INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Amendments

Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (H.R. 3521), 17733 [12JY]

Polygraphs: limit examinations by certain employers (S. 1904), 1874 [19FE], 2718, 2725, 2737, 2738 [1MR], 2802, 2819-2821, 2834, 2837, 2842, 2843-2845, 2847, 2849, 2855, 2882-2894 [2MR]

Analyses

Repealing FAA Mandate To Promote Air Commerce (H.R. 4685), 12470 [25MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1212 Polygraph Protection Act, 3384 [4MR], 4714 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions

FCC: regulation of interstate service rates (see S. 2044; H.R. 3910)

Food: prevent mailing of prohibited plant, fruit, or vegetable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (see S. 2837; H.R. 5199)

ICC: abolish (see H.R. 5384)

Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements when sold or distributed in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4232)

Railroads: conditions for protection of employees in certain rail transactions (see H.R. 4094, 4261, 4713)

Trucking: prevent action on motor carrier commercial zones (see H.R. 5561)

Sec. of Transportation: repeal authority to encourage and foster air commerce in U.S. (see H.R. 4685)

States: collecting sales taxes on interstate mail-order sales (see S. 2368)

Taxation: interstate telecommunications service property (see H.R. 5385)

Cloture motions

Polygraphs: limit examinations by certain employers (S. 1904), 2725 [1MR], 3060 [3MR]

Letters

Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act: Neilsen Cochran, Lynn Havens, and D.W. Snyder, 5092 [23MR]

Polygraph Protection Act: John J. Motley III, 3063 [3MR]

———Mark Gorman, 3063 [3MR]

Taxation of interstate natural gas pipelines: Dan Bucks, 28598 [5OC]

———Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., 28597 [5OC]

Memorials of legislature

Idaho, 9155 [27AP], 9524 [29AP]

Virginia, 4798 [22MR]

Remarks in House

Consumer Rail Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1393), 5240 [24MR]

FCC: regulation of interstate service rates (H.R. 3910), 1220 [8FE]

Food: prohibit mailing of certain plants, fruits, or vegetables to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (H.R. 5199), 27856-27859 [3OC]

ICC: abolish (H.R. 5384), 25613 [26SE]

Natural gas: permit courts to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission property (H.R. 2953), 25603 [26SE]

Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3445), 5091 [23MR]

Polygraphs: prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), conference report, 13062-13069 [1JN], 13315 [2JN]

Railroads: employee protection in certain transactions (H.R. 4261), 6229 [31MR]

———employee protection in certain transactions involving parties under common control (H.R. 4094), 3307, 3317 [3MR]

Trucking: prevent action on motor carrier commercial zones (H.R. 5561), 33538 [21OC]

Sec. of Transportation: repeal authority to encourage and foster air commerce in U.S. (H.R. 4685), 12469 [25MY]

Waterways: drought relief for inland barge and towing industry, 17788 [12JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Transportation: classification of rail preference share sales, 25863 [28SE]

Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (H.R. 3521), House amendments, 17733 [12JY]

FCC: regulation of interstate service rates (S. 2044), 1108 [4FE]

Food: prohibit mailing of certain plants, fruits, or vegetables to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (H.R. 5199), 29938 [12OC]

———prohibit mailing of certain plant, fruit, or vegetable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests (S. 2837), 25693 [27SE]

Motor Carrier Safety Act: provisions of Omnibus Anti-Substance Abuse Act, 32646 [21OC]

Polygraphs: limit examinations by certain employers (S. 1904), 2706, 2717-2725, 2741 [1MR], 2797-2800, 2802 [2MR], 3059-3068 [3MR]

———limit examinations by certain employers (S. 1904), indefinitely postponed, 3145 [3MR]

———prohibit use by certain employers (H.R. 1212), 3069-3072 [3MR]

———prohibit use by certain employers (H.R. 1212), conference report, 13747 [8JN], 14007-14010 [9JN]

Railroads: public interest in mergers, 20168 [3AU]

States: collecting sales taxes on interstate mail-order sales (S. 2368), 10465-10469 [11MY]

Reports by conference committees

Prohibit Use of Polygraphs by Employers Involved in or Affecting Interstate Commerce (H.R. 1212), 12547-12551 [26MY]

Reports filed

General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 473) (S. Rept. 100-378), 13453 [6JN]

Prohibit Use of Polygraphs by Employers Involved in or Affecting Interstate Commerce: committee of conference (H.R. 1212) (H. Rept. 100-659), 12561 [26MY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1904) (S. Rept. 100-284), 1377 [16FE]

Restrictions on Mailing of Certain Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5199) (H. Rept. 100-954), 25021 [22SE]

Statements

Polygraph Examinations: David Raskin, 2712 [1MR]

———OTA, 14007 [9JN]

———Sam J. Ervin, Jr., 14007 [9JN]

———Senator Kennedy (dissenting views), 3063 [3MR]

———Stephen B. Markman, 2713 [1MR]

———William Scheve, American Polygraph Association, 2716 [1MR]

Texts of

H.R. 1212, Polygraph Protection Act, 3069-3071 [3MR]

H.R. 5199, make certain plants, fruits, or vegetables nonmailable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests, 27856 [3OC]

S. 1904, Polygraph Protection Act, 2707 [1MR]

S. 2837, prevent mailing of prohibited plant, fruit, or vegetable to prevent dissemination of plant diseases or pests, 25694 [27SE]