LIGHTFOOT, JIM ROSS (a Representative from Iowa)
Appointments
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 4047 [25FE]
Committee on Aging (Select), 2393 [2FE]
Committee on Government Operations (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Res. 10), 20 [6JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agricultural Export Reserve: establish (see H.R. 1731), 6285 [19MR]
Agriculture: guaranteed pools of qualified mortgage loans (see H.R. 575), 1073 [8JA]
———protection for participants in Farm Credit System (see H.R. 661), 1792 [21JA]
———stimulate savings and lower costs of money for farmers (see H.R. 663), 1792 [21JA]
Carter Lake, IA: flood control project (see H.R. 1175), 3516 [19FE]
De Soto National Wildlife Refuge, IA: public uses (see H.R. 2874), 18681 [1JY]
Debts owed the Government: panel for coordination of collection and delinquency prevention (see H.R. 662), 1792 [21JA]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend to facilitate industrial homework (see H.R. 1367), 4549 [3MR]
Foreign trade: shipment of agricultural products on vessels of U.S. registry (see H.R. 1559), 5493 [11MR]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 21632 [30JY]
Merchant marine: shipment of exported agricultural commodities on U.S.-flag vessels (see H.R. 2875), 18681 [1JY]
Small Business Act: authorize loans for economic injury caused by Federal action and establish criteria for economic injury (see H.R. 1804), 6775 [25MR]
Soil Conservation Service: funding (see H. Res. 68), 2739 [4FE]
Taxation: deductions for contributions of agricultural property for victims of natural disasters (see H.R. 2776), 17210 [24JN]
Western Historic Trails Center, IA: establish (see H.R. 1598), 5558 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: constitutional amendment on right to life (see H.J. Res. 104), 1836 [22JA]
———deny personal exemption for child living temporarily after (see H.R. 786), 2068 [28JA]
———Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 14261 [2JN]
Aeronautics: drug testing of aircraft operators (see H.R. 693), 1793 [21JA]
Agricultural Act: deficiency payments for wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 1935), 7780 [2AP]
Agricultural loans: qualified by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1310), 6211 [18MR]
Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (see H.R. 3069), 21631 [30JY]
Agricultural Prompt Payment Act: enact (see H.R. 2908), 19901 [15JY]
Agriculture: emergency compensation under feed grains programs (see H.R. 625), 9325 [22AP]
———Farm Credit System reserve for bad debts (see H.R. 2603), 14777 [4JN]
———federally chartered corporation as secondary market for farm mortgages (see H.R. 497), 2520 [3FE]
———income averaging for victims of natural disasters (see H.R. 1726), 33063 [20NO]
———milk price support reduction (see H.R. 3344), 27175 [9OC]
———permitted acreage for oats (see H.R. 1033), 2990 [5FE]
———use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (see H.R. 2752), 17102 [23JN]
———wheat and feed grains programs (see H.R. 259), 1794 [21JA]
Airlines: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10837 [30AP]
———extension of small community air service program (see H.R. 2318), 11719 [7MY]
———tax treatment of certain air transportation expenses (see H.R. 45), 3225 [9FE]
Airports and airways: use of excise tax revenues for trust fund (see H.R. 1293), 4159 [26FE]
American Physiologists Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), 14261 [2JN]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
———enroll continuing appropriations legislation agreed to by both Chambers in same form as series of separate bills or resolutions (see H.R. 3199), 23077 [7AU]
———require 60% majority vote of both Houses of Congress for passage of any bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 3201), 23077 [7AU]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 10586 [29AP]
Banks and banking: facilitate restructuring of certain agricultural loans by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1346), 4548 [3MR]
Barnhart, Ray A.: commend efforts to improve Federal-aid highway system (see H.R. 3734), 35576 [14DE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23877 [14SE]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
———line-item veto (see H.R. 2363), 14579 [3JN]
———process (see H.R. 2232), 12388 [13MY]
———treatment of highway, airport, and inland waterway trust funds (see H.R. 372), 5864 [17MR]
Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 20780 [22JY]
Commemorative events: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 2740 [4FE]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 7429 [31MR]
Communications: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 4920 [5MR]
Congress: procedures for expedited consideration of certain bills and joint resolutions submitted by the President (see H. Con. Res. 119), 23650 [9SE]
Contracts: require use within Government (see H.R. 1606), 9647 [23AP]
Cuba: human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 67), 10024 [27AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish price payments for 1988 crops (see H.R. 3383), 28843 [22OC]
