JEFFORDS, JAMES M. (a Representative from Vermont)

Appointments

Conferee: H.J. Res. 90, White House Conference on Library and Information Services, 4714 [22MR]

———H.R. 5, School Improvement Act, 1224 [9FE]

———H.R. 1212, prohibit use of polygraphs by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce, 4714 [22MR]

———H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform Act, 16779 [7JY]

———H.R. 4264, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 14077 [10JN]

———H.R. 4352, Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, 28117 [4OC]

———H.R. 4585, authorizing appropriations for Taft Institute, 21722 [10AU]

———H.R. 5015, Disaster Assistance Act, 20224 [3AU]

Articles and editorials

Better Alternative to a Higher Minimum Wage, J.D. Foster, Wall Street Journal, 9885 [4MY]

Better Way With Wages, Warren Brookes, Washington (DC) Times, 9884 [4MY]

Don't Raise the Minimum Wage, New York (NY) Times, 9886 [4MY]

Economic Scene-Minimum Wage, a Tangled Puzzle, Peter Passell, New York (NY) Times, 9885 [4MY]

Right Minimum Wage, $0.00, New York (NY) Times, 9886 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 3956), 1655 [17FE]

Agriculture: set milk prices as a result of the drought disaster (see H.R. 4946), 16517 [29JN]

Child care: improve (see H.R. 5569), 33323 [21OC]

———improve services via tax incentives, increase dependent care expense credits, and liability risk reduction (see H.R. 5508), 30167 [12OC]

Courts: survivor benefits for spouses and dependents of Federal bench and judicial branch officers (see H.R. 4309), 5947 [30MR]

Education: alternative reduction formulas for Pell Grant shortfalls (see H.R. 4573), 10545 [11MY]

———critical languages and area studies program (see H.R. 5509), 30167 [12OC]

———use succeeding Pell Grant appropriations for prior year shortfalls (see H.R. 4572), 10545 [11MY]

National Youth 2000 Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 18924 [26JY]

Rutland, VT: Robert T. Stafford U.S. Courthouse and Post Office (see H.R. 5451), 28242 [4OC]

Taxation: extend credit for expenses relative to child care (see H.R. 5397), 25827 [27SE]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (see H.R. 4904), 15888 [23JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: establish demonstration project to provide coupons to recipients of assistance (see H.R. 3879), 4136 [16MR]

Africa: efforts to resolve food emergency (see H. Con. Res. 305), 28244 [4OC]

Aged: employment in child care for low-income families (see H.R. 4614), 11337 [17MY]

Agriculture: allow farmers to income average (see H.R. 4009), 5949 [30MR]

———allow purchase of tax free fuel by States, local governments, farmers, and certain oil and gas drillers (see H.R. 4007), 5949 [30MR]

———liability for breach of milk production termination program contracts (see H.R. 3870), 605 [2FE]

———taxation of animals produced in a farming business (see H.R. 3907), 930 [3FE]

———tax-free purchase of farm fuels (see H.R. 3850), 931 [3FE]

Airports: use on a cost-recovery basis (see H.R. 4074), 3606 [9MR]

America Loves Its Kids Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 25597 [26SE]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 4127), 8092 [20AP]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (see H.R. 5460), 28655 [5OC]

Biological warfare: nonproliferation (see H.R. 2880), 12562 [26MY]

Budget: reduce deficit (see H. Con. Res. 263), 7099 [18AP]

———treatment of Postal Service Fund (see H.R. 4150), 9673 [2MY]

Camp David, MD: 10th anniversary of Israeli-Egyptian accords (see H. Con. Res. 364), 24109 [15SE]

CFTC: improve implementation of regulations (see H.R. 5265), 28243 [4OC]

Chemical warfare: nonproliferation (see H.R. 2880), 12562 [26MY]

Chile: restoration of democracy (see H.J. Res. 620), 20522 [4AU]

Civil rights: acquisition and publication of data about crimes that manifest prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity (see H.R. 3193), 1893 [22FE]

Civil Rights Act: prohibit discrimination in Federal Government (see H.R. 4576), 10545 [11MY]

Coins and coinage: modernize U.S. coin designs (see H.R. 3314), 20332 [3AU]

