ROWLAND, JOHN G. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Amendments offered by, to
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 12073 [12MY]
Appointments
Committee on Armed Services (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Res. 10), 20 [6JA]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Memorial service for Stewart B. McKinney, 12331 [13MY]
Articles and editorials
Welfare Reform, Wall Street Journal, 35676 [15DE]
Welfare's Trojan Horse, 35690 [15DE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
AFDC: implement programs for self-sufficiency (see H.R. 1880), 7427 [31MR]
Courts: make nondischargeable any debt arising from a judgment requiring debtor to make restitution as a result of a violation of State law (see H.R. 2619), 14778 [4JN]
Dept. of Defense: notification of withheld progress payment under certain contracts (see H.R. 2730), 16775 [18JN]
———prohibit awarding of contracts to Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co. and Toshiba Corp. (see H.R. 3079), 22126 [3AU]
Elections: restriction on use of Presidential campaign funds (see H.R. 2155), 9645 [23AP]
ERISA: improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660), 5863 [17MR]
Government: restrictions on procurement from firms that have jeopardized national security (see H.R. 2731), 16775 [18JN]
Internal Revenue Code: improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660), 5863 [17MR]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 21632 [30JY]
Natural gas: expedited consideration relative to pipelines (see H.R. 1458), 4917 [5MR]
Tariff: 4,4'Bis(a,a-dimethylbenzyl) diphenylamine (see H.R. 2418), 12387 [13MY]
Vas, Jose M.: relief (see H.R. 1191), 3517 [19FE]
Vas, Maria H.: relief (see H.R. 1191), 3517 [19FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 6284 [19MR]
Acid Deposition Control Act: enact (see H.R. 2666), 22799 [6AU]
Acid rain: control (see H.R. 2666), 22799 [6AU]
Airlines: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10837 [30AP]
Allied Commission on Out-of-Area Issues Act: enact (see H.R. 2805), 17696 [26JN]
American Battle Monuments Commission: exempt retired members of Armed Forces from grade limitations (see H.R. 733), 10838 [30AP]
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]
Arlington National Cemetery, VA: designate Tomb of the Unknowns (see H.R. 1987), 20284 [20JY]
Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 14058 [28MY]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), 15369 [10JN]
Bankruptcy: rejection of collective bargaining agreements by debtors (see H.R. 931), 5494 [11MR]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23081 [7AU]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
———line-item veto (see H.R. 2363), 12828 [19MY]
———process (see H.R. 2232), 12388 [13MY]
Business: prohibitions on certain foreign corporations (see H.R. 2241), 10837 [30AP]
Child care: establish requirements relative to federally funded services (see H.R. 2644), 15367 [10JN]
Children: employment withholdings for support of dependents (see H.R. 1604), 10838 [30AP]
Civil rights: restore scope of coverage and clarify application of antidiscrimination provisions of certain laws (see H.R. 1214), 25749 [30SE]
Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan (see H. Res. 44), 1075 [8JA]
Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), 28619 [21OC]
Connecticut: appointment of additional district court judge (see H.R. 373), 863 [7JA]
———appointment of additional district judge (see H.R. 3032), 21377 [28JY]
Connecticut Coastal National Wildlife Refuge: change name to Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 2334), 11864 [8MY]
Consumer Product Safety Act: establish uniform standards (see H.R. 1115), 16569 [17JN]
Courts: retirement and survivors' benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586), 33776 [2DE]
Dept. of Defense: establish standards for inventory accounting systems used by contractors (see H.R. 3140), 22796 [6AU]
———prohibit upgrading of Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 302), 15585 [11JN]
———restrictions on overseas contracts (see H.R. 2873), 18681 [1JY]
Dept. of HHS: submit proposal for regulation of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1933), 26707 [6OC]
Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 4920 [5MR]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 31964 [16NO]
Employment: worker training (see H.R. 2725), 16775 [18JN]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 8019 [6AP]
Federal aid programs: increased funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (see H.J. Res. 192), 16291 [16JN]
Federal employees: conduct study on annuities, personnel management, and individual retirement planning (see H.R. 388), 10274 [28AP]
———overtime pay (see H.R. 1076), 35921 [16DE]
———right to participate as private citizens in political process (see H.R. 3400), 26061 [1OC]
———rights to participate in political process (see H.R. 20), 23876 [14SE]
Fish and fisheries: reduce adverse effects of drift nets (see H.R. 537), 9646 [23AP]
Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 23935 [15SE]
Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1597), 5558 [12MR]
House of Representatives: restore role of continuing resolutions as short-term funding measures (see H. Res. 210), 18098 [29JN]
Housing: chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2321), 34402 [8DE]
———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 9325 [22AP]
———Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 19055 [8JY]
Immigration: permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 25482 [29SE]
Individual retirement accounts: allow tax-free distributions for purchase of long-term care insurance coverage at age 59\1/2\ (see H.R. 1933), 26707 [6OC]
———withdrawals for acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of principal residence (see H.R. 570), 14260 [2JN]