———making supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 323), 17211 [24JN]
———wheat program (see H. Con. Res. 147), 17102 [23JN]
Diabetes: medicare coverage of therapeutic footwear (see H.R. 1325), 4449 [2MR]
Disasters: response (see H.R. 2707), 16568 [17JN]
Drug abuse: test operators of railroads and aircraft (see H.R. 693), 1793 [21JA]
Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]
Economic assistance: assessments of impact and effectiveness of U.S. aid to foreign countries (see H.R. 3351), 28619 [21OC]
EEC: meat inspection and certification directive (see H. Con. Res. 153), 18368 [30JN]
———U.S. countermeasures for proposed tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils (see H. Con. Res. 51), 3517 [19FE]
Elections: appointment of electors of President and Vice President by Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands (see H.J. Res. 217), 7428 [31MR]
Electric appliances: energy conservation standards (see H.R. 87), 1794 [21JA]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 6208 [18MR]
Employment: worker training (see H.R. 2725), 16775 [18JN]
Espionage: penalties (see H.R. 1337), 18734 [7JY]
Ethanol: increase use as motor fuel (see H.R. 2052), 8666 [9AP]
FAA: development of collision avoidance systems (see H.R. 1517), 23080 [7AU]
Farm credit banks: protect stock of borrowers in institutions of farm credit system (see H. Res. 137), 8671 [9AP]
———reconstitute finance committee (see H.R. 2982), 23081 [7AU]
Farm Credit System: secondary market for agricultural mortgages (see H.R. 2435), 12423 [14MY]
Farmers: taxation (see H.R. 2228), 23712 [10SE]
Farmers Home Administration: improve operation of secondary market for certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2179), 19055 [8JY]
Food: encourage consumption of meat and meat products (see H. Con. Res. 198), 16568 [17JN]
———labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 12828 [19MY]
Food Security Act: define certain legumes as agricultural commodities (see H.R. 299), 2070 [28JA]
Foreign trade: assistance of international financial institutions for production of commodities and minerals in surplus (see H.R. 306), 1918 [26JA]
Gambling: regulate parimutuel wagering to receive and share Government criminal identification records (see H.R. 2611), 31635 [10NO]
Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 11720 [7MY]
Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 9323 [22AP]
Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 535), 1071 [8JA]
House of Representatives: require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 17104 [23JN]
———restore role of continuing resolutions as short-term funding measures (see H. Res. 210), 18098 [29JN]
———time limit on completion of election recounts (see H.R. 1000), 2738 [4FE]
Housing: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 14260 [2JN]
———Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 11362 [6MY]
Immigration: special status for aliens who have served in Armed Forces (see H.R. 2383), 23876 [14SE]
Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 759), 2004 [27JA]
International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 1972), 8388 [8AP]
International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 19056 [8JY]
Iowa: Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 2691), 16289 [16JN]
Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
Jews: treatment of those wishing to emigrate from Soviet Union (see H. Res. 199), 19565 [13JY]
Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to rural areas, particularly to dislocated farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1853), 7238 [30MR]
Long-term resolutions: prohibit consideration of certain (see H. Res. 271), 29210 [26OC]
Medicare: benefits to poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018), 5098 [9MR]
———payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see H.R. 2474), 37626 [21DE]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 4920 [5MR]
———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 9324 [22AP]
Military bases: bipartisan commission on consolidation (see H.R. 1583), 7780 [2AP]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 11946 [11MY]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259), 5724 [16MR]
National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans: establish (see H.R. 3336), 26990 [8OC]
National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 23079 [7AU]
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 758), 4161 [26FE]
National Cult Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), 32684 [18NO]
National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 33064 [20NO]
National Day of Mourning for the Victims of the U.S.S. Stark: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 13433 [21MY]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 16776 [18JN]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 31635 [10NO]
National Institute for New Agricultural and Forestry Industrial Materials: establish (see H.R. 1197), 9647 [23AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 4780 [4MR]
