INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Amendments

Polygraphs: prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 30650 [3NO], 30836, 30845, 30851, 30858, 30860, 30865, 30868, 30870, 30871, 30873 [4NO]

Amendments offered by, to

Product liability: uniform law (S. 666), 5062 [6MR]

Analyses

Consumer Rail Equity Act (H.R. 1393), 4773-4775 [4MR]

———(S. 676), 5035-5038 [6MR]

Trucking Productivity Improvement Act (S. 1710), 24790-24793 [22SE]

Articles and editorials

ATA President Pledges ``Whatever It Takes'' To Get Substance Abusers Out of Trucking Industry, 6914 [25MR]

Detection of Deception in the Employment Context—A Review and Critical Analysis, 30827 [4NO]

Diary of a Trucker, 6914 [25MR]

Finish Truck Deregulation, 25895 [30SE]

Lies, Damn Lies—And Polygraphs, 30828 [4NO]

Life Behind the Wheel, 6914 [25MR]

Race Against Time, Fatigue Competition, 6913 [25MR]

Tougher To Curl Hair Than Drive a Truck?, 6914 [25MR]

Bills and resolutions

Alcoholic beverages: territorial limitations on distribution of trademarked malt beverages (see H.R. 1145)

Ammunition: prohibit certain shipments (see H.R. 538)

Environmental Equity Act: enact (see H.R. 3525), 28619 [21OC]

Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 3521)

Fish and fisheries: licensing of vessel for employment in coastwise trade (see H.R. 3387)

Hazardous substances: transport of radioactive waste in interstate commerce by specially licensed individuals (see H.R. 1649)

Licensing impediments to certain vessel (see H.R. 2739)

National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: safety (see H.R. 1886)

Natural gas: pipelines (see S. 1998; H.R. 3445)

Polygraphs: consideration of H.R. 1212, prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (see H. Res. 295)

———limit examinations by employers (see S. 1904; H.R. 1212)

Product liability: protect consumers and promote free flow of interstate commerce (see H.R. 798, 2861)

———regulate through uniform treatment of problems (see H.R. 430)

———uniform law (see S. 666, 687, 688)

Railroads: construction, acquisition, or operation of rail carriers (see S. 1026)

———sale, acquisition, or abandonment of lines (see S. 1040)

States: destruction or injury of property en route (see H.R. 2489)

Taxation: cargo transported between Hawaii and any U.S. possession (see H.R. 2679)

Trade Act: domestic or foreign waterborne (see S. Res. 288)

Trucking Productivity Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1710)

Decisions

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 30826 [4NO]

Documents

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (excerpt), 30835 [4NO]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): budget (testimony from Heather H. Gradison), D85 [25FE]

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

Committee on Foreign Affairs: impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices on interstate commerce (testimony from Michael B. Smith), D65 [18FE]

Letters

Employee Polygraph Protection Act: ACLU, 30945 [4NO]

———AFL-CIO, 30945 [4NO]

———Alan G. Kraut, 30945 [4NO]

———James H. Sammons, 30945 [4NO]

———Leonard Saxe, 30947 [4NO]

———Representative Aspin, 30945 [4NO]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 7517 [31MR]

———Highway Users Federation, 7517 [31MR]

———John Archer, American Automobile Association, 7518 [31MR]

———John Thomas, National Association of Counties, 7518 [31MR]

———National Governors' Association, 7517 [31MR]

Uniform product liability law: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 5052 [6MR]

Memorandums

Polygraph Examinations: OTA (1983), 33488 [1DE]

Memorials of legislature

Idaho, 7285 [30MR], 9648 [23AP], 11617 [7MY]

Nevada, 16569 [17JN]

Remarks in House

Consumer Rail Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1393), 4773 [4MR], 4792 [4MR]

Environmental Equity Act: enact (H.R. 3525), 28791 [21OC]

Polygraph Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1212), 4025 [24FE], 19286 [9JY], 30810, 30811, 30814 [4NO], 30830 [9NO], 30871 [5NO], 30945 [4NO]-31170 [5NO], 33794 [2DE]

———enact (H.R. 1212), consideration (H. Res. 295), 30812 [4NO]

———enact (H.R. 1212), technical corrections, 30886 [4NO]

Polygraphs: employee protection against dismissal or discipline, 30873, 30875-30884 [4NO]

———exemption for financial institutions, 30870, 30871 [4NO]

———exemption for services conducted in personal residences, 30871 [4NO]

———exemption from ban for drug investigations, 30858-30864 [4NO]

———exemption from ban for financial institutions, 30851-30858 [4NO]

———exemption from ban for nursing homes, 30836-30844 [4NO]

———exemption from ban for ongoing investigations, 30865-30867 [4NO]

———exemption from ban for security services, 30845-30850 [4NO]

———make ban applicable to Congress, 30868-30870 [4NO]

Product liability: reform tort laws (H.R. 1599), 5672 [12MR]

Product Liability Uniform Standards Act: enact (H.R. 430), 869 [7JA], 4481 [3MR]

States: destruction or injury of property en route (H.R. 2489), 13325 [21MY], 13677 [21MY]

Transportation: drug and alcohol testing of key professionals, 6913 [25MR]

Remarks in Senate

Polygraphs: limit examinations by certain employers (S. 1904), 33488-33492 [1DE]

Product liability: uniform law (S. 666), 5063 [6MR]

———uniform law (S. 687), 5051 [6MR]

Railroads: sale, acquisition, or abandonment of lines (S. 1040), 8988 [10AP]

States: uniform product liability law (S. 666), 5329 [11MR]

Trade Act: domestic or foreign waterborne (S. Res. 288), 25325 [25SE]

Trucking Productivity Improvement Act: enact (S. 1710), 25895 [30SE]

Reports

Polygraph Examinations (1964), 33488 [1DE]

Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing—A Research Review and Evaluation: OTA (excerpt), 30827 [4NO]

Statistical Report in Case of Johnson v. Alexander's, 30824 [4NO]

Reports filed

Polygraph Use by Employers: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1212) (H. Rept. 100-208), 19135 [9JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1212) (H. Rept. 100-407), Consideration (H. Res. 295), 29711, 29737 [28OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 7518 [31MR]

Statements

Polygraph Examinations: Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 33488 [1DE]

Testimonies

Employee Polygraph Protection Act: Representative Richardson, 29759 [28OC]

Polygraphs: Christopher Boyce, 30841 [4NO]

Texts of

H.R. 2489, destruction or injury of property moving in interstate or foreign commerce, 13677 [21MY]

S. 687, uniform product liability law, 5053-5054 [6MR]

S. 688, uniform product liability law, 5055-5056 [6MR]

S. 1904, Polygraph Protection Act, 33489-33491 [1DE]