liability Uniform Standards and Reform Act, 1906-1908 [22JA]
Rural Recovery and Revitalization Act (S. 1403), 17009-17011 [23JN]
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act (S. 539), 3595-3655 [19FE]
Trade Enforcement Act (S. 891), 7552 [31MR]
U.S. Support for Open International Trading System, 4738 [4MR]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 22419 [5AU], 23028 [7AU], 24071-24075 [16SE]
Articles and editorials
Acid Rain Seen as Posing Risks for U.S. Health—Doctors Tell Panel That Nation Must Act Now, 3228 [9FE]
Acid-Rain Damage to Lakes Minimal, EPA Advisers Find, 8391 [8AP]
Action, Please, 18411 [1JY]
Agricultural Surpluses, 4665 [3MR]
Alternative Education, 23776 [10SE]
America on the Auction Block, 7076-7078 [26MR]
America's Most Admired Corporations, 1243 [13JA]
Arm Wrestling, as It Were, With White House, 6796 [25MR]
Atlantic Research Chairman Shaken, Bitter After Takeover Fight, 37630 [21DE]
Bizarre Deal Diverts Vital Tools to Russians, 16981-16983 [23JN]
Blacks Find Strength in Growing Network, 23678 [9SE]
Boosting America's Competitiveness—Investment Pressures for Short-Term Gains Must be Changed, 3304 [11FE]
Borg Won, but Victory Took Its Toll, 25351 [26SE]
Calling Their Bluff on Competitiveness?, 7087 [26MR]
Canadian Acid Rain Worries Discounted by New Joint Study, 8391 [8AP]
Case Against Deindustrialization, 903 [7JA]
Colombian Cargo Sets Off Tremors in Pennsylvania, 14394 [2JN]
Competing in World Markets, 10225 [28AP]
Conductor Technology Advances, 11895, 11896 [11MY]
Controls on Which Exports?, 1936 [26JA]
Crain's All-Stars—Marc Skims Milk Prices Our Whey, 5642 [12MR]
Cranberries—Agricultural Free Market at Work—Growers Aren't Bogged Down in USDA Regulations, Subsidies and Allocations, 30257 [29OC]
Cure May Be Worse Than the Ill, 13298 [20MY]
Defense Industry Slims Down to Survive—Competitiveness Becomes Key in Lean Times, 28141 [15OC]
Defense Reform Big Flop, 25915 [30SE]
Democrats' European Disease, 18904, 18910 [8JY]
Discounting the Market, 36628 [19DE]
Distorting Corporate Investment, 25563 [29SE]
Economic Conditions in the U.S. Today, 10012 [27AP]
Empire That Hovnanian Built, 28296 [16OC]
Entrepreneur of the Year, 20118 [15JY]
EPA Denies Use of Fines for Douglas, 1645 [21JA]
EPA Report Ignores ``Happiness'', 1644 [21JA]
Executives Urge a Rise in Aid for Poor Children, 23775 [10SE]
Export Controls of High-Technology Goods, 7075 [26MR]
Fair Trade Frenzy, 14589 [3JN]
Federal Agencies Take Aim at Makers and Sellers of Illegal Fireworks, 19569 [13JY]
Financing for Exports Grows Harder to Find for All but Big Firms, 14096 [28MY]
First Practical Device Made of Ceramic Superconductor, 14045 [28MY]
FmHA Should Be in for Its Comeuppance, 5980 [17MR]
For Sale—America, 23628-23631 [9SE], 24669-24673 [21SE]
Foreign Investors Deserve Same Treatment as Americans, 28546 [20OC]
Foreign Trade and Protectionism, 31582 [10NO]
Free Trade, 28156 [15OC]
Gas Lines—The PSC Should Be the Agency to Consider Bypass Arrangements, 31455 [9NO]
Gas Rates Under Fire, 31454 [9NO]
Gene Squad—Japanese Now Target Another Field the U.S. Leads—Biotechnology, 35958-35959 [17DE]
Get Ready for the Next Energy Crisis, 6943 [25MR]
Get Serious About Protecting Pensions, 18701 [1JY]
GH Is Too High?—Defense Industry Has To Do Its Share as Defense Budgets Decline, 28142 [15OC]
Give 'em an Inch, They'll Take a Meter, 2272 [29JA]
Glum Outlook on Trade Gap, 28144 [15OC]
Great Textile Robbery, 37904 [21DE]
Had Destroyed Secret Contracts—Whole Company's Involvement in Illegal Exports by Toshiba Machine Is Substantiated, 16829 [19JN]
Haiti—Challenge (and Opportunity) for U.S., 4784 [4MR]
Hard Hit CWA Members Tell Why We Need ``Jobs With Justice'', 24119-24120 [16SE]
Heading Off Antitrust With Smart Research, 9278 [22AP]
Headline-Grabbing Foreign Investment, 23680 [9SE]
Helping Workers To Work Smarter, 18377 [30JN]
Hidden Costs of Failed Mergers, 25675 [29SE]
Honda's Cash Goes a Long Way in the USA, 28168 [15OC]
How Many Overseas PCB Producers Have To Spend Money for Clean Air and Water, Compile Annual Accident Reports, and Pay Social Security, Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes?, 11959 [11MY]
How To Maintain Full Employment, 4384 [26FE]
Imperfect Job Machine, 4639 [3MR]
Import Restrictions Just Intensify Trade War, 2364 [29JA]
India Urges Swift Bhopal Settlement, 30246 [29OC]
Japan Could Win Superconductor Race With U.S., Scientists Warn, 11600 [6MY], 11895 [11MY]
Japan's Policies Are Expansionary, 11727 [7MY]
Japan's Smokestack Industries Pin Hopes on Research, 9669 [23AP]
Jerseyans in Vanguard of Efforts To Reform Federal Insurance Regulations, 19593 [13JY]
John Hancock—Industry's Black Sheep, 32686 [18NO]
Labor a Vital Ingredient in Recipe for Rail Change, 23396 [7AU]
Labor Lending—As a Union Bank, Amalgamated Prospers by Pushing Service First and Shunning Risk, 36484 [18DE], 36669 [19DE]
Labor Lending—How a Union Survives in Banking by Pushing Services Over Profits, 36486 [18DE]
Lawyers Are Our Secret Weapon, 5992 [17MR]
Letter Imperfect, 35594 [14DE]
Liability Insurance, 31975 [16NO]
LR Banker To Receive Rector Award, 8049 [6AP]
Major Problem With American Economy—Hypochondria, 4463 [2MR]
Making American Industry Competitive Again, 22817-22818 [6AU]
Marine Lapse Symptom of National Ills, 14797 [4JN]
Market Access Amendment, 10500 [29AP]
Michcon's Uninvited Guest, 31454 [9NO]
Millions of Children Toil in Sweatshops of the Third World, 19089-19091 [8JY]
MITI Role Seen in Toshiba Case, 14792 [4JN]
Modest Proposal for Japan, 23386 [7AU]
Morning After, 26015-26025 [1OC]
Myth of a Post-Industrial Economy, 3451-3453 [18FE], 24799-24801 [22SE]
New Cutting Edge in Factories—Education, 9175-9177 [21AP], 11119-11121 [5MY]
New Superconductors Offer Chance To Do the Impossible, 8880 [9AP]
Oil Agenda (series), 4713, 4714 [3MR]
``Our Life Has Changed''—The Lightbulb, the Transistor—Now the Superconductor Revolution, 7855-7858 [2AP]
Phone Companies Ought to ``Bundle'', 29513 [27OC]
Plight of South African Sugar Industry Shows Sanctions Fall Heavily on Blacks, 35590 [14DE]
Poland's Devastation of Natural Resources, 6707 [24MR]
Problem Farm Loans Still Rising, 20816 [22JY]
Progress on the Trade Bill, 18925 [8JY]
Protectionism, 10533 [30AP]
Protectionism Endangers California—Threatens Pacific Trade, Could Cut Jobs and Investment Here, 5734 [16MR]
Regulation of Rates Is Opposed by Conrail, 30251 [29OC]
Report's Conclusion Clashes With Its Facts, 26409 [5OC]
Risky and Dubious—America's Research Budget Is Off Balance and Off Target, 34095 [4DE]
Russians Are Coming . . ., 16321 [16JN]
RX for Jobs Lost Through Mergers, 5099 [9MR]
Sale of Defense Secrets Merits U.S. Import Ban, 22695 [5AU]
Saving the Navy Tens of Millions, 16867 [19JN]
Shell Game at the Docks, 16843 [19JN]
Sony Chief Says U.S. Firms Need To Take Longer View, 5497 [11MR]
Sorry, Wrong Policy—How Not To Compete in Telecommunications Markets Today, 36665 [19DE]
Study Warns of Economic Collapse—Trade Imbalances Seen as Big Danger, 35975 [17DE]
Suits Hurt Customs Efficiency, 28997 [22OC]
Sun Finally Setting on Garment Industry, 37905 [21DE]
Super Effort Sought—Superconductivity Work Discussed, 11600 [6MY]
Superconductor Breakthrough Reported Near, 14045 [28MY]
Superconductors, 7338 [31MR]
Taiwan's Dramatic Changes and Its Future, 5528 [11MR]
``Thrift'' Called Key to Overcoming Trade Woes, 5728 [16MR]
Tom Peters—Invites Chaos for Survival, 34076 [3DE]
Top Court Upholds Severance Pay for Workers Whose Plants Close, 14395 [2JN]
Toshiba Broke COCOM Rules in 1984 Also, 16828 [19JN]
Toshiba Machine Carried Out Illegal Exports in 1984, Too—Four ``Five-Axis'' Machine Tools to Soviet Union—MITI Checking Into Additional Sanctions, 16828 [19JN]
Trade Bill Is Wrong, and the Timing Is Worse, 20828 [22JY]
Trade Gap Batters Markets, 27987 [15OC]
Trade Gap News Sends Stock Market Reeling Into a Record Tailspin, 27986 [15OC]
Trouble Brewing, 19574 [13JY]
Truth About Takeovers—And the Beauty of Junk Bonds, 19271 [9JY]
U.S. and Japan in Economic and Educational Competition, 8750 [9AP]
U.S. Economy, 10506 [29AP]
U.S. Marshaling Free-Market Forces, 19395 [10JY]
U.S. Needs More Jobs, Another WPA, 1410 [16JA]
U.S. Sales of Supercomputers to Japan, 10257 [28AP]
U.S. Technology Competitiveness, 20479 [21JY]
U.S. Technology Is Overcontrolled, 23668 [9SE]
Unsweetened Truth About Sugar Subsidies, 23387 [7AU]
Upgrading of Factories Replaces the Concept of Total Automation, 33974-33976 [3DE]
Use for PD's $400,000 Fine, 1644 [21JA]
``Voodoo Science'' Is Acid Rain's Friend, 27707 [13OC]
Well Runs Dry for the Texas Thrift Industry, 17692 [26JN]
What Is a Bank?, 3266 [10FE]
When Industry Gets a Defective Supply of Workers, 33540 [1DE], 33802 [2DE]
Where Data Fall Short, 31975 [16NO]
Where It Comes From, 28545 [20OC]
Who Benefits From Sanctions?, 33938-33943 [3DE]
Who Pays for High Tech?, 25662 [29SE]
Why Suburbs Beat the Boroughs in Gaining Tenants, 7442 [31MR]
Widely Acclaimed Pianos, Symbolize Old Massachusetts City's Resurgence, 7094 [26MR]
Wine Talk—Sorry, France, 15605 [11JN]
With Liberty and Justice for All—Civil Rights Issue, 14793 [4JN]
World Economy Is Running Out of Steam, 21557 [29JY]
Bills and resolutions
Acid rain: reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (see S. 316)
Advanced Civilian Technology Agency: establish (see H.R. 2958)
Air pollution: control emissions (see H.R. 2787)
———control emissions of dioxin from certain resource recovery plants and municipal waste incinerators (see H.R. 2452)
Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act: enact (see S. 1184)
Amend (see H.R. 1865)
Antitrust actions: enforcement (see S. 1407)
———repeal exemptions applicable to insurance industry (see H.R. 2727)
Antitrust policy: mergers (see S. 432)
———mergers and corporate tender offers (see S. 634)
———partnerships (see S. 431)
Australia: prohibit importation of certain products (see S. 980)
Bankruptcy: health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1488)
Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (see S. 1017)
Banks and banking: enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 3063)
———establish system for regulating national banking associations (see H.R. 1172)
———expand availability of long-term capital for industrial mortgages (see H.R. 2406)
———extend authority for financing for cooperative exports and imports (see S. 1013)
———financial services holding companies (see H.R. 3360)
———home equity loan disclosure requirements (see H.R. 3468)
———prevent trustee from avoiding transfers to depositors made by uninsured industrial banks that are debtors (see H.R. 2688)
———prohibit ownership of U.S. banks by certain foreigners (see S. 786)
———reforms (see H.R. 2588)
———regulate establishment or acquisition of depository institutions by foreign nationals (see H.R. 2578)
———restructuring or cancellation of certain agricultural loans (see H.R. 1346)
Barter and Countertrade Act: enact (see S. 1116)
Beef Research and Information Act: definition of term producer (see S. 674)
Business: collection of data regarding service sector (see H.R. 1511)
———prohibitions on certain foreign corporations (see H.R. 2241)
———resale price-fixing principles (see S. 430)
Buy American Act: amend (see H.R. 1750)
———amend to award preferences to U.S. businesses in Government procurement (see H.R. 2226)
CCC: defer tax consequences of repayment of loans (see S. 1686)
Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation: establish (see H.R. 2219)
Children: initiatives in private sector care services (see S. 1071)
Clean Air Act: sanctions (see S. 1941)
Clothing industry: include in small business set-aside programs (see H.R. 2703)
Coal: develop clean technologies (see H.R. 1995)
Coins and coinage: requirement for use of gold refined in the U.S. (see H.R. 2816)
Commission on U.S. Trade: establish (see S. 690)
Commodity Exchange Act: producer referendum as condition of designation of certain contract markets (see H.R. 249)
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: loans to farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2576)
Construction industries: minimum wage on public projects (see S. 1621)
Consumers: prohibition on sale of service contracts (see H.R. 2308)
Copyright: improve international copyright, patent, and trademark protection (see H.R. 1651)
———manufacturing clause (see H.R. 2956)
———protective orders for semiconductor chip products (see H.R. 1951)
———trademark protection of industrial designs (see S. 791)
Copyrights: protect industrial designs of useful articles (see H.R. 1179)
———protection of intellectual property rights (see S. 486)
Corporations: interlocking directors and officers (see S. 1068)
———moratorium on hostile takeovers financed by junk securities (see H.R. 685)
———tender offers (see H.R. 2172)
Cotton: measures to defray costs of research and promotion program (see H.R. 1622)
Courts: increase civil monetary penalties (see S. 1014)
———increase criminal monetary penalties (see S. 1015)
Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1393)
Defense contracts: assistance and training for persons in localities affected by termination (see H.R. 2276)
———economic adjustment of communities and industries affected by reductions or realignments (see H.R. 813)
Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1892)
Dept. of Agriculture: facilitate exportation of commodities (see H.R. 1667)
———Optional Acreage Diversion Program (see H.R. 3093)
———wheat program (see S. Res. 237; H. Con. Res. 147)
Dept. of Commerce: prohibit from certain activities which feature or convey advantages of relocating U.S. businesses in a foreign country (see H.R. 3210)
Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (see H.R. 2716)
Dept. of Defense: ban sale of Toshiba products in military exchange stores (see S. 1677)
———prohibit purchase of products manufactured by Toshiba Corp. or Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co. (see H.R. 3000)
———prohibit purchasing from Toshiba Corp. (see H.R. 2948)
———restrictions on overseas contracts (see H.R. 2873)
Dept. of Energy: indemnify civilian nuclear energy research and development contractors (see H.R. 2751)
Dept. of Industry and Technology: establish (see H.R. 2958)
Dept. of International Trade and Industry: establish (see S. 180, 330)
Dept. of Trade: establish (see H.R. 92)
Developing countries: debts (see S. 1117)
Dislocated workers: delivery of services and information (see H.R. 728)
Diversification in Broadcast Ownership Act: enact (see S. 1095)
Drug abuse: restrictions on testing by Government and private employers (see H.R. 691)
———standards for testing (see H.R. 2951)
Economic conditions: establish commission to study means to revivify and strengthen national base (see H.J. Res. 221)
———improve (see H.R. 2870)
Education: improve foreign language skills to enhance economic competition (see S. Con. Res. 26)
———programs to strengthen competitiveness of industry (see S. 406)
———training to assure competitiveness of U.S. workers (see H.R. 90)
Electric power: amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (see H.R. 87)
Employee Ownership Week: designate (see S. Res. 295)
Employment: expansion of worker trade readjustment allowance (see H.R. 2162)
———payment of youth employment opportunity wages (see H.R. 2710)
———plant closing notification (see H.R. 1484)
———prohibit certain plant closings and layoffs (see H.R. 1753, 1828)
———waiver of Federal regulations to stimulate employment in trade-impacted sectors of industry (see H.R. 270)
———worker retraining assistance (see S. 785)
———worker training (see H.R. 2725)
EPA: asbestos regulations (see H.R. 2693)
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend portion relative to industrial homework (see S. 637)
———require prenotification to affected employees and communities of dislocation business concerns (see H.R. 161)
Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act: enact (see S. 1280)
Farmers: assistance for debt restructuring (see H.R. 2120)
———deductions for charitable contributions of agricultural products (see H.R. 2288)
———recovery of costs of services to cooperative and groups of producers (see S. 1190)
———taxation (see H.R. 2228)
FCC: regulation of airline advertising (see S. 1088)
Federal Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution Act: enact (see H.R. 2721)
Federal Competitive Coal Leasing Amendments Act: enact (see S. 1185)
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: congressional oversight (see H.R. 2588)
Firearms: prohibit manufacture and importation of not readily detectable handguns (see H.R. 84, 155)
Fish and fisheries: processing within U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (see S. 1590)
Foreign Commercial Service: enhance role in promoting U.S. exports (see H.R. 1306)
Foreign countries: restrictions on conduct of hostile takeovers of U.S. firms by foreign-based persons (see H.R. 3401)
Foreign Shipping Practices Act: enact (see S. 1183)
Foreign trade: ban import of Soviet-made textiles or textile products (see H.R. 3416)
———competitiveness in trade relief decisions (see S. 482)
———control export of capital from U.S. and control exports supporting terrorists (see H.R. 3095)
———definition of goods which may be exported as humanitarian donations (see H. Con. Res. 230)
———development and use of U.S. vessels as mobile trade fairs (see H.R. 2192)
———enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty laws (see S. 485)
———enhance U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 3, 531, 1409)
———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 151)
———establish foreign language and international education programs to enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 1875)
———establish free trade zone with Mexico (see H.R. 1006)
———establish trade development investment trust fund (see H.R. 1650)
———filing period for reliquidation of certain imports (see H.R. 3059)
———improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 1493)
———parallel imports (see S. 1097)
———people of U.S. should purchase products made in U.S. and services provided in U.S. instead of those made or performed elsewhere (see H.J. Res. 397)
———preferential treatment for products assembled, grown, produced or manufactured in U.S. (see S. 73)
———preserve U.S. support for open trading system (see H.R. 1308)
———Presidential authority on reciprocal nondiscriminatory treatment (see H.R. 647)
———private enforcement of unfair competition statutes (see S. 1396)
———private remedies for injury caused by unfair foreign competition (see H.R. 268)
———prohibition on export of defense articles by certain companies (see S. 1639, 1656)
———protect owners from importation of overseas goods made with U.S. patented process (see S. 568)
———relief to persons injured by importation of articles at less than market value or wholesale price (see S. 1104)
———U.S. competitiveness (see S. 374; H.R. 717)
———uranium trade agreements (see S. Res. 341)
Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act: enact (see S. 572)
FSLIC: funding (see H.R. 2588)
FTC: authority for prevention of unfair or deceptive practices by air carriers (see H.R. 3415)
Geothermal resources: commission to grant exclusive franchise for exploration (see H.R. 235)
Government: contracting requirements (see H.R. 2872)
———restrictions on procurement from firms that have jeopardized national security (see H.R. 2731)
Government contractors: competitive examination for selection of members of boards of contract appeals (see S. 345)
———liability (see H.R. 2378)
———prohibit reprisal actions against Federal officers and employees for disclosing certain information (see S. 208)
———requirements relative to scientific and technical information (see H.R. 1616)
Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (see S. 237)
Hazardous substances: disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (see H.R. 2685)
Health: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (see H.R. 162)
———minimum benefits for all workers (see H.R. 2508)
———regulation of medical devices (see H.R. 2595)
ICC: reform process for filling vacancies (see H.R. 75)
Immigration Reform and Control Act: delay implementation of employer sanctions provisions (see S. 1083)
Insurance: exemption (see H.R. 2277)
———liability (see S. 554)
Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1299)
Interstate commerce: free flow of products unimpeded by product liability law (see H.R. 2861)
———uniform product liability law (see S. 687, 688)
Ireland, Republic of: encourage development of international trade and financial center in Dublin (see H. Res. 285)
Iron and steel industry: expand coverage of bilateral steel arrangements (see S. 985)
———revitalize (see H.R. 2743)
———unfair trade practices (see H.R. 2062)
Japan: trade with Vietnam (see S. Res. 271)
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: import ban (see H.R. 2698)
Labor: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (H.R. 162), consideration (see H. Res. 280), 26813 [7OC]
———workplace literacy programs (see H.R. 1342)
Labor Productivity Assistance Act: enact (see S. 617)
Labor unions: collective bargaining in construction industry (see S. 492)
———rights relative to membership (see H.R. 97)
Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 177; H.J. Res. 318)
Members of Congress: time restriction for private sector employment (see S. 237)
Merchant marine: shipment of exported agricultural commodities on U.S.-flag vessels (see H.R. 2875)
Merchant Marine Act: amend (see H.R. 1725)
Merger Limitation Act: enact (see H.R. 3090)
Mergers: disclosure of stock purchases (see S. 521)
Metric system: affirm that national policy of conversion would benefit U.S. (see S.J. Res. 100)
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: mediation and conciliation actions (see H.R. 1722)
Money: controls on export of capital from U.S. (see S. 786)
Monopolies: mergers (see S. 432)
———partnerships (see S. 431)
Motion pictures: distribution in Canada (see S. Res. 227)
Motor transportation: reduce regulations of carriers of property (see H.R. 2591)
Motor vehicles: bumper standards (see H.R. 2584)
———warranty and repair information (see H.R. 2954)
Multilateral development banks: participation in activities (see H.R. 3740)
National Advisory Committee on Semiconductor Research and Development Act: enact (see S. 1275)
National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors: establish (see H.R. 2191)
National Bureau of Standards and Industrial Competitiveness: establish (see H.R. 2068)
National Commission on Commercial and National Defense Applications of Superconductors: establish (see H.R. 2069)
National Commission on Economic Challenges: establish (see H.R. 2812)
National Labor Relations Act: collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281)
National Petroleum Security Act: enact (see S. 1355)
National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 414)
National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365)
National Quality Improvement Award: establish (see H.R. 812)
National trade policy: establish (see H.R. 2137)
National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303)
Natural gas: eliminate artificial distortions and enhance competition in marketplace (see S. 536)
———increase depletion allowance (see H.R. 1642)
———permit courts to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission property (see H.R. 2953)
Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 2701)
NBS: establish Office of Extension Services to support, advise, and assist State industrial extension services (see S. 1319)
New Zealand: prohibit importation of certain products (see S. 980)
NLRB: statutory authority relative to employees and labor unions engaged in violence (see H.R. 2375)
NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act: enact (see S. 1814), 29156 [23OC]
Occupational health and safety: notification of hazards in workplace (see H.R. 2278)
Patents: amend laws relative to use of inventions in outer space (see H.R. 1510)
———extend patent numbered 3,387,268, Quotation Monitoring Unit (see S. 1102)
———strengthen protection for processes (see H.R. 1718)
———U.S. manufacturing of products derived from inventions arising from federally supported research and development (see H.R. 2119)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: coverage of early retirement pension benefits (see H.R. 2987)
———priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (see H.R. 2863)
———security as condition for pension plan funding (see H.R. 2865)
Pensions: treatment of terminated plans (see H.R. 3067)
———welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (see H.R. 3086)
Petroleum: deduction and special net operating loss rules relative to certain losses on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 271)
———excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225)
———import fee (see H.R. 1751)
———increase depletion allowance (see H.R. 1642)
———regulation of pipelines (see H.R. 2734)
Philippines: free trade area negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 25)
Postal Service: privatization (see H.R. 2233)
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 2)
Preventive Environmental Protection and Waste Reduction Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 3094)
Prison Industries Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3526), 28619 [21OC]
Railroads: survivor's annuities for divorced wives (see H.R. 2825)
———workers with 25 years or more of service shall have a current connection for purposes of annuities (see H.R. 2827)
REA: promote economic vitality by directing resources to consumers (see S. 505)
Reagan, President: authority to stabilize prices, wages, interest rates, and corporate dividends (see H.R. 272)
Real estate agents: limit certain fees (see S. 1186)
Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3707)
———reestablish (see H.R. 163)
Restrictive trade practices: improve access to foreign markets by U.S. companies (see S. 335)
———relief procedures (see S. 219)
Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 430)
Roads and highways: access to Interstate System for commercial motor vehicles (see S. 1391; H.R. 2697)
Rolen-Rolen-Roberts International: relief (see S. 1434)
Rural areas: economic development (see H.R. 2028)
Rural Enterprise Zone Act: enact (see S. 983)
Rural Recovery and Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 1403)
Sales personnel: regulate recruitment and treatment of door-to-door agents (see H.R. 2092)
Securities Exchange Act: establish moratorium on hostile foreign takeovers (see H.R. 2514)
Securities Law Technical Act: amend (see S. 1452)
Sewage disposal: require transportation of waste in U.S.-built ships (see H.R. 82)
Shipping industry: clearing impediments to the licensing of certain vessels (see H.R. 3642)
———seizure of vessels making calls on ports in Cuba (see H.R. 2528)
———unfair practices in marine transportation of import motor vehicles (see S. 1087)
Shoe industry: orderly trade in nonrubber footwear industry to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 653)
———trade relief (see H.R. 2326)
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 2166)
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 2166)
