PRICE, MELVIN (a Representative from Illinois)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1748, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 28464 [20OC]
———S. 1174, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 28465 [20OC]
Delegation representing Congress at ceremony honoring the Constitution, 19877 [15JY]
Articles and editorials
Monitor Publisher Dead at 57, Eugene B. Redmond, East St. Louis (IL) Monitor, 10293
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Bonney, Ray A.: relief (see H.R. 1578), 5494 [11MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: deny personal exemption for child living temporarily after (see H.R. 786), 4089 [25FE]
Aeronautics: air carrier seating of persons holding tickets from bankrupt air carriers (see H.R. 2491), 15585 [11JN]
AFDC: restructure (see H.R. 1720), 6284 [19MR]
Agriculture: corn market expansion and alcohol fuels (see H. Res. 74), 5865 [17MR]
Air traffic controllers: rehiring of certain (see H.R. 378), 13433 [21MY]
Airlines: fair treatment of airline employees in mergers (see H.R. 1101), 11946 [11MY]
Armed Forces: payment under CHAMPUS of certain medical expenses not covered under medicare (see H.R. 2934), 19677 [14JY]
Arts: grant certain bargaining rights to employers and performers (see H.R. 1638), 25749 [30SE]
Banks and banking: facilitate restructuring of certain agricultural loans by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1346), 4548 [3MR]
———pay uniform disclosure of rates of interest on savings accounts (see H.R. 176), 2740 [4FE]
———restrictions on availability of deposited funds (see H.R. 28), 2740 [4FE]
Berlin Wall: repeal shoot to kill order (see H. Con. Res. 186), 29307 [27OC]
Budget: call for rejection of repeal of excise tax exemption on alcohol fuels (see H. Res. 53), 6286 [19MR]
Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 14260 [2JN]
Children: employment withholdings for support of dependents (see H.R. 1604), 15368 [10JN]
Commemorative events: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 2740 [4FE]
Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 25482 [29SE]
Community Development Block Grant Program: executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.J. Res. 98), 4089 [25FE]
———sense of House of Representatives (see H. Res. 67), 2739 [4FE]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3130), 23934 [15SE]
Conservation of natural resources: contributions of Aldo Leopold (see H.J. Res. 50), 6632 [24MR]
———protect caves on public lands (see H.R. 1975), 12827 [19MY]
Consumer Product Safety Act: establish uniform safety standards (see H.R. 1115), 6777 [25MR]
Courts: retirement and survivors' benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586), 22314 [4AU]
Credit cards: information on interest rates (see H.R. 515), 4161 [26FE]
Defense contracts: local construction obligations (see H.R. 1873), 18682 [1JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: maintain Soil Conservation Service funding in budget (see H. Res. 68), 6778 [25MR]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit U.S. naval escorts for Kuwaiti tankers unless Kuwait agrees to allow the U.S. to base minesweeping helicopters in Kuwait (see H.R. 3039), 21469 [29JY]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 23078 [7AU]
District of Columbia: statehood admission as New Columbia (see H.R. 51), 10586 [29AP]
Drugs: make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470), 22798 [6AU]
Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), 24891 [22SE]
Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1122), 14059 [28MY]
Elections: campaign reform (see H.R. 2717), 24891 [22SE]
———exclude officials or workers from certain Social Security coverage (see H.R. 1832), 20284 [20JY]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 6208 [18MR]
EPA: data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (see H.R. 2800), 25482 [29SE]
Ethanol: increase use as motor fuel (see H.R. 2052), 8666 [9AP]
Federal employees: conduct study on annuities, personnel management, and individual retirement planning (see H.R. 388), 15584 [11JN]
———right to participate in political process (see H.R. 3400), 27716 [13OC]
Federal Power Act: refunds pursuant to rate decreases (see H.R. 2858), 23877 [14SE]
Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 19136 [9JY]
Government contractors: local construction obligations (see H.R. 1874), 18682 [1JY]
Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act: enact (see H.R. 1495), 8123 [7AP]
Hamadei, Mohammed: extradition for murder trial (see H. Con. Res. 94), 14187 [1JN]
Harold Washington Social Security Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3700), 34074 [3DE]
Health: Federal child care program (see H.R. 3660), 32963 [19NO]
Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor, IL: establish (see H.R. 3804), 36481 [18DE]
House of Representatives: public financing of general election campaigns (see H.R. 2574), 17211 [24JN]
Housing: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544, 1560), 3518 [19FE], 9082 [21AP]
———demonstration program of insurance of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly (see H.R. 1020), 14260 [2JN]
Immigration: adjustment of status for certain Polish nationals (see H.R. 2692), 24957 [23SE]
———permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 25482 [29SE]
Industry: enhance U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 3), 3517 [19FE]
Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 26814 [7OC]
Kings River, CA: wild and scenic designation (see H.R. 799), 2069 [28JA]
Lasker, Mary: award special gold medal (see H.R. 390), 10274 [28AP]
Leopold, Aldo: anniversary of birthday (see H.J. Res. 50), 6632 [24MR]
Library of Congress: make rank structure and pay for law enforcement officers same as rank and pay for Capitol Police (see H.R. 2249), 13827 [27MY]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 129), 2741 [4FE]
Marshall plan: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207), 11947 [11MY]
Medicare: community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis (see H.R. 1161), 3516 [19FE]
———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (see H.R. 2482), 18682 [1JY]
———long-term care benefits for chronically ill individuals and children (see H.R. 2762), 22314 [4AU]
———provide catastrophic health care coverage (see H.R. 1280, 1281), 5865 [17MR], 6286 [19MR]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 7430 [31MR]
Members of Congress: conditions for salary increase (see H.R. 935), 3461 [18FE]
Mineral Leasing Act: movement of coal over public lands (see H.R. 1531), 15368 [10JN]
Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor, MN: establish (see H.R. 3204), 25482 [29SE]
National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 20781 [22JY]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259), 5724 [16MR]
National Black American Inventors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 28843 [22OC], 31635 [10NO]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 428), 35920 [16DE]