National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 26401 [5OC]
National Safety Belt Use Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 23650 [9SE]
National security: counter Soviet electronic surveillance of U.S. Embassy activities in Moscow (see H.J. Res. 230), 11265 [5MY]
Nicaragua: peace agreement (see H. Con. Res. 213), 33334 [1DE]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4918 [5MR]
Olmsted Heritage Landscape Act: enact (see H.R. 17), 14058 [28MY]
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]
Petroleum: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 21379 [28JY]
Poland: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 172), 22313 [4AU]
Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3815), 36481 [18DE]
Postal Service: limited circulation second-class rates for certain periodicals (see H.R. 1413), 4779 [4MR]
———procedural and appeal rights to certain personnel actions (see H.R. 348), 4010 [24FE]
POW/MIA: directing executive departments to make public records concerning reported sightings of personnel (see H.R. 2260), 12136 [12MY]
President: line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2363), 14579 [3JN]
Public works: study local financing practices and lenient treatment for issuers of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3807), 36481 [18DE]
Railroads: drug testing of operators (see H.R. 693), 1793 [21JA]
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (see H.R. 2), 105 [6JA]
———commend efforts of Ray A. Barnhart, to improve (see H.R. 3734), 35576 [14DE]
Robert A. Young Federal Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 3817), 36481 [18DE]
Robert E. Jones, Jr., Highway, AL: designate (see H.R. 3325), 25209 [25SE]
Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 10586 [29AP]
Rural enterprise zones: establish to stimulate employment (see H.R. 1973), 8670 [9AP]
Securities: sale of obligations to issuer before public offering (see H.R. 2059), 19678 [14JY]
Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 9323 [22AP]
———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 7779 [2AP]
———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 9323 [22AP]
Social Security Administration: beneficiary ombudsman (see H.R. 2087), 9325 [22AP]
Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 24353 [17SE]
———missile tests near Hawaii (see H. Con. Res. 193), 26708 [6OC]
Syndicated Television Music Copyright Act: enact (see H.R. 1195), 9325 [22AP]
Synthetic fuel: repeal partial excise tax exemption (see H. Res. 53), 1794 [21JA]
Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 14260 [2JN]
———amend IRS Code relative to definition of preproductive period under uniform capitalization rules (see H.R. 2251), 14953 [9JN]
———certain Conservation Reserve Program payments (see H.R. 1959), 9325 [22AP]
———deduct expenses incurred in filing withholding certificates whether or not itemized (see H.R. 1347), 12388 [13MY]
———deduction for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 3205), 27930 [14OC]
———deduction for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3065), 36482 [18DE]
———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 14260 [2JN]
———deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 10273 [28AP]
———defer tax consequences of repayment of a CCC loan with a generic commodity certificate (see H.R. 3266), 23933 [15SE]
———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 23081 [7AU]
———exclude certain payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see H.R. 630), 11264 [5MY]
———exclusion from gross income for qualified scholarships shall include travel, research, and living expenses (see H.R. 2670), 18682 [1JY]
———farmers, ranchers, and small business (see H.R. 809), 2741 [4FE]
———Federal estate and gift taxes relative to Federal revenues (see H. Res. 276), 26708 [6OC]
———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 22799 [6AU]
———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 14778 [4JN]
———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592, 603), 1074 [8JA], 14260 [2JN]
———permit rural telephone cooperatives to have qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 3045), 24678 [21SE]
———rate reductions (see H. Con. Res. 7), 5495 [11MR]
———repeal certain provisions which require certain entities to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 666), 4550 [3MR]
———repeal partial excise tax exemption on synthetic fuel (see H. Res. 53), 1794 [21JA]
———treatment of certain air transportation expenses (see H.R. 45), 3225 [9FE]
———treatment of certain short-term loans (see H.R. 2323), 11865 [8MY]
———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044), 24678 [21SE]
Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 21377 [28JY]
Truth in Lending Act: amend (see H.R. 2609), 16291 [16JN]
U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Celebration: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]
U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 16776 [18JN]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]