———prepayment of loans to State and local development companies (see H.R. 3835)
South Africa: prohibit investments (see H.R. 1153)
———sanctions (see S. Res. 82)
Southern Industrial Banking Corp.: good faith transfers of property shall not be voidable (see H.R. 1351)
Space policy: facilitate commercial access (see H.R. 3765)
Sports: make antitrust laws applicable to certain baseball teams (see H.R. 2687)
Superconductivity Competition Act: enact (see S. 880)
Tariff: administrative procedure for certain noncontroversial suspensions (see H.R. 2430)
———alloy iron and steel pipes and tubes (see H.R. 2419)
———aluminum luggage frames (see H.R. 2444)
———B-naphthol (see H.R. 2274)
———C-Amines (see H.R. 2280)
———canned tuna (see H.R. 1515)
———carbodiimides (see S. 1163)
———certain power-driven weaving machines (see H.R. 2483)
———chemical (see S. 1644)
———cultured pearls (see S. 1400)
———diamino imid sp (see H.R. 2289)
———diamond tool blanks (see H.R. 2033)
———disposable surgical gowns (see S. 1306)
———disposable surgical gowns and drapes (see H.R. 2425)
———glass inners for vacuum flasks (see H.R. 1159)
———graphite (see H.R. 2380)
———hovercraft skirts (see H.R. 2436)
———iron (see S. 783)
———kitchenware (see H.R. 2281)
———laser discs (see S. 1114)
———leather belts (see H.R. 2409)
———lithotripters (see H.R. 1160)
———menthol feedstocks (see H.R. 684)
———meta nitro-o-anisidine (see S. 1151)
———meta nitro-para-anisidine (see S. 1149)
———methyl and ethyl parathion (see S. 1895)
———natural graphite (see H.R. 2414)
———nitrogenous compounds (see H.R. 2755)
———nitro-ortho-toluidine (see S. 1152)
———N-methyl aniline (see H.R. 3426)
———Ornithine (see H.R. 2314)
———para chloro-o-nitroaniline (see S. 1150)
———para nitro-o-anisidine (see S. 1154)
———phenyl-carbethoxy-pyrazolone (see S. 1153)
———plastic sheeting (see H.R. 1360)
———portable marine stoves (see H.R. 2757)
———silicone materials (see H.R. 2442)
———small toys (see S. 1066)
———stainless steel (see H.R. 3589)
———sulfathiazole, sulfamethazine, and sodium sulfamethazine (see H.R. 2432)
———Teicoplanin (see H.R. 2313)
———tetra amino biphenyl (see S. 1082)
———tin plate and tin-coated sheets (see H.R. 2440)
———unstuffed dolls (see H.R. 1991)
———watches (see S. 1054)
———work gloves (see H.R. 894)
Tariff Act: protection of intellectual property rights (see S. 486)
Tax Reform Act: amend to clarify study of source rules for sales of inventory property (see H.R. 1654)
———repeal certain provisions requiring certain entities to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 666)
Taxation: accounting of loan losses by production credit associations and banks for cooperatives (see S. 1640)
———capital gains (see H.R. 3635)
———certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (see S. 1610)
———clarify treatment of self-insured workers' compensation fund (see S. 1019)
———deduct expenses incurred in filing withholding certificates whether or not itemized (see H.R. 1347)
———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (see S. 1370, 1386)
———depreciation of facilities which use anthracite culm fuel (see S. 1466)
———eliminate retroactive certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (see H.R. 2111)
———equity in treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 2940)
———exemption for certain investment companies from disallowance of indirect deductions through passthrough entities (see S. 1489)
———exemption for noncommercial transportation provided by employers to employees (see H.R. 2122)
———group-term life insurance purchased for employees (see H.R. 745)
———manufacturers excise tax on archery equipment (see H.R. 3245)
———minimum tax (see H.R. 1545), 5492 [11MR]
———preclude certain farmers from using cash method accounting and provide exemptions for certain livestock breeding (see S. 1353)
———profits realized from corporate takeovers (see H.R. 1178)
———repeal requirement for partnerships and corporations to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 2123)
———treatment of certain health and welfare benefit funds (see H.R. 2868)
———treatment of certain short-term loans (see H.R. 2323)
———treatment of dividends and allocation of corporate tax revenues for payments to qualified registered voters (see H.R. 2740)
———treatment of employer mass transit and van pool subsidies (see S. 1757; H.R. 3437)
———treatment of income of insurance companies (see H.R. 3438)
———treatment of research and development expenditures (see S. 1617)
———use of consolidated tax returns by insurance companies (see S. 1404)
Technology: establish national advanced technician training program (see H.R. 2134)
———establish National Quality Award (see S. 1251)
———promote U.S. leadership (see H.R. 2916)
Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (see S. 907)
Telephone: domestic manufacturing (see H.R. 3333)
———information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment by Bell operating companies (see H.R. 2030)
Temporary National Commission on Economic Concentration: establish (see H.R. 930)
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see H.R. 1154)
Textile industry: include in small business set-aside programs (see H.R. 2703)
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), consideration (see H. Res. 256)
Tobacco industry: regulate sale and distribution of certain products (see H.R. 3294)
———remove special treatment accorded products under the Consumer Product Safety Act (see H.R. 2376)
Toshiba Corp.: import ban (see S. 1399; H.R. 2698)
Toys: distinctive markings on replicas of firearms (see H.R. 3433)
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (see H.R. 1155)
Trade Act: amend (see H.R. 1514, 1981)
———competitiveness factor in trade relief decisions (see S. 482)
———reciprocal agreements (see S. 484)
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: changes (see S. 749)
———improve (see S. 483)
Trade agreements: reciprocity (see S. 481)
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2150)
Trucking Productivity Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1710)
U.S. Trade Representative: investigation of Japanese trade barriers (see S. 1086)
Unemployment: job training benefits for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (see S. 370)
Unemployment compensation: limitations on reduction on credit applicable to employers in certain States (see H.R. 2801)
Unfair Competition Act: private enforcement of statute in event of unfair foreign competition (see S. 361)
Veterans: job training and counseling services (see S. 999)
Women: economic equity (see S. 1309; H.R. 2577)
Booklets
Because We Care: Smokeless Tobacco Council, 35609 [15DE]
Books
``Japanese Conspiracy, Their Plot To Dominate Industry Worldwide and How To Deal With It'', 32682 [18NO]
``Politics of Cancer'': Samuel S. Epstein, 23930 [15SE]
Chronologies
Garlock Mechanical Packing Division's 100th Anniversary, 34408 [8DE]
Comments
Energy policy: Barbara Keating-Edh, 899 [7JA]
Communiques
Preservation of an open and stable international environment for trade and investment: Business Roundtable and Roundtable of European Industrialists, 36229 [18DE]
Court decisions
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Northeast Bancorp: Supreme Court, 6826 [25MR]
Citronelle-Mobile Gathering, Inc. v. O'Leary: Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, 31871 [13NO]
Copiat v. U.S., 23573 [9SE]
Erickson Partnership v. Marvin L. and Charlotte M. Swenson (bankruptcy), 3769-3771 [19FE]
Descriptions
Basic energy sciences semiconductor focus, 32589 [18NO]
Economic Excellence Act (S. 1249), 13248 [20MY]
Legislation affecting U.S. competitiveness in world markets, 10570 [29AP]
Office of Productivity, Technology, and Innovation: Dept. of Commerce (excerpt), 20196 [17JY]
Documents
Defense Production Act, 10232 [28AP]
Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans, from U.S. Code, 10252 [28AP]
Essays
Federal Support for Steel Product Technologies: Lennard G. Kruger, Library of Congress, 5500 [11MR]
Eulogies
Harry W. Clarke, by George D. Heaton, 11996 [12MY]
Excerpts
``Putting the U.S. Back on Top—The National for a National Interest Trade Policy,'' B. Bruce-Biggs, 19765-19768 [14JY]
``Rise of the Trading State,'' Richard Rosecrance, 11069 [5MY]
Explanations
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 2725), 16581 [17JN]
Factsheets
American Electric Power and Tennessee Valley Systems, 21067 [24JY]
Center for Ultraclean Semiconductor Processing Goals and Proposal, 32589 [18NO]
Dept. of International Trade and Industry (S. 330), 1501 [20JA]
Hearings
Committee on Armed Services (House): competition in public/private shipyard overhauls (testimony), D159 [17MR]
Committee on Armed Services (Senate): defense industrial base (testimony), D152 [16MR]
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Council on Industrial Competitiveness, Multilateral Insurance Guaranty Agency, and exchange rates (testimony from Representative Wise, Joan McEntee, and public witnesses), D132 [10MR]
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: corporate takeovers (testimony from William F. Frist, William Howell, William L. McKinley, Robert P. Luciano, Robert E. Mercer, Alva H. Chapman, William D. Smithburg, David M. Roderick, Raymond Plank, John L. Murray, George S. Slocum, Andrew C. Sigler, James K. Baker, Donald C. Clark, Clarence E. Johnson and William E. Wall), D108 [4MR]
———U.S. export controls and competitiveness (testimony), D155 [17MR]
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: challenge of competition for U.S. industry (testimony from Senators Baucus and Chafee, George Kozmetsky, Howard D. Samuel, and Richard Cyert), D19 [20JA]
———Technology Competitiveness Act (S. 907) (testimony), D288 [28AP]
Committee on Education and Labor: Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act (H.R. 90) (testimony), D59 [11FE]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162), D248 [8AP], D279 [23AP]
———High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162) (testimony), D159 [17MR]
Committee on Energy and Commerce: competitiveness and trade (testimony form Senator Murkowski, H.T. Goldfield, and public witnesses), D140 [11MR]
———Telecommunication Trade Act (testimony from Albert Halprin, Bruce Wilson, Alfred Sikes, and public witnesses), D133 [10MR]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: status of domestic uranium mining industry (testimony from Helmut A. Merklein, A. David Rossin, Edward M. Davis, Thomas Kuhn, Nolan Hancock, and Robert Luke), D124 [9MR]
Committee on Finance: world economy and trade issues, focusing on U.S. response to international trade deficit (testimony from Lane Kirkland, Owen Bieber, and Lynn R. Williams), D19 [20JA]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D253 [9AP]
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: impact of foreign trade practices on U.S. maritime industries and labor (testimony from Edward V. Hickey, Jr. and John A. Gaughan), D149 [12MR]
Committee on Rules: Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3) (testimony), D286 [27AP]
Committee on the Budget (Senate): international competitiveness and trade (testimony from Robert C. Holland, Lester C. Thurow and Pat Choate), D91 [26FE]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): mergers and acquisitions (testimony from Charles F. Rule, Daniel Oliver, Robert Abrams, Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., Robert Pitofsky, Ernest Gellhorn, F.M. Scherer, and John D. Ong), D137 [11MR]
———pre-merger reporting requirements (testimony from Malcolm R. Pfunder), D92 [26FE]
———pre-merger reporting requirements (testimony from Patricia Bailey, Terry Calvani, Andrew Strenio, Leroy S. Zimmerman, Robert M. Langer, Mark Crane, and Frederick S. Myers), D92 [26FE]
———protection of semiconductor chip designs (testimony from Norman R. Augustine, Robert Noyce, and Jonathan E. Cornell), D103 [3MR]
———U.S. trade competitiveness and laws (testimony from Representative Snowe and public witnesses), D65 [18FE]
Establish a National Quality Improvement Award and NTIS Privatization (H.R. 812): (testimony from D. Bruce Merrifield), D113 [4MR]
Interviews
Metric use in the U.S., with Representative George Brown, Metric Reporter (publication), 2170 [28JA]
Occupational safety: National Broiler Council's Poultry Industry Task Force, 32692 [18NO]
Soviet trade status and human rights violations: C. William Verity, Jr., with Radio Moscow, 26319, 26320 [2OC]
Letters
Acid rain: Allan Gotlieb, 11056 [5MY]
Advanced notification in plant shutdowns: John L. Kelly, 18888 [8JY]
Airline mergers and acquisitions: R.L. Crandall, American Airlines, 30283 [30OC]
Airport and airway capacity expansion: Edward M. Gramlich, CBO, 29553 [28OC]
Aviation Trust Fund: several aviation associations, 10644 [30AP]
Banking and the paper market: M. Douglas Ivester, 33124 [20NO]
Buy American Act: James A.R. Johnson, Apple Computer, Inc., 10684 [30AP]
Citronelle-Mobile Gathering, Inc. v. O'Leary decision: George E. Palmer, 31872 [13NO]
———Peter D. Junger, 31872, 31873 [13NO]
Companies receiving licenses for exports to controlled countries: Bruce Smart, 27383 [13OC]
Consortium with Japan on telecommunications services: Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 5973 [17MR]
———Dept. of Commerce, 5972 [17MR]
———Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 5972 [17MR]
———Margaret Thatcher, 5972 [17MR]
———Senators Murkowski, Stevens, and Representative Don Young, 5973 [17MR]
Dept. of Agriculture small business timber set-aside program: George S. Dunlop, 35317 [11DE]
Domestic energy: Representative Archer, 5222 [10MR]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 18907 [8JY]