National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 4780 [4MR]
National Child Support Enforcement Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 21470 [29JY]
National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 17), 11865 [8MY]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 9326 [22AP]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 20781 [22JY]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5259 [10MR]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 4090 [25FE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 368), 29307 [27OC]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 6210 [18MR]
National Home Remodeling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 163), 10586 [29AP]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 18368 [30JN]
National Labor Relations Act: amend provision relative to collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 12827 [19MY]
National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 25750 [30SE]
National Postsecondary Education Trust: establish (see H.R. 2509), 16569 [17JN]
National Sea Grant College Program: establishment of strategic research program (see H.R. 3017), 24678 [21SE]
———improve (see H.R. 1717), 11721 [7MY]
National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 33231 [30NO]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 28620 [21OC]
Nicaragua: withhold military assistance to Contras until completion of investigation into arms sales to Iran (see H.R. 360), 1794 [21JA]
NIH: disqualify persons using animals acquired from animal shelter from eligibility for research grants (see H.R. 778), 6285 [19MR]
Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: charter (see H.R. 2248), 10837 [30AP]
Northwest Ordinance: commemorate (see H.J. Res. 181), 5259 [10MR]
Occupational illness: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at high risk (see H.R. 162), 12135 [12MY]
Pensions: 3-year basis recovery rule on taxation (see H.R. 919), 14059 [28MY]
———railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (see H. Con. Res. 227), 35576 [14DE]
Philippine Scouts: authorize memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 243), 23081 [7AU]
Postal Service: protect employee rights to participation in political processes (see H.R. 21), 14260 [2JN]
Price fixing: evidentiary standards for Federal civil antitrust claims (see H.R. 585), 24677 [21SE]
Public Health Service Act: minority medical education (see H.R. 954), 14260 [2JN]
Public land: restrictions on land use in national parks and monuments (see H.R. 1173), 16290 [16JN]
Railroad Retirement Act: taxation of tier 1 retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 24890 [22SE]
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: trust fund (see H.R. 2229), 23081 [7AU]
Railroads: enhance competition and assure reasonable rates (see H.R. 1393), 9325 [22AP]
Research: disqualify persons using animals acquired from animal shelter from eligibility for NIH grants (see H.R. 778), 6285 [19MR]
Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 10586 [29AP]
Shoe industry: orderly trade in nonrubber footwear industry to reduce unemployment (see H.R. 653), 3518 [19FE]
Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 5098 [9MR]
Social Security: adopted child be treated the same as natural child for eligibility benefits (see H.R. 190), 25482 [29SE]
———comprehensive catastrophic health benefits through prepaid plans (see H.R. 65), 6210 [18MR]
———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]
———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 468), 24890 [22SE]
———taxation of in-kind assistance (see H.R. 3505), 31635 [10NO]
St. Charles, IL: designate John E. Grotberg Post Office Building (see H.R. 1403), 4779 [4MR]
Strategic Marine Research Program: establish (see H.R. 1717), 11721 [7MY]
Tariff: rates of duty on imported roses consistent with EEC rates (see H.R. 750), 4011 [24FE]
Tax Reform Act: adoption of certain taxable years by partnerships, S corporations, and personal service corporations (see H.R. 1103), 5864 [17MR]
Taxation: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 3518 [19FE]
———delay exception from certain technical personnel (see H.R. 792), 9647 [23AP]
———delay increases of current year tax liability test for estimated tax payments (see H.R. 1368), 4549 [3MR]
———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 30240 [29OC]
———exclude certain payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see H.R. 630), 7239 [30MR]
———Federal excise taxes should not be increased (see H. Res. 110), 11363 [6MY]
———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 16569 [17JN]
———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 15368 [10JN]
———permit rural telephone cooperatives to have qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 3045), 25482 [29SE]
———repeal certain provisions which require certain entities to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 666), 4550 [3MR]
———Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 24890 [22SE]
———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044), 25482 [29SE]
Telephone: hearing aid compatibility (see H.R. 2213), 10585 [29AP]
———monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950), 22589 [5AU]
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (see H.R. 1154), 12388 [13MY]
Tongass National Forest, AK: timber management and conservation (see H.R. 1516), 5257 [10MR]
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]
U.S. Veterans Association: authorize memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 243), 23081 [7AU]
Unemployment: extended compensation program (see H.R. 39), 4780 [4MR]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 24135 [16SE]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31964 [16NO]
Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 14261 [2JN]
———GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 34075 [3DE]
Vocational education: funding (see H. Res. 146), 8669 [9AP]
White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 8388 [8AP]
WIC Program: increased funding for the special supplemental food program (see H.J. Res. 192), 10839 [30AP]
Wyeth, Andrew: gold medal (see H.R. 593), 4919 [5MR]
Biographies
Kline, Sharyn K., 12736
Remarks by, on
Contracts: local defense construction obligations (H.R. 1873), 18704
———local Federal construction obligations (H.R. 1874), 18704
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 12667 [18MY]
Weapons: multipurpose individual munition, 12667 [18MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 10271 [28AP], 12725 [18MY], 13824 [27MY], 18679 [1JY], 22586 [5AU], 23711 [10SE]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 22788 [6AU]
Tributes
Cotter, Frank, 19878
Dedera, James, 22693
Hilger, Debbie, 13857
Jordan, Clyde, 10292
Joyner-Kersee, Jackie, 23803
Kline, Sharyn K., 12736