Vietnam: release of political prisoners (see H. Res. 212), 28010 [15OC]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 28010 [15OC]
Vietnamese conflict: make public, records concerning reported sightings of U.S. military personnel classified as POW or MIA in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 2260), 12136 [12MY]
Water Quality Act: enact (see H.R. 1), 105 [6JA]
Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (see H.R. 791), 25482 [29SE]
White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 2690), 19056 [8JY]
Yugoslavia: ethnic Albanians (see H. Con. Res. 162), 19900 [15JY]
Broadcasts
True picture of problems in rural America? Craighton Knau, KMA-Radio, Shenandoah, IA, 4118
Letters
Airport and Airway Trust Fund spending moratorium: William F. Bolger, Air Transport Association, 11006
Home Employment Enterprise Act, 1100
Remarks by, on
Aeronautics: standards relating to air carrier passenger services (H.R. 3051), 26385
———standards relative to air carrier passenger services (H.R. 3051), 25952
AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 19834 [15JY], 38260
Agricultural Export Reserve: establish (H.R. 1731), 6437
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), 24627
———credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), conference report, 36464
———farm income, 36080 [17DE]
———secondary markets for certain loans (H.R. 575), 1910
Aircraft Collision Avoidance Act: enact (H.R. 1517), 30618 [3NO]
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), 25952
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), conference report, 36284
Airport and Airway Trust Fund: spending moratorium, 11006
Airports: priorities during periods of traffic delay, 25988
Budget: constitutional amendment to balance, 18600 [1JY]
———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), 30383 [31OC]
Carter Lake, IA: flood control project (H.R. 1175), 3895
Congressional budget: setting forth for fiscal years 1988-90 (H. Con. Res. 93), 17361
Council Bluffs, IA: establish Western Historic Trails Center (H.R. 1598), 5667
De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, IA: public uses (H.R. 2874), 18716
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 12812
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), 22485
Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35036
FAA: development of collision avoidance systems (H.R. 1517), 30618 [3NO]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend to facilitate industrial homework (H.R. 1367), 4717
Farm Credit Enhancement Act: secondary markets for certain loans (H.R. 575), 1910
Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 32892 [19NO]
Foreign trade: enhance competitiveness of domestic industry (H.R. 3), 6149 [18MR]
———shipment of agricultural products on vessels of U.S. registry (H.R. 1559), 5519
FTC Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2897), 26755 [7OC]
Home Employment Enterprise Act: enact (H.R. 535), 1099
Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 3337
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 20712
Motor vehicles: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, 21062
Nuclear weapons: testing, 12812
Peace Corps: programs (H.R. 3100), 32892 [19NO]
Public debt: limit, 23381
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), 1707, 1708 [21JA]
Rural areas: medical care, 9681
Small business: forced expansion of employees' benefits, 15498 [11JN]
Small Business Act: authorize loans for economic injury caused by Federal action (H.R. 1804), 6928
Social Security: benefits transition formula (H.R. 1917), 7744
———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 25695 [30SE]
Soil Conservation Service: funding of programs (H. Res. 68), 3171
Taxation: deductions for contributions of agricultural property for victims of natural disasters (H.R. 2776), 17602
———rate reductions (H. Con. Res. 7), 8082 [7AP]
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24101
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10175 [28AP], 10682 [30AP]
VA: establish as executive department (H.R. 3471), 31942
Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (H.R. 791), 33705
Western Historic Trails Center, Council Bluffs, IA: establish (H.R. 1598), 5667
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1068 [8JA], 1782 [21JA], 2517 [3FE], 2735 [4FE], 4086 [25FE], 4547 [3MR], 5192 [10MR], 5491 [11MR], 6149 [18MR], 6283 [19MR], 7726 [1AP], 8082 [7AP], 9644 [23AP], 10175 [28AP], 10682, 10835 [30AP], 11003 [4MY], 12825 [19MY], 15498 [11JN], 17209 [24JN], 18600, 18679 [1JY], 19834 [15JY], 20778 [22JY], 20904 [23JY], 22586 [5AU], 22786 [6AU], 24133 [16SE], 24889 [22SE], 26399 [5OC], 32551 [17NO], 36479 [18DE], 37624 [21DE]
Statements
De Soto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, IA: Iowa Conservation Commission, 18717
———Robert Burwell, 18717
Nuclear Weapons: John F. Kennedy, 12812
Public Spending: H.R. Gross, 29715 [28OC]
Texts of
H. Res. 10, appointment to Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 20 [6JA]
Tributes
Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 25745
Gross, H.R., 29714 [28OC]