Enhance competitiveness of domestic soybean industry: David Haggard, American Soybean Association, 6957 [26MR]
———Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey, 6957 [26MR]
Exercise equipment imports: Cal James, 9022 [10AP]
Home labor, 1100 [8JA]
Impact of Soviet and Iranian textile imports on U.S. industry: Senator Thurmond, 23551 [9SE]
Lawsuit crisis in the insurance industry: Insurance Information Institute, 31975 [16NO]
Minimum wage on public construction projects: CBO, 23202 [7AU]
National Quality Improvement Award: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 14877 [8JN]
Occupational disease notification and prevention: Coalition on Occupational Disease Notification, 11625 [7MY]
———Crum & Foster Insurance Cos., 25695 [30SE]
———Ken Foster, 26942 [7OC]
———Wilmer P. Eidemiller, 33744 [2DE]
Plant closing legislation: Bud Ogden, 18923 [8JY]
———Business Roundtable and several other groups, 18898 [8JY]
———William E. Brock, Sec. of Labor, 18906 [8JY], 18889 [8JY]
Plant Variety Protection Act: Peter C. Myers, 12010 [12MY]
Production special tooling and testing equipment costs: Richard P. Godwin, 25174 [24SE]
———Senator Dixon, 25174 [24SE]
Protective orders for semiconductor chip products: Roy Denman, Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities, 29246 [27OC]
Recovering the cost of carrying out the wholesale market development program: Peter C. Myers, 12009 [12MY]
Recovery of costs for animal and plant inspections: Dept. of Agriculture, 29166 [23OC]
Recovery of costs for standards and specifications of agricultural products: Peter C. Myers, 12010 [12MY]
Research conducted by foreign countries: Representatives Bustamante and Aspin, 9640 [23AP]
Resignation from Committee to Investigate National Defense Programs: Harry S. Truman (1943), 21951 [3AU]
Sale of technology to Soviet Union: Senator Helms, 29145 [23OC]
SEC budget: several Senators, 36233 [18DE]
Semiconductor initiative: Semiconductor Industry Association, 32588 [18NO]
———Semiconductor Researcher Industry, 32588 [18NO]
Small Business Act: SBA, 13778 [27MY]
Small Business Investment Act: SBA, 13778 [27MY]
State and local initiatives on productivity, technology, and innovation: Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of West Virginia, 20195 [17JY]
———Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas, 20195 [17JY]
———Carroll A. Campbell, Governor of South Carolina, 20195 [17JY]
———Cecil D. Andrus, Governor of Idaho, 20195 [17JY]
———George A. Sinner, Governor of North Dakota, 20195 [17JY]
———Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia, 20195 [17JY]
———James A. Martin, Governor of North Carolina, 20195 [17JY]
———John A. Fedo, 20196 [17JY]
———John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 20195 [17JY]
———Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 20195 [17JY]
———Mike Hayden, Governor of Maryland, 20195 [17JY]
———Mike Sullivan, Governor of Wyoming, 20195 [17JY]
———National Association of Development Organizations, 20196 [17JY]
———National Center for Municipal Development, 20196 [17JY]
———National Governors' Association, 20196 [17JY]
———Ned Ray McWherter, Governor of Tennessee, 20195 [17JY]
———Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, 20195 [17JY]
———Rudy Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, 20195 [17JY]
———Southern Growth Policy Board, 20196 [17JY]
———Steve Cowper, Governor of Alaska, 20195 [17JY]
———Urban Institute, 20195 [17JY]
———William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland, 20195 [17JY]
Technology Competitiveness Act: Frank Press, National Academy of Sciences, and Robert M. White, National Academy of Engineering, 19715 [14JY]
———George E. Dieter, American Society for Engineering Education, 19714 [14JY]
———Richard Rosenberg, Daniel T. Koenig, and Nathan H. Hurt, Jr., American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 19714 [14JY]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: Bob Gilbert, Montana Wool Growers, 24085 [16SE]
———several national associations, 24086 [16SE]
Toshiba/Kongsberg propeller milling technology diversion case: several Senators and Representatives, 16829 [19JN]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: AFL-CIO, 3047 [5FE]
———Senator Heinz, 5587 [12MR]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: Edward I. O'Brien, 10222 [28AP]
———Ira M. Wilson, Philips ECG, Inc., 10187 [28AP]
———Lionel H. Olmer, 10219 [28AP]
———several organizations, 10193 [28AP]
Uniform product liability law: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 5052
Uranium trade: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 34962 [10DE]
Lists
Acid rain control dialog participants, 21068 [24JY]
Companies supporting Gephardt amendment to H.R. 3, 10269 [28AP]
Cosponsors of H. Res. 225, excise tax of gasoline and diesel fuel, 22151 [3AU]
Employer-provided prerequisites for consideration of plant shutdowns, 18886 [8JY]
Food Marketing Institute Trade Show: donors, 10877, 10878 [1MY]
Industry associations and companies in opposition to High-Risk Occupational Disease notification and Prevention Act, 24659 [21SE]
Major participants in joint semiconductor initiatives, 32589 [18NO]
Security issuers located in New Mexico, 7114 [27MR]
Sponsors of Annual Hot Air Balloon Rally, 21710 [30JY]
Subconference section responsibility of conference on the Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), 26027-26043 [1OC]
Supporters of Prompt Payment Act amendments, 27191 [9OC]
Trade Reform Action Coalition, 29902 [29OC]
Meetings
Committee on Agriculture: Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), D219 [1AP]
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), D159 [17MR]
Committee on Education and Labor: Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), D221 [1AP]
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), D159 [17MR]
Committee on Finance: violations of U.S.-Japan agreement on semiconductors, D137 [11MR]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: enhance marketability of domestic coal (H.R. 1065), D240 [7AP]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), D289 [28AP]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): amend patent and trademark laws relative to use of inventions in space (H.R. 1510), D248 [8AP]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): pre-merger reporting requirements (S. 431), D173 [19MR], D245 [8AP], D294 [29AP]
Committee on Ways and Means: Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), D161 [17MR]
Memorandums
Modification of the FTC Injury Test, 5623 [12MR]
Recent Activities: House Export Task Force, 9993 [27AP]
Tax Code and Worker Training: Steve Hoffman and Becca Newquist, 16582 [17JN]
Memorials of legislature
Alaska, 10104 [28AP]
California, 26707 [6OC]
Colorado, 17697 [26JN]
Hawaii, 14187 [1JN]
Idaho, 9324 [22AP]
Illinois, 22019 [3AU]
Louisiana, 19383 [10JY]
Massachusetts, 22020 [3AU]
Nevada, 16569 [17JN], 16641 [18JN]
Ohio, 25418 [28SE]
Virginia, 9736 [24AP]
Wyoming, 9734 [24AP]
Messages
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: President Reagan, 3719-3721 [19FE]
U.S.—Soviet International Fishing Agreement: President Reagan, 23198 [7AU]
Motion
Copyright: protective orders for semiconductor chip products (H.R. 1951), 29249 [27OC]
Securities Law Technical Act: amend (S. 1452), 23701 [10SE]
Poems
``Made in the U.S.A.,'' Representative Conte, 33673 [2DE]
Press releases
Commitment to international markets urged by leading entrepreneurial chief executive officers: American Business Conference, 32990
Oil problems and prospects: by, 7745 [1AP]
Questions and answers
Financial Services Holding Company Act, 26938 [7OC]
National Training Incentives Act (H.R. 2725), 16553 [17JN]
Quotations
Smoot-Hawley tariff: Frank Taussig, 19765 [14JY]
Remarks in House
Acid rain: control emissions, 24319 [17SE]
———effects on environment, 26408 [5OC]
———health effects, 3228 [9FE]
Advertising: consumer information, 885 [7JA]
Air pollution: control acid rain, 7759 [2AP], 8006 [6AP], 8082 [7AP], 14208 [2JN], 15603 [11JN], 24319 [17SE]
———control emissions (H.R. 2787), 23018 [6AU], 23880 [14SE]
Airlines: seating of persons holding tickets from bankrupt air carriers (H.R. 2491), 13685 [21MY]
American Arbitration Association: Arbitration Day conference in New York City, 11735 [7MY]
America's Living Standard Act: enact (H.R. 717), 1913 [22JA]
Analysis Group, Inc.: tribute, 9671 [23AP]
Antitrust policy: establish evidentiary standards for Federal claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 585), 1080 [8JA]
———exemptions for independent producers (H.R. 310), 876 [7JA]
———extend period for evaluation of impact of mergers (H.R. 586), 1084, 1106 [8JA]
———repeal exemptions applicable to insurance industry (H.R. 2727), 17363 [24JN]
Arms sales: requirements for export licenses for commercial transactions (H.R. 2694), 16310 [16JN]
Bankruptcy: termination of company health benefits (H.R. 761), 2197, 2202 [29JA]
Banks and banking: 180-day notification prior to closing of branch, 2664 [3FE]
———collapse in 1930's, 16302 [16JN]
———financial services holding companies (H.R. 3360), 25936 [30SE], 26411 [5OC], 26938 [7OC], 31723 [10NO]
———home equity loans, 20659 [22JY]
———regulate establishment or acquisition of depository institutions by foreign nationals (H.R. 2578), 27676-27680 [13OC]
Baton Rouge, LA: new Exxon Chemical Co. plant, 11734 [7MY]
Beggs, James M.: dismissal of charges by Dept. of Justice, 17049 [23JN]
Bristol, PA: revitalization, 25664 [29SE]
Business: establish Commission to study means to strengthen industrial base (H.J. Res. 221), 7703 [1AP]
———intellectual property rights, 5992 [17MR]
———manufacturing, 903 [7JA]
———prohibitions on certain foreign corporations (H.R. 2241), 16680 [18JN]
———restrictions on conduct of hostile takeovers by foreign-based persons (H.R. 3401), 26230 [1OC]
Buy American Act: amend (H.R. 1750), 6604 [23MR]
———amend to award preferences to U.S. businesses in Government procurement (H.R. 2226), 11007 [4MY]
———support, 8108 [7AP]
Cable Systems, Inc.: tribute, 31726 [10NO]
California: impact of restrictive trade laws, 5734 [16MR]
Caloric Corp.: tribute, 33287 [30NO]
Caribbean Basin Initiative: ethanol production, 30942 [4NO]
Children: exploitation in developing countries, 19089 [8JY]
China, Republic of: economic progress, 5528 [11MR]
———trade restrictions on U.S. imports, 24919 [22SE]
Chlorofluorocarbons: depletion of ozone layer by industrial air pollution, 3492 [19FE]
Coal: impact of imports, 14394 [2JN]
———publication of specifications of contracts to purchase foreign supplies, 3275 [10FE]
Collective bargaining agreements: increase stability in building and construction industry (S. 492), 9340 [22AP]
Committee on Small Business (House): hearings on Federal procurement, 25659, 25669 [29SE]
Communications: competing in telecommunications markets, 36665 [19DE]
Competition Enhancement and Tax Relief Act: enact (H.R. 246), 932 [7JA]
Congressional Steel Caucus: anniversary, 25693 [30SE]
Congressional Task Force: report on transition to democracy, 9636 [23AP]
Construction industry: impact of Davis-Bacon legislation on public works, 27916 [14OC]
Cooper and Lybrand survey: critical domestic and international issues confronting U.S. manufacturers, 28354 [19OC]
Copyright: protective orders for semiconductor chip products (H.R. 1951), 8068 [6AP], 29245-29249 [27OC]
Corporate takeovers: protection of public interest and investors, 19078 [8JY], 23689 [10SE]
Corporations: failed mergers, 25675 [29SE]
———hostile takeovers, 37630 [21DE]
———restructuring, 5099 [9MR]
———utilize fiscal year for accounting purposes, 35939 [16DE]
Council on Industrial Competitiveness Act: enact (H.R. 531), 1064 [8JA]
Credit cards: interest rates, 25473 [29SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: Optional Acreage Diversion Program (H.R. 3093), 23034-23038 [7AU]
Dept. of Commerce: prohibit from certain activities which feature or convey advantages of relocating U.S. businesses in a foreign country (H.R. 3210), 23063-23064 [7AU]
Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (H.R. 2716), 16804 [19JN]
Dept. of Defense: awarding of defense contracts, 11915 [11MY], 25915 [30SE]
———contracts to foreign companies, 2710 [4FE]
———prohibit purchasing from Toshiba Corp. (H.R. 2948), 21164 [27JY], 22695 [5AU]
———restrictions on overseas contracts (H.R. 2873), 28333 [19OC]
Dept. of Industry and Technology: establish (H.R. 2958), 19836 [15JY]
Diseases: prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (H.R. 1546), 5535 [11MR]
Ecology: efforts of McDonald Corp. to protect ozone layer, 22691 [5AU]
Economic assistance: cash transfer method, 9035 [10AP]
Economic conditions: computerized futures trading in securities markets, 28798 [22OC]
———importance of job training, 23389 [7AU]
———improve (H.R. 2870), 18599, 18665 [1JY]
———reliance on foreign trade, 29224 [27OC]
———transition and the need to adapt to changes, 24259
———world status, 21556 [29JY]
Economic Equity Act: enact, 14512 [3JN]
Education: make U.S. competitive in world markets, 14395 [2JN]
———workplace literacy programs (H.R. 1342), 4690 [3MR], 4791 [4MR]
EEC: export subsidies on pasta, 3869 [19FE]
———proposed tariff on certain U.S. products and commodities (H. Con. Res. 51), 34087 [3DE]
Electric power: amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (H.R. 87), 4492-4500 [3MR]
———amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (S. 83), 4506-4513 [3MR]
Electronics: protective orders for semiconductor chip products (H.R. 1951), 8068 [6AP]
Employment: prohibit certain plant closings and layoffs (H.R. 1753), 6605 [23MR]
———prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (H.R. 1546), 5535 [11MR], 6603 [23MR], 9169 [21AP]
———worker training (H.R. 2725), 16551 [17JN], 16581 [17JN], 16800 [18JN], 18377 [30JN]
Farm Credit Banks: reconstitute finance committee (H.R. 2982), 20658 [22JY]
Farmers: assistance for debt restructuring (H.R. 2120), 20816 [22JY]
Farmers Home Administration: loan policies, 5979 [17MR]
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co., Kansas City, MO: anniversary, 28794 [21OC]
FCC: access charge on enhanced service providers, 29214 [26OC]
FDA: inspection of imported food, 10220 [28AP]
Firearms: prohibit manufacture and importation of not readily detectable handguns (H.R. 155), 14035 [28MY]
———prohibit manufacture and importation of not readily detectable handguns (H.R. 84), 4695 [3MR], 14085 [28MY]
———prohibitions against plastic guns (H.R. 1002), 4695 [3MR]
Fish and fisheries: temporarily extend agreement between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (H.R. 2480), 16891 [22JN]
Fishermen's Protective Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2893), 25456 [29SE], 28494 [20OC]
Foreign Assistance Act: amend section relative to private and voluntary organization and cooperatives (H.R. 1675), 6217 [18MR]
Foreign countries: economic impact of foreign ownership of U.S. real estate, 23680 [9SE]
Foreign trade: competitiveness, 8543 [8AP], 16798 [18JN]
———control export of capital from U.S. and control exports supporting terrorists (H.R. 3095), 22325 [4AU]
———deficit, 1113 [8JA], 2964-2967 [5FE], 4952 [5MR], 5497, 5506 [11MR], 7087 [26MR], 20302 [21JY], 20657 [22JY], 35441 [11DE], 36262 [18DE]
———definition of goods which may be exported as humanitarian donations (H. Con. Res. 230), 35455 [14DE]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), 929, 942 [7JA], 4525 [3MR], 4736 [4MR], 6149 [18MR], 6956 [26MR], 7707-7709 [1AP], 9465 [23AP], 9981-9986, 9992-9998, 10003-10019 [27AP], 10175, 10176, 10177, 10178, 10179, 10180, 10268, 10270, 10271 [28AP], 10282 [28AP], 10375 [29AP], 10518, 10525, 10526, 10532 [30AP], 10550 [4MY], 10560 [30AP]-10570 [29AP], 10671 [30AP], 10680, 10685, 10686, 10687, 10689 [4MY], 10693 [5MY]-10698, 10795-10813, 10820-10823 [30AP], 10856, 10862, 10864, 10866, 10867 [30AP], 11279 [5MY], 11578 [6MY], 11727, 11748 [7MY], 11878 [8MY], 19089 [8JY], 20827 [22JY], 23027, 23028 [7AU], 28156 [15OC], 28448 [21OC], 28545 [20OC], 28554 [21OC], 28997 [22OC], 31570, 31571, 31573, 31575-31585 [10NO], 35449 [11DE], 35590 [14DE], 35929 [16DE], 37940 [21DE]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), appointment of conferees, 23028 [7AU]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), motion to instruct conferees, 23021 [7AU]
———establish foreign language and international education programs to enhance competitiveness (H.R. 1875), 7398 [31MR]
———establish free trade zone with Mexico (H.R. 1006), 4688 [3MR]
———export controls, 4121, 4129 [25FE]
———filing period for reliquidation of certain imports (H.R. 3059), 21805 [30JY]
———financing of export-related companies, 14096 [28MY]
———increase in productivity for 1986, 17884 [26JN]
———iron and steel industry, 1430 [20JA]
———Japanese bilateral trade relationship, 6957 [26MR]
———preserve U.S. support for open international trading system (H.R. 1308), 24463 [17SE]
———protectionist policies, 2364 [29JA], 24668 [21SE]
———successes by small corporations, 32990
———to mining and milling industry, 4715 [3MR]
———U.S. competitive disadvantage, 11959 [11MY]
———U.S. competitiveness, 3274 [10FE], 3304 [11FE], 4123 [25FE], 4792 [4MR], 36152 [17DE]
———U.S. competitiveness and management, 10279 [28AP]
———U.S. export controls, 1936 [26JA]
———U.S. policy, 4419 [26FE], 12553 [14MY]
———World Trade Center in Dublin, Ireland, 22346 [4AU], 22703 [5AU]
Free enterprise: commend spirit of entrepreneurship, 12240 [12MY]
Fresh Vegetable and Potato Trade Act: enact, 812 [6JA]
FRS: overfinancing and higher interest rates, 17692 [26JN]
Government contractors: deny contracts to companies violating Federal labor laws (H.R. 549), 1092 [8JA]
———liability (H.R. 2378), 12239 [12MY]
———limitation on bids for certain ship maintenance contracts, 11907-11910 [11MY]
Government information: requirements relative to scientific and technical data used in performance of Federal contracts (H.R. 1616), 5735-5737 [16MR]
Government Information Agency: establish (H.R. 1615), 5735 [16MR]
Government officials: time restriction for lobbying activities (H.R. 1231), 26607 [6OC]
Government procurement: competitive contracts with private sector (H.R. 1606), 5682 [12MR]
Government regulations: effects on corporate mergers, buyouts, acquisitions, privatization, and deregulation, 24116-24123 [16SE]
Governor's Three Star Award: recipient, 35441 [11DE]
Handicapped: work incentives, 16322 [16JN]
———minimum benefits for all workers (H.R. 2508), 13678 [21MY]
———regulation of medical devices (H.R. 2595), 14595 [3JN]
Home Employment Enterprise Act: enact (H.R. 535), 1099 [8JA]
Honda North America: expansion project at Anna, OH, production facility, 1689 [21JA], 28168 [15OC]
India: unfair trade practices, 16312, 16333 [16JN]
———Union Carbide Corp. settlement, 30246 [29OC]
Insider trading: controlling Federal employees from using advance knowledge of economic statistics for personal gain, 21042 [23JY]
Insurance: diversity of industry leadership, 32686 [18NO]
———liability crisis, 16316 [16JN]
———liability of companies that manufacture children's car seats, 29518 [27OC]
International corporations: export of U.S. jobs overseas, 30953 [5NO]
Investments: economic impact of foreign investments, 23628 [9SE]
Iron and steel industry: Federal support for research and technology, 5500 [11MR]
———import restrictions, 3278 [10FE], 9357 [22AP]
———revitalize (H.R. 2743), 17052 [23JN]
———unfair trade practices (H.R. 2062), 9688 [23AP]
Japan: firms investing in U.S., 12230 [12MY]
———foreign trade, 23386 [7AU]
———industrial loans to Latin American countries, 9619 [23AP]
———iron and steel industry, 9669 [23AP]
———officials implicated in facilitating industrial espionage by Soviet Union, 14791 [4JN]
———Toshiba Electronics Co. sale of technology to Soviet Union, 14717 [4JN], 20319 [21JY]
———U.S. defense industry contracts, 5779 [17MR]
———U.S. trade sanctions, 7337 [31MR]
Job Training Partnership Act: success of title III programs for displaced workers, 5287 [10MR]
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: import ban (H.R. 2698), 23451 [7AU]
Labor: effects of transition from manufacturing economy to service economy, 3451 [18FE]
———reform bills, 24883-24888 [22SE]
———workplace literacy programs (H.R. 1342), 6599 [23MR], 9175 [21AP], 26213 [1OC]
Labor unions: collective bargaining agreements in building and construction industry (S. 492), 9340 [22AP], 14785 [4JN]
———collective bargaining in building and construction industry (H.R. 281), 6719 [25MR], 14793 [4JN]
———support, 38255 [22DE]
———workers' rights (H.R. 97), 4107 [25FE]
Lead poisoning: ceramic dinnerware, 3180 [5FE]
Lockheed Corp.: tribute, 25667 [29SE]
LTV Corp.: employee medical and retirement benefits, 2008 [27JA]
Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (H.J. Res. 318), 16210 [16JN], 33672 [2DE]
Merck & Co.: tribute, 29514 [27OC]
Merger Limitation Act: enact (H.R. 3090), 22341 [4AU]
Metric system: U.S. policy, 2170 [28JA]
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: mediation and conciliation actions (H.R. 1722), 6945 [25MR]
Milwaukee Federated Trade Council: anniversary, 11298 [5MY]
Mining and mining resources: amend 1872 law, 35440 [11DE]
———competitiveness, 24904 [22SE]
Minority Enterprise Enhancement Act: enact, 20882 [23JY]
Motor vehicles: bumper standards (H.R. 2584), 14600 [3JN]
Namibia: economic sanctions, 22149 [3AU]
National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors: establish (H.R. 2191), 10296 [28AP]
National Bureau of Standards and Industrial Competitiveness: establish (H.R. 2068), 11934 [11MY]
National Commission on Commercial and National Defense Application of Superconductors: establish (H.R. 2069), 11598 [6MY], 20809 [22JY]
National defense: foreign contract awards, 14796 [4JN]
———limits on counterintelligence polygraph examinations, 11917 [11MY]
———responsiveness of U.S. defense supplies production, 22318 [4AU]
———stress of imports on foundry industry, 7586 [31MR]
———use of counterintelligence polygraphs, 11915, 11916 [11MY]
National Development Investment Act: amend (H.R. 10), 873 [7JA]
National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (H.J. Res. 414), 33799 [2DE]
National Quality Improvement Award: establish (H.R. 812), 2175 [28JA], 4955 [5MR], 14875-14877 [8JN], 23067 [7AU], 23399 [7AU]
National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (H.J. Res. 303), 30632 [3NO]
Natural gas: deregulation, 5284 [10MR]
———Federal policy encouraging large industrial consumers to bypass local distribution systems, 31454 [9NO]
———permit courts to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission (H.R. 2953), 20121 [15JY]
Network, Inc.: promotion of development of black business, 23678 [9SE]
New York: wine industry, 15605 [11JN]
NLRB: statutory authority relative to employees and labor unions engaged in violence (H.R. 2375), 12227 [12MY]
Nuclear energy: fake industrial fastener problems, 22049 [3AU]
Occupational health and safety: notification of hazards in workplace (H.R. 2278), 11288 [5MY]
———notify workers of risk (S. 79), 13034 [19MY]
Occupational safety and health: identification and notification (H.R. 162), 3250, 3254 [10FE], 13034 [19MY], 13298 [20MY], 23602, 23640-23643 [9SE], 23690 [10SE], 23894, 23930 [15SE], 24658-24668 [21SE], 24698 [21SE], 25432 [29SE], 25694, 25739 [30SE], 25908 [30SE], 26606, 26685, 26697-26703 [6OC], 26942 [7OC], 27845-27914 [14OC], 27965 [15OC], 27982 [19OC], 27983 [22OC], 27984, 27985, 28003-28007 [15OC], 28536, 28542 [20OC], 30242 [29OC], 33743-33746 [2DE]
———identification and notification (H.R. 162), consideration (H. Res. 280), 27858 [14OC]-27860 [14OC]
Ohio: investment by Honda North America, Inc, 28168 [15OC]
Ozone layer: international negotiations to reduce chlorofluorocarbons (H. Con. Res. 47), 3492 [19FE]
Pacific County, WA: economic conditions, 9801 [27AP]
Patents: strengthen protection for processes, 904 [7JA]
———U.S. manufacturing of products derived from inventions arising from federally supported research and development (H.R. 2119), 9639 [23AP]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (H.R. 2863), 18691, 18701 [1JY]
Pensions: welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (H.R. 3086), 22331 [4AU]
People Restoring an International Competitive Economy: establish, 4519-4525 [3MR]
Petroleum: corporate auto fuel economy standard, 6943 [25MR]
———excess profits tax, 27633 [13OC]
———excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (H. Res. 225), 20812 [22JY], 20849 [23JY], 21036 [23JY], 21386 [28JY], 22151 [3AU], 24908 [22SE]
———import fee and repeal excess profits tax (H.R. 2198), 10613 [29AP]
———national security concern, 5222-5233 [10MR]
———production, 17053 [23JN]
———U.S. policy, 5284, 5285 [10MR], 7337 [31MR]
Postal Service: privatization (H.R. 2233), 10860 [30AP]
Poultry industry: occupational health and safety, 32692 [18NO]
Power resources: national policy, 20660 [22JY]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal (H.R. 309), 807 [6JA]
President's Citation Program for Private Sector Initiatives: Kennedy Place public housing project in Houston, TX, 22322 [4AU]
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: reexamine (H.R. 136), 933 [7JA]
Product liability: reform system, 17052 [23JN]
———standards and procedures, 2658 [3FE]
Product Liability Uniform Standards and Reform Act: enact, 1905 [22JA]
Railroads: enhance competition and assure reasonable rates (H.R. 1393), 7703 [1AP], 30251 [29OC]
———preserving infrastructure, 29675 [28OC]
———restore protections for employees upon sale of short lines and regional railroads, 24914 [22SE]
Raytheon Co.: tribute, 33287 [30NO]
Reagan, President: economic policies, 26053 [1OC]
Research: funding levels, 5526 [11MR]
Romania: most favored nation status, 10186 [28AP]
Rural areas: economic development (H.R. 2028), 29517 [27OC]
Sales personnel: regulate recruitment and treatment of door-to-door agents (H.R. 2092), 9008 [10AP]
SEC Authorization Act: enact (S. 1452), 33006-33013 [20NO]
Securities: insider trading, 24248 [16SE]
———regulation of stock market, 31174 [5NO]
———stock market decline, 28447-28455, 28470 [20OC]
Securities Law Technical Act: amend (S. 1452), 23697, 23701, 23702 [10SE], 33006 [20NO]
———amend (S. 1452), insert H.R. 2600 language in lieu, 23701 [10SE]
Sematech (consortium): funding, 25661 [29SE]
Service Sector Data Collection Act: enact (H.R. 1511), 5277 [10MR]
Sewage disposal: require transportation of waste in U.S.-built ships (H.R. 82), 963 [7JA], 21166-21168 [27JY]
Shell Oil Co.: tribute to manufacturing complex at Wilmington, CA, 11966 [11MY]
Shipping industry: clearing impediments to the licensing of certain vessels (H.R. 3642), 31699 [10NO]
———commercial shipbuilding, 32687 [18NO]
Shoe industry: trade relief (H.R. 2326), 11731 [7MY]
Small business: plant closing notice, 11670 [7MY]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2166), 9690 [23AP], 13776 [27MY]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2166), 9690 [23AP], 13776 [27MY]
Space policy: facilitate commercial access (H.R. 3765), 35927 [16DE]
Sporting goods manufacturers: excise tax filing and payment schedule (H.R. 3245), 23667 [9SE]
Strategic materials: importance to national defense, 12710-12714 [18MY]
Superconductor supercollider: development, 11894 [11MY]
Supreme Court: organized labor decisions, 14395 [2JN]