Committee on Education and Labor: expenses of investigations and studies (see H. Res. 362), 996 [4FE]

Congressional foreign travel: appropriations: (see H.R. 4513), 9790 [3MY]

Constitution: Members of Congress participation in ceremonies in April 1989, in New York, NY, marking the implementation (see H. Con. Res. 115), 23398 [9SE]

Crime and criminals: child protection and obscenity enforcement (see H.R. 3889), 2998 [2MR]

Crime Victims Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 420), 2462 [24FE]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 18469 [14JY]

Dept. of Commerce Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 1444 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: registration of consultants (see H.R. 5338), 26818 [29SE]

Developing countries: transportation to assist in protection, affordable mobility, and meeting basic human needs (see H. Con. Res. 341), 19226 [27JY]

Drought Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 5015), 17811 [12JY]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 23036 [8SE]

Drunken driving: Surgeon General should declare a national crisis (see H. Con. Res. 276), 15471 [21JN]

Eastern Air Lines: investigation into management (see H. Con. Res. 262), 7503 [19AP]

Ecology: impose a manufacturer's excise tax on the sale of chemicals which deplete the ozone layer (see H.R. 2854), 23854 [14SE]

Economic assistance: computation of expected family contribution in the determination of need relative to the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 4541), 9975 [5MY]

Education: abuses in the Supplemental Loans for Students Program (see H.R. 4639), 11752 [19MY]

———establish national center for leadership in school volunteer programs (see H.R. 5030), 18086 [13JY]

———require multiple disbursement of supplemental loans for students (see H.R. 4516), 9901 [4MY]

EEOC: extending the statute of limitations for certain claims (see H.R. 4107), 3547 [8MR]

Egg Producers' Financial Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 5086), 18469 [14JY]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: $1 coins to commemorate 100th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 3654), 17812 [12JY]

El Salvador: shifting U.S. support from the war effort to economic development (see H. Con. Res. 277), 13868 [8JN]

Elections: enlarged print voting aids and ballots (see H.R. 3619), 4136 [16MR]

Elephant Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 2999), 5654 [29MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 539), 16274 [28JN]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 10369 [10MY]

Ethiopia: commend certain U.S. officials for assistance (see H. Con. Res. 237), 198 [27JA]

Federal Crop Insurance Program: establish a commission to review and make recommendations for improvement (see H.R. 5325), 24337 [16SE]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (see H.R. 387), 11753 [19MY]

Fire Safety at Home Day—Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery: designate (see H.J. Res. 660), 28656 [5OC]

Foreign Assistance Act: amend to authorize certain loan repayments (see H.R. 4575), 22308 [11AU]

Foreign countries: military exports to those supporting terrorism (see H.R. 3651), 931 [3FE]

Gandhi, Mohandas K.: designate national day of recognition (see H.J. Res. 330), 13867 [8JN]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 478), 16666 [6JY]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 15722 [22JN]

Global Poverty Reduction Act: enact (see H.R. 4277), 5653 [29MR]

Handicap Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 534), 6822 [14AP]

Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (see H. Con. Res. 265), 13868 [8JN]

———establish clear prohibition of discrimination (see H.R. 4498), 9599 [29AP]

———uniform State system for parking (see H.R. 3840), 4489 [21MR]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 589), 13961 [9JN]

Higher Education Act: reduce the default rate on student loans (see H.R. 4986), 17107 [7JY]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to rollcall votes on appropriations (see H. Res. 258), 4490 [21MR]

Hunger: relief (see H.R. 4060), 2996 [2MR]

International Family Planning Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4270), 9901 [4MY]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property en route (see H.R. 2489), 930 [3FE]

Iran: religious persecution of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 310), 13306 [2JN]

Jackson, TN: designate Ed Jones Federal Building (see H.R. 5186), 23035 [8SE]

Japan: whale hunting (see H. Con. Res. 241), 604 [2FE]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 527), 6344 [11AP]

John Muir Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 5949 [30MR]

Korean War: selling a national medal in honor of veterans who served (see H.R. 4718), 17813 [12JY]

Leyte Landing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 32358 [20OC]

Library Services and Construction Act: extend authorization of appropriations for titles V and VI (see H.R. 4416), 7501 [19AP]