International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 16291 [16JN]
Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 24956 [23SE]
Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
Japan: negotiations to remove restrictions preventing U.S. firms from competitively bidding on public construction projects in Japan (see H. Con. Res. 132), 14058 [28MY]
Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 7429 [31MR]
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: import ban (see H.R. 2698), 18368 [30JN]
Korean War Veterans Memorial: location in District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 405), 33063 [20NO]
Medicaid: benefits for the chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2322), 34402 [8DE]
Medicare: benefits to poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018), 14579 [3JN]
———influenza vaccine (see H.R. 514), 4550 [3MR]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 9648 [23AP]
———special educational program for beneficiaries (see H.R. 977), 4550 [3MR]
Members of Congress: compensation (see H.R. 1038), 29306 [27OC]
———disapprove salary increases (see H.J. Res. 123), 2225 [29JA]
———salaries (see H.R. 518), 2070 [28JA]
Memorial Day: redesignate (see H.R. 1647), 15368 [10JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 19564 [13JY]
Merchant marine: require approval of Secs. of State and Defense before a vessel registered to a foreign country may be documented under U.S. laws (see H.R. 2645), 17211 [24JN]
Motor vehicles: national minimum blood alcohol level and open containers of alcohol (see H.R. 637), 16775 [18JN]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 26814 [7OC]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 4088 [25FE]
National cemeteries: improve system (see H.R. 2957), 19899 [15JY]
National Center on Crimes Against Older Americans: establish (see H.R. 3336), 26707 [6OC]
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 2881), 19678 [14JY]
National Day of Mourning for the Victims of the U.S.S. Stark: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 13433 [21MY]
National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 16569 [17JN]
National Day of the Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 240), 19901 [15JY]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 21633 [30JY]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 17211 [24JN]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 4919 [5MR]
National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 7729 [1AP]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 14779 [4JN]
National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 28010 [15OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 22799 [6AU]
Natural gas: expedited procedures in consideration of applications for construction of pipelines (see H.R. 1053), 3224 [9FE]
Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: charter (see H.R. 2248), 10837 [30AP]
Office of Chief Financial Office of President: establish (see H.R. 1241), 13827 [27MY]
Olmsted Heritage Landscape Act: enact (see H.R. 17), 20906 [23JY]
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]
Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 191), 19137 [9JY]
Petroleum: import fee (see H. Res. 16), 3302 [11FE]
Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3814), 36481 [18DE]
Postal Service: employee rights to participate in political process (see H.R. 21), 23876 [14SE]
Poverty: vouchers for child care services (see H.R. 1572), 5493 [11MR]
POW/MIA: directing executive departments to make public, records concerning reported live sightings of personnel (see H.R. 2260), 10838 [30AP]
President: line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2363), 12828 [19MY]
———submission of annual reports on the Standing Consultative Commission (see H.R. 1724), 8670 [9AP]
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 2), 3302 [11FE]
Railroad Retirement Act: taxation of tier 1 retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 16569 [17JN]
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (see H.R. 2), 1075 [8JA]
Robert A. Young Federal Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 3817), 36481 [18DE]
Romania: most favored nation status (see H.R. 1953), 9082 [21AP]
Small business: access to trade remedies (see H.R. 1737), 19564 [13JY]
Social Security: assist severely disabled in attaining or maintaining their maximum potential for independence (see H.R. 3454), 26990 [8OC]
———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]
———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]
———outside income (see H.R. 469), 4011 [24FE]
———restore provisions for determining order of payment of lump-sum death benefits (see H.R. 1977), 14261 [2JN]
———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 468), 16569 [17JN]
———treatment of adopted child (see H.R. 190), 32552 [17NO]
Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 21379 [28JY]
———condemn attack on U.S. servicemen and actions inconsistent with Military Liaison Missions Agreement (see H. Res. 269), 24891 [22SE]
———missile tests near Hawaii (see H. Con. Res. 193), 26708 [6OC]
Tax Reform Act: deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 374), 863 [7JA]
Taxation: amend certain laws (see H.R. 111), 25482 [29SE]
———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 9325 [22AP]
———exemption for child support of noncustodial parent (see H.R. 969), 8387 [8AP]
———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 32552 [17NO]
———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 20361 [21JY]
———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 6777 [25MR]
———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592, 603), 6285 [19MR], 16290 [16JN]
———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 19900 [15JY]
———Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 16569 [17JN]
Tax-exempt organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 10274 [28AP]
Technology: educational demonstration programs (see H.R. 1203), 4009 [24FE]
Telephone: monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950), 10838 [30AP]
Toshiba Corp.: import ban (see H.R. 2698), 18368 [30JN]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 8670 [9AP]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]
———executive impoundment of appropriated medical funds (see H.J. Res. 110), 2741 [4FE]
———fee charged for home loans (see H. Con. Res. 32), 2742 [4FE]
———fee charged for obtaining home loan guarantee (see H. Con. Res. 79), 5724 [16MR]
———health-care programs (see H.R. 2616), 14778 [4JN]
———home loan program (see H. Con. Res. 78), 5724 [16MR]
———improve health care programs (see H.R. 3449), 26814 [7OC]
———increase per diem rates for payments for domiciliary and nursing home care in State homes (see H.R. 1659), 11721 [7MY]
———opposition to budget reductions (see H. Con. Res. 27), 3518 [19FE]
———rates of compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2945), 20906 [23JY]
Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 11720 [7MY]
———employment and training (see H.R. 3460), 28347 [19OC]
———establish benefits for victims of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1811), 20906 [23JY]
———GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]
———improve housing programs (see H.R. 2672), 20360 [21JY]
Veterans' Job Training Act: amend (see H.R. 1504), 17438 [25JN]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 28010 [15OC]
Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 34075 [3DE]
Water Quality Act: enact (see H.R. 1), 105 [6JA]
White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 9082 [21AP]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 14579 [3JN]
Letters
Committee on Public Works and Transportation resignation: by, 1759 [21JA]
Family Welfare Reform Act: Sec. of HHS, 13676
Toshiba/Kongsberg propeller milling technology diversion case: by, 16829 [19JN]
Prayers
Cowboy's Prayer, 22579 [5AU]
Remarks by, on
AFDC: implement programs for self-sufficiency (H.R. 1880), 7337 [31MR]
———restructure (H.R. 1720), 13676
Congress Hall, Philadelphia, PA: ceremonial session of the House of Representatives, 21169 [27JY]
Connecticut Coastal National Wildlife Refuge: change name to Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 2334), 11844
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 10983 [4MY], 11184 [5MY], 11312, 11325 [6MY], 12061, 12073, 12075-12078, 12119 [12MY], 12355, 12367 [13MY], 12661, 12693 [18MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), conference report, 32080 [17NO]
———C-17 aircraft funding, 12119 [12MY]
———contractors debarred or suspended, 12661 [18MY]
———report timetable to inform Congress of contractor problems, 15500 [11JN]
———terminate Midgetman missile program, 12367 [13MY]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1777), 16258 [16JN]
———export controls, 16258 [16JN]
Derby/Shelton, CT, and Ahlen, Germany, Fire Fighters Friendship Force: tribute, 13858
Education: improve elementary and secondary (H.R. 5), 13091
Family Welfare Reform Act (H.R. 1720): consideration (H. Res. 331), 35676 [15DE]
Hart, Gary: campaign debt, 9617 [23AP]
Journal: question of approval, 32070 [17NO]
Navy: delivery of Super Stallion helicopters, 12693 [18MY]
Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 5237-5239, 5243, 5244, 5252 [10MR]
———moratorium on U.S. assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 175), 5426 [11MR]
NRC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1315), 22550 [5AU]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3037), 22550 [5AU]
Nuclear warfare: limitations on deployment, 11325 [6MY]
Public welfare: reform, 34576 [9DE]
Quorum: call, 32070 [17NO]
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), veto, 7223, 7224 [30MR]
Shays, Representative: welcome to Congress, 23601 [9SE]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 25928
———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (H.R. 3200), 35651 [15DE]
State of the Union Message: response, 2033 [28JA]
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 12061-12073, 12075-12078 [12MY]
Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (H.R. 2327), 17977
———GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5760 [17MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2033 [28JA], 5425 [11MR], 5760 [17MR], 7337 [31MR], 8664 [9AP], 9322 [22AP], 10983 [4MY], 11184 [5MY], 11360 [6MY], 11944 [11MY], 12133 [12MY], 12355, 12367 [13MY], 12825 [19MY], 13091 [20MY], 13824 [27MY], 15500 [11JN], 18366 [30JN], 25747 [30SE]
Leave of absence: granted, 21630 [30JY]
Special order: granted, 5255 [10MR], 9643 [23AP], 14577 [3JN]
Resignations
Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 1759 [21JA]
Statements
Chrysler Corp. Federal Loans: Gary Hart, 9617 [23AP]
Freshman Difficulties: Stewart B. McKinney, 11711 [7MY]
Testimonies
Committee on Finance: Welfare System Improvement, D714 [14OC]
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Toshiba/Kongsberg Diversion Case, D480 [30JN]
Committee on Rules: Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1748), D316 [5MY]
Committee on Ways and Means: Place Certain Prohibitions on Certain Corporations (H.R. 2241), D514 [14JY]
———Prohibit for a 5-Year Period Any Goods Produced by the Toshiba Corp. or the Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co. From Entering the U.S. (H.R. 2698), D514 [14JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 10, appointment to Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 20 [6JA]
Tributes
Baldrige, Malcolm, 21289 [28JY], 22579 [5AU]
Gill, Margaret (Peggy), 9024
Kearney, Michael P., 13291
McKinney, Stewart B., 11711 [7MY], 14559, 14573-14577 [3JN]