Tariff: classification of certain plastic sheeting (H.R. 1360), 4719 [3MR]
———diamond tool blanks (H.R. 2033), 9333 [22AP]
———Maquiladora program, 27158 [8OC]
Tax Reform Act: amend to clarify study of source rules for sales of inventory property (H.R. 1654), 5977 [17MR]
———employee stock ownership plan tax credits, 21405 [28JY]
———impact, 13666 [21MY]
Taxation: capital gains (H.R. 3635), 31618 [10NO]
———eliminate retroactive certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (H.R. 2111), 9296 [22AP]
———equity in treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (H.R. 2940), 19897 [15JY]
———treatment of certain short-term loans (H.R. 2323), 11875 [8MY]
———treatment of reserves of long-term care insurance policies (H.R. 3438), 26739 [6OC]
———treatment of self-insured workers' compensation funds (H.R. 1709), 6240 [18MR]
Taylor, James B.: address on aviation industry, 16589 [17JN]
Technology: establish national advanced technician training program (H.R. 2134), 9334 [22AP]
———small business access to trade laws (H. Con. Res. 76), 5502 [11MR]
———superconductors, 7338 [31MR], 14045 [28MY]
Technology Education Act: enact (H.R. 1203), 3979 [24FE]
Technology Innovation Act: establish Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation (H.R. 2219), 10868 [30AP]
Telecommunications: industry competition, 22688 [5AU]
———information services to residential and business customers, 29513 [27OC]
Telecommunications Policy Act: enact (H.R. 2030), 8912 [9AP], 9036 [10AP]
Telephone: domestic manufacturing (H.R. 3333), 24915 [22SE]
———information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment by Bell operating companies (H.R. 2030), 8912 [9AP], 9036 [10AP]
Texas: wine production, 23380 [7AU]
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 4945 [5MR], 14512 [3JN], 15496 [11JN], 19674 [14JY], 22692 [5AU], 23895 [15SE], 24053 [15SE], 24058, 24061 [16SE], 24092 [22SE], 24106 [23SE]-24113 [16SE], 24264, 24269 [16SE], 31971 [16NO]
Tire industry: impact of imports, 5220 [10MR]
Tobacco industry: remove special treatment accorded products under the Consumer Product Safety Act (H.R. 2376), 18977 [8JY], 23683 [9SE]
Toshiba Corp.: import ban, 22223 [4AU]
———import ban (H.R. 2698), 19834 [15JY], 23451 [7AU]
Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 1155), 4467 [2MR], 4724 [3MR]
Trade Act: amend (H.R. 1514), 5266, 5268 [10MR]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act: Job training program funding, 6727 [25MR]
Trade and development: importance of global economic growth, 19821 [14JY]
Unemployment: assistance and training for persons in localities affected by termination of defense contracts (H.R. 2276), 11274 [5MY]
———retraining, 6514 [23MR]
Unemployment compensation: limitations on reduction on credit applicable to employers in certain States (H.R. 2801), 18709 [1JY]
Van Brunt & Son, Inc.: anniversary of founding, 9672 [23AP]
Watkins, Robert: congressional investigation of lobbying activity with Japan, 26607, 26609, 26611 [6OC]
Wilmington, CA: tribute to Shell Oil Co. complex, 11966 [11MY]
Women: economic equity (H.R. 2577), 14207, 14210 [2JN], 24049 [15SE]
Worker Readjustment and Placement Act: enact (H.R. 728), 2022 [27JA]
World Trade Week: observance, 13296 [20MY]
Remarks in Senate
Acid rain: control, 21067 [24JY]
———reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions, 11053-11061 [5MY]
———reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (S. 316), 1382, 1388-1389 [16JA], 8391, 8392 [8AP]
———reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (S. 321), 7966 [3AP]
Aeronautics: fair treatment of employees of airlines involved in mergers (S. 943), 15492 [11JN]
———improve reliability of airline flight schedules (S. 1276), 13741 [27MY]
Agricultural Producer and Farm Credit System Borrower Act: enact (S. 1486), 19419, 19423-19425 [10JY], 19905 [15JY], 22965 [6AU]
Air pollution: acid rain partnership project, 15487 [11JN]
Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act: enact (S. 1184), 14374 [2JN], 29538-29604 [28OC]
Alaska: trade bill effects, 23343 [7AU]
American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act: enact (S. 590), 4288-4290 [26FE]
Antitrust policy: enforcement (S. 1407), 17015 [23JN]
———mergers (S. 432), 2451 [2FE]
———mergers and corporate tender offers (S. 634), 4603-4606 [3MR]
———partnerships (S. 431), 2450 [2FE]
Arms sales: role of Congress, 6796 [25MR]
AT&T: waiver requests filed by Bell regional operating companies as mandated by divestiture, 35243 [11DE]
Australia: prohibit importation of certain products (S. 980), 8775 [9AP]
Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (S. 1017), 8976 [10AP]
Banks and banking: deter acquisitions of thrift institutions, 7109, 7124-7125 [27MR]
———FDIC discretionary authority, 7117 [27MR]
———junk securities held by federally insured institutions, 7110-7114, 7120 [27MR]
———prohibit ownership of U.S. banks by certain countries (S. 786), 6370, 6374 [19MR]
Barter and Countertrade Act: enact (S. 1116), 10647 [30AP]
Beggs, James M.: dismissal of charges by Dept. of Justice, 17003 [24JN], 17004 [23JN]
Business: resale price-fixing principles (S. 430), 2450 [2FE], 36628 [19DE]
———U.S. competition, 33974 [3DE]
Canada: acid rain, 8390-8392 [8AP]
———selling Hyundai cars below cost, 33943 [3DE]
CCC: defer tax consequences of repayment of loans (S. 1686), 24002 [15SE]
Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation: establish (S. 930), 20194 [17JY]
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act: enact (S. 1071), 9251 [22AP]
Children: initiatives in private sector care services (S. 1071), 9251 [22AP]
Clean Air Act: sanctions (S. 1941), 35289 [11DE]
Coal: clean-burn technology, 11053-11061 [5MY]
Commission on U.S. Trade: establish (S. 690), 5057 [6MR]
Computer Education Assistance Act: enact, 6980 [26MR]
Construction industries: minimum wage on public projects (S. 1621), 23201 [7AU]
Contract Disputes Act: amend (S. 345), 1521 [20JA]
Copyright: intellectual property rights (S. 635), 4608 [3MR], 9277 [22AP], 12487 [14MY]
———protection of industrial designs (S. 791), 6381, 6385 [19MR]
Corporate takeovers, 25350 [26SE], 26255 [2OC]
———protection of public interest and investors, 19271 [9JY]
Corporations: interlocking directors and officers (S. 1068), 21885-21888 [31JY]
———restrictions on corporate tender offers (S. 227), 668-674 [6JA]
Countdown 2001 (organization): goals for implementing betterment of individuals and organizations, 23579 [9SE]
Crime and criminals: copyright and trademark fraud, 32616 [18NO]
———fraud in the textile and apparel industry, 33537 [1DE]
Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act: enact (S. 1393), 16663-16666 [18JN], 17214 [24JN]
Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act: enact (S. 1892), 33158 [20NO]
Dept. of Defense: ban sale of Toshiba products in military exchange stores (S. 1677), 23843 [11SE]
———high temperature superconductivity, 24510-24511, 24515 [18SE]
Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals (S. 368), 1640-1642 [21JA]
Dumping: artificial pricing of articles produced by nonmarket economy countries (S. 307), 3051-3059 [5FE]
Ecology: job training for dislocated workers from closures due to environmental law violations (S. 370), 1643 [21JA]
Economic conditions: potential for recession, 30677 [4NO]
———U.S. competitiveness, 11119 [5MY]
———U.S. outlook, 31249 [6NO]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (S. 538), 3725-3727 [19FE]
Economic Excellence Act: enact (S. 1249), 13248 [20MY]
Economic Policy Institute: tribute, 17043 [23JN]
Education: enhance U.S. competitiveness, 6968 [26MR], 8750 [9AP]
———improve foreign language skills to enhance economic competition (S. Con. Res. 26), 4573 [3MR], 5081 [6MR]
Electronics: importance to our manufacturing base, 12920 [19MY]
Employee Ownership Week: designate (S. Res. 295), 26577 [6OC], 26891 [7OC]
Employment: impact of hiring of part-time workers, 9277 [22AP]
———maintain full, 4384 [26FE]
———worker retraining assistance (S. 785), 6363 [19MR]
Export Administration Act: amend (S. 547), 3672-3681 [19FE]
Export Trading Company Act: review of provisions, 4662 [3MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend portion relative to industrial homework (S. 637), 4608 [3MR]
Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act: enact (S. 1280), 13747 [27MY]
Fish and fisheries: processing within U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (S. 1590), 22208 [4AU]
———temporarily extend agreement between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (H.R. 2480), 17819 [26JN]
Fishermen's Protective Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2893), 27843 [14OC]
Food Marketing Institute Trade Show: tribute, 10877 [1MY]
Foreign Shipping Practices Act: enact (S. 1183), 11999 [12MY]
Foreign trade: actions against certain U.S. trading partners, 10632 [30AP]
———antidumping and countervailing duty statutes, 18449 [1JY]
———customs fraud, 28294 [16OC], 29145 [23OC]
———deficit, 1409 [16JA], 4462 [2MR], 5728 [16MR], 22124 [3AU], 23774 [10SE], 23805 [11SE], 24706 [22SE], 25032 [23SE], 28143 [15OC], 33183 [20NO], 35974 [17DE]
———enforcement of unfair competition statutes, 800 [6JA]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), 6005 [18MR], 10302, 10304-10306 [29AP], 15125 [10JN], 15410, 15412 [11JN], 16103, 16108 [16JN], 16345 [17JN], 16629 [18JN], 23343 [7AU], 27322 [9OC], 31897, 31898 [13NO], 36692 [20DE]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), conferees instructions, 24569 [18SE]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), debate procedures, 11128 [5MY]
———enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (S. 1409), 27811 [14OC]
———export controls on high-technology goods, 7074 [26MR]
———fair practices in telecommunications industry, 12298 [13MY]
———negotiations with Canada (S. Res. 50), 798 [6JA]
———negotiations with Japan (S. Res. 51), 799 [6JA]
———parallel imports (S. 1097), 9775 [27AP]
———private enforcement of unfair competition statutes (S. 1396), 16848 [19JN]
———prohibition on export of defense articles by certain companies (S. 1639), 23226-23228 [7AU]
———reciprocal agreements (S. 490), 3010, 3039-3059 [5FE]
———relief to persons injured by importation of articles at less than market value or wholesale price (S. 1104), 10119 [28AP]
———strengthen enforcement of U.S. laws (S. 583), 4267 [26FE]
———tariffs on Japanese products, 7104 [27MR]
———U.S. competitiveness, 1564 [21JA], 4639 [3MR], 5588 [12MR], 13692 [27MY]
———U.S. policy, 16843 [19JN], 36007 [17DE]
———uranium trade agreements (S. Res. 341), 34962 [10DE]
Forster Manufacturing Co.: anniversary, 21774 [30JY]
FTC: determination of material injury in countervailing duty cases, 5623 [12MR]
———regulation of airline advertising (S. 1088), 9438 [23AP]
General Electric Co.: tribute, 2166 [28JA]
Genetic engineering: national policy, 35954 [17DE]
Geothermal Steam Act: amend (S. 1006), 9402 [23AP]
Government contractors: competitive examination for selection of members of boards of contract appeals (S. 345), 13539, 13550 [21MY]
Heller Industrial Park, Edison, NJ: child care, 20652 [22JY]
Housing and Community Development Act: use of urban development action grants to facilitate business relocation, 7441-7443 [31MR]
Immigration Reform and Control Act: delay implementation of employer sanctions provisions (S. 1083), 9430 [23AP]
Increased Market Access Promotion Act: enact (S. 31), 462 [6JA]
Indians: funding for economic growth (S. 1360), 15464 [11JN], 31167 [5NO], 32025-32027 [17NO]
Interstate commerce: uniform product liability law (S. 687), 5051 [6MR]
Iron and steel industry: expand coverage of bilateral steel arrangements (S. 985), 8791 [9AP]
———gains in productivity, 21779 [30JY]
———steel import restraint program, 6408 [19MR]
Japan: sale of U.S. vehicles, 18451 [1JY]
———trade agreements, 10872-10873, 10878, 10882 [1MY]
———trade barriers and high tariffs placed on agricultural exports from U.S., 18407, 18409-18412 [1JY]
Joint and Several Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 217), 651-652 [6JA]
Knogo Corp.: tribute, 37903 [21DE]
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: sale of technology to Soviet Union, 16981 [23JN], 29145 [23OC]
Korea, Republic of: foreign trade, 37643 [21DE]
Labor Productivity Assistance Act: enact (S. 617), 4662 [3MR]
Made in the U.S.A. Month: designate (S.J. Res. 177), 20647 [22JY]
McAdams, Herbert H.: tribute, 8049 [6AP]
Metric system: affirm that national policy of conversion would benefit U.S. (S.J. Res. 100), 6402 [19MR]
———U.S. policy, 2272 [29JA]
Mexican border industrialization program: tariff schedules, 19799 [14JY]
Mexico: maquila industrial assembly plants, 5119 [10MR]
Mines and minerals: impact of imports of potash, 4567 [3MR]
Mississippi River: limitations on discharge of gypsum and stormwater, 1656 [21JA]
Money: controls on export of capital from U.S. (S. 786), 6370, 6374 [19MR]
Motion pictures: distribution in Canada (S. Res. 227), 14864 [5JN]
Motor Fuel Sales Competition Improvement Act: enact (S. 1111), 10351 [29AP]
Motor vehicles: Japanese imported passenger vans, 17042 [23JN]
National Advisory Committee on Semiconductor Research and Development Act: enact (S. 1275), 13740 [27MY]
National Bureau of Standards and Industrial Competitiveness: Representative Ritter, 11934 [11MY]
National defense: preservation of industrial base, 8750 [9AP]
National Petroleum Security Act: enact (S. 1355), 15457, 15462 [11JN]
National Productivity Improvement Week: designate (S.J. Res. 223), 33263 [30NO]
National Quality Improvement Award: establish (H.R. 812), 22429-22431 [5AU]