Lindelof, Jim: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 4490 [21MR]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 22753 [7SE]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4189), 15470 [21JN]

Medicare: reductions in payments to hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 380), 33325 [21OC]

Members of Congress: participation in ceremonies in April 1989, in New York, NY, marking the implementation of the Constitution (see H. Con. Res. 115), 23398 [9SE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 1710 [18FE]

Military bases: Federal assistance in areas affected by closures and termination of contracts (see H.R. 1303), 198 [27JA]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 26818 [29SE]

National Agricultural Library: improve operations and authorize agricultural research programs (see H.R. 5056), 18468 [14JY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 3709 [14MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 449), 22753 [7SE]

National Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 2639 [29FE]

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 573), 23854 [14SE]

National Culinary Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 653), 25829 [27SE]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 423), 7098 [18AP]

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 477), 32358 [20OC]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 607), 23854 [14SE]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 501) (see H.J. Res. 501), 12563 [26MY]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 1974 [23FE]

National Disabled Americans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 570), 23036 [8SE]

National Dollhouse and Miniature Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 454), 24338 [16SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 22754 [7SE]

National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 21781 [10AU]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 28244 [4OC]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 432), 1711 [18FE]

National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act: enact (see H.R. 4721), 15889 [23JN]

National Guard: inequities in the crediting of technician service relative to civil service retirement (see H.R. 5075), 27329 [30SE]

National Harness Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 11754 [19MY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 17813 [12JY]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display flag at each U.S. diplomatic post (see H.R. 5226), 25022 [22SE]

National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 603), 22754 [7SE]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 7501 [19AP]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 4136 [16MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), 7503 [19AP]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 676), 31974 [19OC]

National Poetry Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 18470 [14JY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 4490 [21MR]

National Pythian Sister Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 32358 [20OC]

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), 4136 [16MR]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 461), 5063 [23MR]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 13186 [1JN]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 19227 [27JY]

National Skiing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 10546 [11MY]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 12562 [26MY]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 10658 [12MY]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 576), 18471 [14JY]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 16599 [30JN]

Natural resources: conservation of biological diversity and sustainable uses of (see H.R. 4335), 13306 [2JN]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 417), 8307 [21AP]

Nicaragua: children's survival assistance (see H.R. 4300), 5947 [30MR]

———release all political prisoners in accordance with the Esquipulas II agreement (see H. Con. Res. 327), 16598 [30JN]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 5359 [28MR]

Pensions: bankruptcy judges and U.S. magistrates (see H.R. 4340), 14855 [16JN]

———veterans of World War I and certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 1918), 15889 [23JN]

Pesticides: ground water contamination (see H.R. 3174), 25022 [22SE]

Petroleum: tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865), 23854 [14SE]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 1842), 10369 [10MY]

Power resources: development and commercialization of renewable energy and energy conservation (see H.R. 4226), 15470 [21JN]

Radio: amateur frequency allocation (see H. Con. Res. 317), 22754 [7SE]

Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 25829 [27SE]

Reagan, President: release of certain documents on assistance to Central America (see H. Res. 473), 14742 [15JN]

Recycling of waste products: encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 5000), 17107 [7JY]

Refugees: humanitarian treatment of Southeast Asian refugees (see H. Con. Res. 303), 14373 [14JN]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 11339 [17MY]

Sean MacBride Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 12286 [25MY]

Shapiro, Lee: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 4490 [21MR]

Singapore: protection and promotion of basic civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 328), 16665 [6JY]

Small business: developmental programs for those owned by women (see H.R. 5050), 18468 [14JY]

———tax incentives for establishment of child care centers (see H.R. 4463), 23035 [8SE]

Social Security: coverage of psychologists under medicare (see H.R. 4297), 15722 [22JN]

———disability benefits (see H.R. 4680), 24337 [16SE]

Solar energy: development (see H.R. 4465), 8841 [26AP]

Soviet Union: continued control of Vilnius, Lithuania, Cathedral (see H. Res. 300), 605 [2FE]

Soweto Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), 14855 [16JN]

Students for Child Survival Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 5949 [30MR]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: funding levels (see H. Res. 400), 10880 [13MY]

Taft Institute: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4585), 10546 [11MY]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 7503 [19AP]

Taxation: allow contribution of tax refunds for domestic and international hunger relief (see H.R. 81), 22307 [11AU]

———deduction for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3065), 1656 [17FE]

———diesel and aviation fuel at wholesale level (see H.R. 4275), 5653 [29MR]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 5062 [23MR]

———extend targeted jobs tax credit (see H.R. 3719), 10369 [10MY]

———identify sponsor, beneficiary, and revenue cost of relief provisions of certain bills (see H. Res. 467), 14080 [10JN]

———increase amount of credit for dependent care expenses (see H.R. 2456), 21781 [10AU]

———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 930 [3FE]

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (see H.R. 4221), 12195 [24MY]

———purchase of diesel fuel tax free (see H.R. 4192), 15470 [21JN]

———relate amount of the earned income tax credit to family size (see H.R. 4119), 3605 [9MR]

———repeal application of the uniform capitalization rules to farming businesses (see H.R. 4008), 5949 [30MR]

———repeal capitalization rules for free-lance writers, artists, and photographers (see H.R. 4473), 19861 [2AU]

———State and local government right to purchase gasoline without payment of Federal excise tax (see H.R. 3892), 5063 [23MR]

Technology: dissemination of biomedical information so as to prevent the duplication of experiments on animals (see H.R. 5154), 23677 [13SE]

Telecommunications: expand national system for the benefit of speech- and hearing-impaired populations (see H.R. 4992), 24337 [16SE]

———participation of U.S. industry in provision of equipment and services (see H. Con. Res. 339), 33325 [21OC]

Telephone: protect certain subscribers from changes in regulation of interstate service rates (see H.R. 5019), 22308 [11AU]

Texas Air Corp.: investigation into management (see H. Con. Res. 262), 7503 [19AP]

Thornton, Charles E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 4490 [21MR]

U.S. Institute for Peace: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4592), 10657 [12MY]

U.S. Marshals Bicentennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 647), 32358 [20OC]

U.S.-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 13865 [8JN]

Veterans: GI bill (see H.R. 4213), 18925 [26JY]

Vietnam: payment of claims to U.S. nationals (see H.R. 4977), 16598 [30JN]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 327 [28JA]

———commemorative statue (see H.R. 4870), 17108 [7JY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 21781 [10AU]

Volunteer workers: importance of voluntarism (see H. Con. Res. 61), 21030 [8AU]

Wildcat River, NH: designate as unit of National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3703), 4220 [17MR]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 24338 [16SE]

Zane Grey Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 14080 [10JN]

Definitions

Requirement for accepting Federal assistance, 2934 [2MR]

Essays

Voice of Democracy: Melissa M. Colburn, 6982 [14AP]

Letters

Emigration of Elena K. Kuna from Soviet Union: by, 69 [25JA]

Homelessness in U.S.: Scott Hastings, Jr., 26848 [29SE]

Plant closing notice: by, New York (NY) Times, 13446 [6JN]

Polls of opinion

Vermont, 9807 [3MY]

Proposals

National long-term health care policy, 30637 [14OC]

Remarks by, on

Acid rain: control, 13797 [8JN]

Aeronautics: rehiring of certain former air traffic controllers (H.R. 3396), 5616 [29MR]

AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 28250 [4OC]

Age Discrimination Claims Assistance Act: enact (S. 2117), 5607 [29MR]

Aged: long-term health care, 30636 [14OC]

Agriculture: dairy problems of certain essential nutrition programs, 194 [27JA]

———Dairy Termination Program, 18081 [13JY]

———drought relief for farmers, 16539 [29JN]

———price support for dairy products, 19467 [28JY]

American Egg Board: limit certain costs (H.R. 5318), 27931 [3OC]

Capitol Building: Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Library (H.R. 3661), 20949, 20951, 20952 [8AU]

Central America: appropriations (H.J. Res. 395), consideration (H.J. Res. 444), 895 [3FE]

———support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 5906 [30MR]

Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act: enact (H.R. 1900), conference report, 6763 [13AP]

Child care: improve services via tax incentives, increase dependent care expense credits, and liability risk reduction (H.R. 5508), 30618 [13OC]