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: economic development with TVA, 17350 [24JN]
National security: deterioration defense industrial base, 3919 [23FE]
Natural gas: policies, 18415-18446 [1JY]
NBS: establish Office of Extension Services to support, advise, and assist State industrial extension services (S. 1319), 14492 [3JN]
Nevada: business mergers by out-of-State concerns, 27342 [13OC]
New Jersey: Fortune magazine tribute to leading companies, 1243 [13JA]
New Zealand: prohibit importation of certain products (S. 980), 8775 [9AP]
Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act: enact (S. 229), 674 [6JA]
NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act: enact (S. 1814), 29160 [23OC]
Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 6123 [18MR], 11625 [7MY], 12317-12321 [13MY], 31237 [6NO], 31542 [10NO]
Ogden, UT: anniversary of chamber of commerce, 24213 [16SE]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: European labor market reforms, 17044 [23JN]
Parental and Temporary Medical Leave Act: enact, 23774 [10SE]
Pascagoula, MS: Ingalls Shipbuilding unit of Litton Industries, 16867 [19JN]
Patents: extend patent numbered 3,387,268, Quotation Monitoring Unit (S. 1102), 10119 [28AP]
———protect owners from importation of goods made with U.S. patent process (S. 568), 3773-3778 [19FE], 12487, 12491, 12492 [14MY]
———protect owners from importation of goods made with U.S. patent process (S. 573), 12491, 12492 [14MY]
Pensions: portability, 28144 [15OC]
Petroleum: policies, 18415-18446 [1JY]
Phelps Dodge Corp.: tribute, 10660 [30AP]
Plant closings, 18516 [1JY]
———advanced notification, 18876 [8JY]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal, 1359 [14JA]
Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 666), 5017 [6MR]
Pueblo Diversified Industries: tribute, 10099 [28AP]
Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 2450 [2FE], 36628 [19DE]
Roads and highways: weight and length restrictions on Interstate System for commercial motor vehicles (S. 1391), 16651 [18JN]
Rolen-Rolen-Roberts International: relief (S. 1434), 17826 [26JN]
Rural Recovery and Revitalization Act: enact (S. 1403), 17008-17012 [23JN]
Safety: product liability problems for manufacturers of child car seats, 29879 [29OC]
Securities: disclosures relative to accumulations of stock and tender offers (S. 1323), 14611 [4JN], 15098 [9JN]
Securities Law Technical Act: amend (S. 1452), 18187 [30JN], 19455 [10JY], 30334 [30OC], 36233 [18DE]
Service industries: dependence on manufacturing linkages, 24798 [22SE]
Small business: economic improving status as world leader, 7093 [26MR]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2166), 17332 [24JN], 17442 [25JN]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2166), 17332 [24JN], 17442 [25JN]
South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations, 33938 [3DE], 37640-37642 [21DE]
———prohibit investments (S. 556), 3743 [19FE]
———sanctions (S. Res. 82), 1927 [26JA]
Soviet Union: loans by Western banks, 14276 [2JN]
Steel industry: make competitive, 12927 [19MY]
Superconductivity: coordinate research in technology of superconductors, 8880 [9AP]
Superconductivity Competition Act: enact (S. 880), 7855 [2AP], 8879 [9AP]
Tariff: acet quinone base (S. 874), 7184 [27MR]
———amino sulfon br (S. 873), 7184 [27MR]
———Bendiocarb (S. 1289), 13950 [28MY]
———chlor amino base (S. 870), 7184 [27MR]
———cultured pearls (S. 1400), 16853 [19JN]
———diamino phenetole sulfate (S. 875), 7184 [27MR]
———disposable surgical gowns (S. 1306), 14341 [2JN]
———4-chloro-2-nitro aniline (S. 872), 7184 [27MR]
———iron (S. 783), 6362 [19MR]
———laser discs (S. 1114), 10645 [30AP]
———meta nitro-o-anisidine (S. 1151), 11529 [6MY]
———meta nitro-para-anisidine (S. 1149), 11529 [6MY]
———nitro-ortho-toluidine (S. 1152), 11529 [6MY]
———para chloro-o-nitroaniline (S. 1150), 11529 [6MY]
———para nitro-o-anisidine (S. 1154), 11529 [6MY]
———phenyl-carbethoxy-pyrazolone (S. 1153), 11529 [6MY]
———protection of intellectual property rights (S. 486), 3049 [5FE]
———Smoot-Hawley myth, 19765 [14JY]
———3-nitrophenyl-4-beta-hydroxyethyl sulfone (S. 871), 7184 [27MR]
Tax Reform Act: taxable years of certain entities (S. 530), 3387 [17FE]
Taxation: accounting of loan losses by production credit associations and banks for cooperatives (S. 1640), 23228 [7AU]
———capital gains, 32617 [18NO]
———capital gains differential (S. 1890), 33137 [20NO]
———certification of employees relative to work incentive jobs credit (S. 1610), 22934 [6AU]
———clarify tax-exempt treatment of self-insured workers' compensation fund (S. 1019), 8978 [10AP]
———corporate mergers and acquisitions, 29659 [28OC]
———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (S. 1370), 16167 [16JN]
———deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed (S. 1386), 16643 [18JN]
———depreciation of facilities which use anthracite culm fuel (S. 1466), 18538 [1JY]
———exclusion of certain cash distributions from profit-sharing plans (S. 932), 27091 [8OC], 35324 [11DE]
———exemption for certain investment companies from disallowance of indirect deductions through passthrough entities (S. 1489), 19782 [14JY]
———preclude certain farmers from using cash method accounting and provide exemptions for certain livestock breeding (S. 1353), 15452, 15453 [11JN]
———research and experimental expenditures (S. 716), 5345 [11MR]
———treatment of employer mass transit and van pool subsidies (S. 1757), 26573-26575 [6OC]
———treatment of research and development expenditures (S. 1617), 22947, 22948 [6AU]
———use of consolidated tax returns by insurance companies (S. 1404), 17013 [23JN]
Technology: Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH, 36006 [17DE]
———establish National Quality Award (S. 1251), 13556 [21MY]
———mobile communications, 24453 [17SE]
Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 907), 7951-7954 [3AP], 20478-20480 [21JY], 37963 [22DE]
Telecommunication: Japanese barriers to services, 5972 [17MR]
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: economic worth and potential, 16135 [16JN]
Textile industry and fabrics: competition in world market, 8468 [8AP], 10100 [28AP]
———impact of Soviet and Iranian imports, 23551 [9SE]
———results of protectionist measures, 37904 [21DE]
Tobacco industry: exports to Japan, 10933 [1MY]
———public awareness campaign in the smokeless industry, 35609 [15DE]
Toshiba Corp.: ban imports (S. 1399), 16827, 16852 [19JN]
———sale of technology to Soviet Union, 16981 [23JN], 29145 [23OC]
Trade, Employment and Productivity Act: enact (S. 539), 3592, 3595, 3656 [19FE], 4563 [3MR]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: changes (S. 749), 5922 [17MR]
———extend and reform, 3045-3047 [5FE]
———funding, 5587 [12MR]
Trade agreements: reciprocal (S. 484), 3054 [5FE]
Trade Enforcement Act: enact (S. 891), 7538-7540 [31MR]
Trade Expansion Act: amend (S. 284), 1215 [13JA]
Trade Procedures Reform Act: enact (S. 219), 654 [6JA]
Unemployment: rate, 26329 [2OC]
Wisconsin: business mergers by out-of-State concerns, 27342 [13OC]
———productivity of workers, 3910 [23FE]
Women: economic equity (S. 1309), 14348-14363 [2JN]
Work Plan Might Work, 10933 [1MY]
Worker Adjustment Improvement Act: enact (S. 524), 3351, 3356, 3359 [17FE]
Reports
Acid Rain Partnership: Carolyn Baldwin and other delegates, 15488-15491 [11JN]
Agricultural Biotechnology, Strategies for National Competitiveness: National Research Council, 35956 [17DE]
Biotechnology: OTA, 7951 [3AP]
Boards of Contract Appeals: GAO (sundry), 13550 [21MY]
Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation: Dept. of Labor, 18881, 18882, 18890, 18900 [8JY]
Electric Power Energy Conservation Standards Relative to Appliances (H.R. 87): Committee on Energy and Commerce, 4548 [3MR]
Foreign Penetration Into U.S. Automobile Market: Senate, 33943 [3DE]
Foreign Trade Estimate: U.S. Trade Representative, 10214 [28AP]
Foreign Trade—Material Injury and Threat of Material Injury: Committee on Ways and Means, 3052 [5FE]
Gray Market Policy Options Facing U.S. Customs Service: FTC, 9776-9782 [27AP]
Identification and Notification of Workers at High Risk of Occupational Illness (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Res. 280), 26683 [6OC]
Investigation of the Transfer of Technology From Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: Norwegian Police, 29146-29155 [23OC]
Premium/Investment Policies: National Association of Insurance Brokers, 31975 [16NO]
Reform of Microeconomic Policies: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 17045 [23JN]
Restrictive Trade Practices: U.S. Trade Representative, 799 [6JA]
Sale of U.S. Auto Parts to Japan: Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., 799 [6JA]
Towards a New Era in U.S. Manufacturing: National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, 7951 [3AP]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce, 10215 [28AP]
U.S. Steel Industry—Factors Influencing Gains in Productivity: David Cantor, 21779-21781 [30JY]
U.S. Technology Competitiveness: OTA, 20478 [21JY]
Reports filed
Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act: (S. 970) (S. Rept. 100-122), 20987 [23JY]
Antitrust Policy on Mergers: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 432) (S. Rept. 100-115), 20240 [17JY]
Competitive Examination Process for Selection of Members of Boards of Contract Appeals: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 345), 12955 [19MY]
———Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 345) (S. Rept. 100-124), 21118 [24JY]
Copyright Protective Orders for Semiconductor Chip Products: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1951) (H. Rept. 100-388), 28619 [21OC]
Cotton Producers Participation in Measures To Defray Costs of Cotton Research and Promotion Program: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 1622) (H. Rept. 100-339), 26400 [5OC]
Dept. of Defense Restrictions on Overseas Contracts: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2873) (H. Rept. 100-380), 28346 [19OC]
Educational Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 406) (S. Rept. 100-73), 16150 [16JN]
Enhancing U.S. Competitiveness (H.R. 3): Committee on Agriculture (H. Rept. 100-40), 8121 [7AP]
———Committee on Ways and Means (H. Rept. 100-40), 8018 [6AP]
———Consideration of H.R. 3: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 151) (H. Rept. 100-67), 10023 [27AP]
Establishing National Quality Improvement Award: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 812) (S. Rept. 100-143), 22208 [4AU]
Federal Trade Commission Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 677) (S. Rept. 100-31), 7530 [31MR]
Fishermen's Protective Act: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2893) (H. Rept. 100-299), 23876 [14SE]
Fishing Treaty With the Republic of Korea: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 2480) (H. Rept. 100-161), 16567 [17JN]
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2266) (H. Rept. 100-445), 32551 [17NO]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 162) (H. Rept. 100-194), 17696 [26JN]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 79) (S. Rept. 100-166), 25022 [23SE]
Measures To Defray Costs of Cotton Research and Promotion Program: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1622) (H. Rept. 100-339, Pt. 2), 34287 [7DE]
National Labor Relations Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 281) (H. Rept. 100-137), 14918 [8JN]
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2266) (H. Rept. 100-445), 32551 [17NO]
Prohibit Department of Defense Purchasing from Toshiba Corp.: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2948) (H. Rept. 100-229), 20779 [22JY]
Remedying Injury to Textile Industry and Fabrics Caused by Imports: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 1154) (H. Rept. 100-276), 22795 [6AU]
Securities Law Technical Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 1452) (S. Rept. 100-105), 19247 [9JY]
Small Business Act Amendment: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 2166) (H. Rept. 100-94), 12423 [14MY]
Small Business Investment Act Amendment: Committee on Small Business (H.R. 2166) (H. Rept. 100-94), 12423 [14MY]
Technology To Promote U.S. Leadership: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 2916) (H. Rept. 100-266), 22312 [4AU]
Uranium Industry: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1846) (S. Rept. 100-214), 30765 [4NO]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Lee H.: Trade and Competitiveness Legislation, 6239 [18MR]
Resolutions by organizations
Bankruptcy code loopholes: National Association of Attorneys General, 8976 [10AP]
Rulings of the Chair
Employment: payment of youth employment opportunity wages (H.R. 2710), 17655 [26JN]
Foreign trade: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), 10488 [29AP]
Statements
Acid rain: U.S. Shamrock Summit envoy, 7966 [3AP]
Advanced Notification in Plant Shutdowns: Tom Donohue, 18884 [8JY]
Another OSHA Looms in Washington: John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business, 13034 [19MY]
Automobile Industry: Robert C. Stempel, 29498-29500 [27OC]
Ban of U.S. Loans and Investments in South Africa, 33938 [3DE]
———Senator Helms, 33938 [3DE]
Bankruptcy Code Amendments, 3768 [19FE]
Breakthrough in Superconductivity—The Race To Commercialize: Representative Ritter, 11598 [6MY]
Competitiveness and U.S. Management: Myron Tribus, 10279 [28AP]
Construction Industry Labor Laws: William A. Pogue, 14785-14787 [4JN]
Credit: FTC, 12493 [14MY]
Domestic Industrial Competitiveness: Dept. of Labor Task Force on Dislocated Workers, 10249 [28AP]
Domestic Trade Laws: Robert Anderson, 5221 [10MR]