Civil liberties: clarify antidiscrimination provisions (S. 557), 2926, 2932, 2934, 2942-2945, 2949 [2MR]

———clarify antidiscrimination provisions (S. 557), veto, 4755, 4779 [22MR]

Communications Act: amend (H.R. 1885), 4746 [22MR]

Congressional Award Program: extend (H.R. 5315), 27929 [3OC]

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1989-91 (H. Con. Res. 268), 5011 [23MR]

Congressional Record: point of order, 2963 [2MR]

Courts: survivor benefits for spouses and dependents of Federal bench and judicial branch officers (H.R. 4309), 5955 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve child nutrition and food stamp programs (S. 2560), 22079 [11AU]

Dept. of Defense Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act: amend (H.R. 3424), 10313 [10MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4794), 16246 [28JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4783), 14660, 14663 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4783), conference report, 23308 [9SE]

Diseases: counseling and testing relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 5142), 24967 [22SE]

Drought Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5015), 19467, 19472, 19473, 19480, 19516, 19524 [28JY]

———enact (H.R. 5015), conference report, 21374 [9AU]

Drugs: manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), 22608 [7SE]

———manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), conference report, 33288 [21OC]

Ecology: agreement with Canada on acid rain, 9150 [27AP]

Education: abuses in the Supplemental Loans for Students Program (H.R. 4639), 13496, 13499 [7JN]

———alternative reduction formulas for Pell Grant shortfalls (H.R. 4573), 10864 [12MY]

———improve elementary and secondary (H.R. 5), conference report, 7453, 7469, 7471 [19AP]

———use succeeding Pell Grant appropriations for prior year shortfalls (H.R. 4572), 10864 [12MY]

Education of the Handicapped Act: amend (H.R. 5334), 25437 [26SE]

Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act: implementation (H.R. 4638), 13493 [7JN]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), 26741 [29SE]

Handicapped: technology-related assistance for individuals (S. 2561), 22779 [7SE]

Health: comprehensive nutrition program (S. 1081), 30017 [12OC]

———long-term care, 31793 [19OC]

———revise and extend certain programs (S. 2889), 30553 [21OC]

House of Representatives: adjournment, 196 [27JA]

Housing: revise procedures for enforcement of civil rights (H.R. 1158), 15862 [23JN]

Hunger: relief (H.R. 4060), 20986 [8AU]

Indians: amend laws relative to education (H.R. 5174), 21289, 21291 [9AU]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 8113, 8123 [21AP], 8190 [28AP]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), veto, 12144 [24MY]

———enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 17883 [13JY]

———notification of plant closings and mass layoffs (S. 2527), 17858, 17859, 17862, 17863, 17868 [13JY]

Israel: anniversary (H.J. Res. 541), 8291 [21AP]

———unrest in West Bank and Gaza, 3693 [10MR]

Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 68 [25JA]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1801), 13072, 13091, 13095, 13096, 13097 [1JN]

Kuna, Elena K.: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 68 [25JA]

Labor unions: deny crewmember status in cases of certain strikes and lockouts (H.R. 285), 4730 [22MR]

Library Services and Construction Act: extend authorization of appropriations for titles V and VI (H.R. 4416), 13494 [7JN], 30474 [19OC]

Medicare: long-term home health care, 13821 [8JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), conference report, 13253 [2JN]

National Challenger Center Day: designate (S.J. Res. 201), 191 [27JA]

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: observance, 13947 [9JN]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: observance, 11741 [19MY]

National School Lunch Act: require eligibility based on OMB nonfarm income poverty guidelines (H.R. 4306), 10304 [10MY]

National Youth 2000 Week: designate (H.J. Res. 623), 18942 [26JY]

Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 324 [28JA], 895 [3FE]

———assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 484), 3241 [3MR]

———condemn antidemocratic actions (H. Res. 497), 18444 [14JY]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4418), 13904 [9JN]

Older Americans Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3436), consideration (H. Res. 466), 13821 [8JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, 19526 [28JY]

Peace Corps: training and educational benefits demonstration program (H.R. 2632), 29053 [6OC]

Polish Helsinki Committee: tribute, 33435 [21OC]

Polygraphs: prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), conference report, 13064, 13066, 13067, 13068 [1JN]

Rehabilitation Act: amend (H.R. 5334), 25437 [26SE]

Rural areas: dish antennas, 1604 [17FE]

Rutland, VT: Robert T. Stafford Courthouse and Post Office (S. 2835), 31832 [19OC]

South Africa: prohibit investments (H.R. 1580), 22156 [11AU]

Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 68 [25JA]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: extending programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless (H.R. 4352), 20243 [3AU]

———extending programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless (H.R. 4352), conference report, 31810 [19OC]

Streichik, Boris, and family: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 18492 [14JY]

Taft Institute: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4585), 13494 [7JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4585), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 585), 30460 [13OC]

Taxation: amount of credit for expenses relative to dependent children (S. 2714), 25840 [27SE]

———relate amount of the earned income tax credit to family size (H.R. 4119), 9884 [4MY]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 4904), 15909 [23JN], 20936, 20939, 20941 [8AU]

Telecommunications: interim statutory licensing of the secondary transmission by satellite carriers of superstations for private viewing (H.R. 2848), 4746 [22MR]

Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications, 7453, 7469, 7471 [19AP]

Television: program access for satellite dish owners, 1642 [17FE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 8113, 8123 [21AP], 8190 [28AP]

———enact (H.R. 3), veto, 12144 [24MY]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (H.R. 5090), 21343 [9AU]

VA: establish procedures and judicial review for adjudication of claims for benefits (S. 11), 31790 [21OC]

———health care programs (H.R. 2616), 5604 [29MR]

———review of claims for benefits (H.R. 5288), 29631 [7OC]

Volunteer workers: importance of voluntarism (H. Con. Res. 61), 20948 [8AU]

Work Incentive Demonstration Program: extend authority (H.R. 4731), 14200 [13JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3673 [10MR], 5946 [30MR], 6783 [13AP], 9789 [3MY], 10656 [12MY], 15887 [23JN], 18085 [13JY], 18921 [26JY], 22303 [11AU], 22747 [7SE], 25826 [27SE], 26816 [29SE], 29160 [6OC], 32355 [20OC]

Special order: granted, 195 [27JA], 6783 [13AP], 7096 [18AP], 8089 [20AP], 8840 [26AP], 17105 [7JY], 30165 [12OC], 30597 [13OC]

Tribute, 31966 [19OC], 31969-31971 [21OC]

Statements

Human Rights: Polish Helsinki Committee, 33435 [21OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Hunger Emergency, D57 [24FE]

Committee on Finance: Clarify Indian Treaties, Executive Orders, and Acts of Congress Relative to Indian Fishing Rights (H.R. 2792), D479 [12JY]

———Employee Approval of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (S. 2078), D479 [12JY]

———Exempting Certain Fishing and Fisheries Processing Services From the Definition of Employee for Federal Tax Purposes (S. 1821), D479 [12JY]

———Mechanism for Taxpayers To Donate Overpayment of Income Tax to the National Organ Transplant Trust Fund (S. 2409), D479 [12JY]

———Pension Portability Act (H.R. 1961), D479 [12JY]

———Research and Experimental Credit Extension and Reform Act (S. 2484), D479 [12JY]

———Treatment of Certain Short-Term Loans (S. 1239), D479 [12JY]

———VA access to third party tax data for claim verification, D479 [12JY]

Committee on House Administration: Raoul Wallenberg Memorial (H.J. Res. 403), D151 [23MR]

Committee on Rules: Drought Assistance Act (H.R. 5015), D522 [27JY]

———School Improvement Act (H.R. 5), D204 [13AP]

———Taft Institute Authorization (H.R. 4585), D746 [12OC]

———Trade and International Economic Reform Act (H.R. 3), Waiving Points of Order Against Conference Report, D232 [20AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: Portability of Pension Plan Benefits, D484 [12JY]

Tributes

Biaggi, Mario, 26797 [29SE]

Carter, Andrew, 26844 [29SE]

Densmore, Amber, 26842 [29SE]

Lott, Representative, 32823 [21OC]

McClory, Robert, 22737 [7SE]

Stone, Dana, 74 [25JA]