Excise Taxes: Darwin G. Johnson, 21036 [23JY]
Export Control Program: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 3313 [11FE]
Foreign Manufacturers' Trade Practices: Representative Gaydos, 7709 [1AP]
Foreign Trade: President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, 1065 [8JA]
Global Economics and U.S. Competitiveness: Frank P. Doyle, 23389 [7AU]
Impact of Hiring of Part-Time Workers: Gordon Burgess, 9277 [22AP]
Impact of Imports on Bicycle Tire Industry: Jack Hollis, 5220 [10MR]
National Advanced Technician Training: Sue Berryman, 9335 [22AP]
National Quality Improvement Award: Malcolm Baldrige, 23069 [7AU]
Purpose of the Trademark: Guy Blynn, 23573 [9SE]
Research Contracts: Senator Bingaman, 9639, 9640 [23AP]
SBA: applaud the Committee on Small Business (House), 13776 [27MY]
Science Education and Research in the U.S.: Eric Block, 30678 [4NO]
Semiconductor Initiative: Senator Domenici, 32588 [18NO]
Superconductivity: Bertram Batlogg, Bell Laboratories, 12764 [19MY]
———Frank Y. Fradin, 12764 [19MY]
———John J.M. Rowell, 12764 [19MY]
———Representative Ritter, 20809 [22JY]
Superfund Program Relative to Olean, NY: John M. Hart, Jr., and Peter Marcus, 5076 [6MR]
Technology: Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, 7951 [3AP]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: Representative Frenzel, 24066 [16SE]
Trade Deficit Reduction: William W. Winpisinger, 24243 [16SE]
U.S. Competition: Donald S. Beilman, Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, 13692-13694 [27MY]
U.S. Economic Growth and Opportunity: Paul C. Roberts, 31250 [6NO]
———Ravi Batra, 31257 [6NO]
———Richard W. Rahn, 31252 [6NO]
———Senator Kasten, 31250 [6NO]
———William B. Johnston, 31255 [6NO]
U.S. Employment Service: Wacker Siltronic Corp., 5281 [10MR]
U.S. Technology Competitiveness: President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, 20478 [21JY]
U.S. Trade Policy in the 1940's: Hugh Dalton, 10194 [28AP]
Why a Nonconstruction Company Opposes H.R. 282/S. 492, 9341 [22AP]
Workplace Literacy Programs: Barbara Bush, 6599 [23MR]
———Jonathan Kozol, 6599 [23MR]
———President Reagan, 6599 [23MR]
———(sundry), 6599 [23MR]
———Terrel H. Bell, 6599 [23MR]
Studies
Advanced Notification in Plant Closings: Industrial Relations Adjustment Service, 18899 [8JY]
Comparable Worth: American Federation of State, Municipal, and County Employees, 18906 [8JY]
International Trade Accounts: Dept. of the Treasury, 10224 [28AP]
Organized Labor's Menu for the 100th Congress: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 18907 [8JY]
Summaries
Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act (S. 316), 1386 [16JA]
American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act (S. 590), 4291 [26FE]
America's Living Standard Act (H.R. 717), 1914 [22JA]
Enhance Competitiveness of Domestic Industry: Export Task Force, 9998-10003 [27AP]
Facing Global Realities—Conference on Trade, Competitiveness and U.S. Living Standards: Economic Policy Institute, 17043 [23JN]
Location Decisions Regarding Maquiladora/In-Bond Plants Operating in Baja California, Mexico, 5119 [10MR]
Minority Enterprise Enhancement Act, 20883 [23JY]
National Petroleum Security Act (S. 1355), 15457 [11JN]
Omnibus Trade Act (S. 490), 3034-3039 [5FE]
Rural Enterprise Zone Act (S. 983), 8788 [9AP]
Rural Recovery and Revitalization Act (S. 1403), 17011 [23JN]
Tax Incentives for Cash Profit Sharing Plans: various business groups and individuals, 35325 [11DE]
Tender Offer Disclosure and Fairness Act (S. 1323), 14623-14625 [4JN]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), 10182-10186, 10204-10207 [28AP]
Worker Adjustment Improvement Act: enact (S. 524), 3352-3355 [17FE]
Surveys
Mining Law, 35440 [11DE]
Tables
Effect of U.S. steel import quotas, 3278 [10FE]
Employment growth in the major industrial economies, 31255 [6NO]
Fishermen's guaranty fund agreement holders for fiscal year 1987, 25456 [29SE]
Japanese import quotas, 18410 [1JY]
Pension eligibility, 28145 [15OC]
Petroleum consumption and imports, 18422 [1JY]
Steel production, 1975-87, 1430 [20JA]
Taxes paid and tax share under ERTA, 31255 [6NO]
Total deficits as a percentage of GNP, 31255 [6NO]
Telegrams
U.S.-Japan trade negotiations: Dept. of State, 10215 [28AP]
Testimonies
Are We Playing Chess on the Titanic? John Young, Hewlett-Packard Co., 5067 [6MR]
Artificial Pricing of Articles Produced by Nonmarket Economy Countries: Lionel Olmer, 3053 [5FE]
Biotechnology: Lewis Thomas, 35955 [17DE]
Child Car Seats: Jonathan Reynolds, 29518 [27OC]
Funding for Research: Representative Walgren, 5526 [11MR]
Inclusion of Copy-Code Scanners in Digital Audio Recording Devices: Stevland (Stevie Wonder) Morris, 16319 [16JN]
Insurance Industry: National Federation of Independent Business, 31975 [16NO]
———Thomas O'Day, 31975 [16NO]
National Bureau of Standards and Industrial Competitiveness: Representative Ritter, 11934 [11MY]
National Quality Improvement Award: Joseph Juron, 4955 [5MR]
Product Liability and Child Car Seats: Jonathan Reynolds, Cosco, Inc., 29879 [29OC]
Protecting Our Pensions: Representative Ritter, 11295 [5MY]
Restoring the U.S. Competitive Edge: Donald R. Hughes, 8468 [8AP]
Textile and Apparel Industries: Arnold Delin, 19675 [14JY]
Trade Adjustment Assistance: American International Automobile Dealers Association, 10225 [28AP]
U.S. Trade Policy: John Young, Hewlett-Packard Co., 5066 [6MR]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 164, Agriculture export enhancement program, 20865 [23JY]
H.J. Res. 221, establish Commission to study means to strengthen industrial base, 7703 [1AP]
H.J. Res. 303, National Watermen's Recognition Week, 30633 [3NO]
H.J. Res. 318, Made in U.S.A. Month, 33673 [2DE]
H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 10375-10484 [29AP]
H.R. 10, National Development Investment Act amendment, 874 [7JA]
H.R. 82, require transportation of sewage waste in U.S.-built ships, 21166 [27JY]
H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 3251-3253 [10FE]
H.R. 812, establish National Quality Improvement Award, 14875 [8JN], 23067 [7AU]
H.R. 1342, workplace literacy programs, 4690 [3MR]
H.R. 1511, Service Sector Data Collection Act, 5277 [10MR]
H.R. 1675, amend Foreign Assistance Act relative to private and voluntary organization and cooperatives, 6217 [18MR]
H.R. 2069, establish National Commission on Commercial and National Defense Application of Superconductors, 11599 [6MY]
H.R. 2166, amend Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act, 13776 [27MY]
H.R. 2200, petroleum import fee, 10588 [29AP]
H.R. 2226, amend Buy American Act to award preferences to U.S. businesses in Government procurement, 11007 [4MY]
H.R. 2480, temporarily extend fishing agreement between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea, 16892 [22JN]
H.R. 2578, regulate establishment or acquisition of depository institutions by foreign nationals, 27676 [13OC]
H.R. 2694, requirements for export licenses for commercial arms sales, 16311 [16JN]
H.R. 2870, improve economic conditions, 18666 [1JY]
H.R. 2873, Dept. of Defense restrictions on overseas contracts, 28333 [19OC]
H.R. 2995, Corporate Raider Tax Act, 21040 [23JY]
H.R. 3090, Merger Limitation Act, 22341 [4AU]
H.R. 3093, Dept. of Agriculture Optional Acreage Diversion Program, 23037 [7AU]
H.R. 3134, Defense Contractor Profits Review Act, 23008 [6AU]
H.R. 3735, Agricultural Production and Food Processing Systems Research Act, 35008 [10DE]
S. 31, Increased Market Access Promotion Act, 463
S. 217, Joint and Several Liability Reform Act, 652 [6JA]
S. 219, Trade Procedures Reform Act, 654, 656 [6JA]
S. 229, Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act, 675 [6JA]
S. 316, Acid Deposition and Sulfur Emissions Reduction Act, 1382-1386 [16JA]
S. 330, establish Dept. of International Trade and Industry, 1488-1501 [20JA]
S. 345, Government contracts competitive examination process for selection of members of boards of contract appeals, 13539 [21MY]
S. 368, ban reimportation of drugs, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals, 1641 [21JA]
S. 370, job training for workers dislocated from closures due to environmental law violations, 1644 [21JA]
S. 430, Retail Competition Enforcement Act, 2450 [2FE]
S. 431, application of antitrust policy to partnerships, 2451 [2FE]
S. 432, antitrust policy relative to mergers, 2452 [2FE]
S. 490, Omnibus Trade At, 3011-3034 [5FE]
S. 524, Worker Adjustment Improvement Act, 3356-3359 [17FE]
S. 547, amend Export Administration Act, 3681 [19FE]
S. 568, protect U.S. owners from importation of goods made with U.S. patent process, 3777 [19FE]
S. 583, strengthen enforcement of U.S. trade laws, 4267 [26FE]
S. 584, extend suspension of duty on bicycle parts, 4268 [26FE]
S. 590, American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act, 4290
S. 634, antitrust policies relative to mergers and corporate tender offers, 4606-4608 [3MR]
S. 637, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to industrial homework, 4608 [3MR]
S. 666, Product Liability Reform Act, 5018-5021 [6MR]
S. 687, uniform product liability law, 5053
S. 688, uniform product liability law, 5055
S. 711, limit product liability law, 5335-5343 [11MR]
S. 716, taxation of research and experimental expenditures, 5345 [11MR]
S. 749, Trade Adjustment Assistance Program changes, 5924 [17MR]
S. 785, worker retraining assistance, 6364 [19MR]
S. 786, Financial Export Control Act, 6370 [19MR]
S. 791, copyright protection of industrial designs, 6381 [19MR]
S. 870, duty on chlor amino base, 7184 [27MR]
S. 871, duty on 3-nitrophenyl-4-beta-hydroxyethyl sulfone, 7185 [27MR]
S. 872, duty on 4-chloro-2-nitro aniline, 7185 [27MR]
S. 873, duty on amino sulfon br, 7185 [27MR]
S. 874, duty on acet quinone base, 7185 [27MR]
S. 875, duty on diamino phenetole sulfate, 7185 [27MR]
S. 891, Trade Enforcement Act, 7540-7552 [31MR]
S. 907, Technology Competitiveness Act, 7954-7957 [3AP]
S. 970, Alternative Agricultural Products Research Act, 21478 [29JY]
S. 983, Rural Enterprise Zone Act, 8783-8788 [9AP]
S. 1017, Bankruptcy Antifraud Act, 8977 [10AP]
S. 1019, Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Funds Tax Exempt Status Clarification Act, 8978 [10AP]
S. 1068, interlocking corporate directors and officers, 9245 [22AP], 21887 [31JY]
S. 1071, Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act, 9252 [22AP]
S. 1083, delay implementation of employer sanctions provisions of Immigration Reform and Control Act, 9430 [23AP]
S. 1086, U.S. Trade Representative investigation of Japanese restrictive trade practices, 9437 [23AP]
S. 1097, Price Competitive Products Act, 9776 [27AP]
S. 1102, extend patent numbered 3,387,268, Quotation Monitoring Unit, 10119 [28AP]
S. 1104, relief to persons injured by importation of articles at less than market value or wholesale price, 10121 [28AP]
S. 1116, Barter and Countertrade Act, 10648 [30AP]
S. 1184, Airport and Airway Capacity Expansion Act, 29538-29540 [28OC]
S. 1190, farmers recovery of costs of services to cooperatives, 12009 [12MY]
S. 1192, recovery of costs for standards and specifications of agricultural products, 12010 [12MY]
S. 1275, National Advisory Committee on Semiconductor Research and Development Act, 13740 [27MY]
S. 1276, improve reliability of airline flight schedules, 13742 [27MY]
S. 1280, Fair Trade in Auto Parts Act, 13748 [27MY]
S. 1299, Insurance Competition Improvement Act, 14148 [29MY]
S. 1309, Economic Equity Act, 14350-14362 [2JN]
S. 1324, Corporate Takeover and Insider Abuse Reform Act, 14687-14691 [4JN]
S. 1353, preclude certain farmers from using cash method accounting and provide exemptions for certain livestock breeding, 15453 [11JN]
S. 1355, National Petroleum Security Act, 15457-15462 [11JN]
S. 1360, funding for Indian economic growth, 15464 [11JN], 32026 [17NO]
S. 1370, tax deductions for cost of health insurance coverage for self-employed, 16167 [16JN]
S. 1393, Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act, 16663 [18JN]
S. 1396, private enforcement of unfair foreign competition statutes, 16848
S. 1400, suspend duty on cultured pearls, 16853 [19JN]
S. 1404, use of consolidated tax returns by insurance companies, 17013 [23JN]
S. 1434, relief for Rolen-Rolen-Roberts International, 17826 [26JN]
S. 1452, Securities Law Technical Act amendments, 18188-18191 [30JN], 19456-19460 [10JY], 23697-23701 [10SE]
S. 1466, depreciation of facilities which use anthracite culm fuel for tax purposes, 18539 [1JY]
S. 1617, taxation of research and development expenditures, 22948 [6AU]
S. 1621, minimum wage on public construction projects, 23202 [7AU]
S. 1639, prohibit on export of defense articles by certain companies, 23228 [7AU]
S. 1677, ban sale of Toshiba products in military exchange stores, 23844 [11SE]
S. 1757, tax treatment of employer mass transit and van pool subsidies, 26573 [6OC]
S. 1814, NTL-5 Gas Royalty Act, 29160 [23OC]
S. 1816, Agricultural Protection Cost Recovery Act, 29164-29166 [23OC]
S. 1890, capital gains tax differential, 33138 [20NO]
S. 1892, Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act, 33159-33162 [20NO]
S. Con. Res. 26, improve foreign language skills to enhance economic competition, 5081 [6MR]
S. Res. 50, trade negotiations with Canada, 798 [6JA]
S. Res. 51, trade negotiations with Japan, 799 [6JA]
S. Res. 185, protect the Farm Credit System, 8420 [8AP]
S. Res. 227, distribution of motion pictures in Canada, 14864 [5JN]
S. Res. 237, Dept. of Agriculture wheat program, 16862 [19JN]
S. Res. 295, Employee Ownership Week, 26891 [7OC]
S. Res. 341, agreement on uranium trade, 34962 [10DE]
Transcripts
Behave or Be Damned: Paul Harvey, 24248 [16SE]