DOWDY, WAYNE (a Representative from Mississippi)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Natchez, MS: establish national park (see H.R. 4457), 8841 [26AP]

Veterans: educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4611), 11337 [17MY]

———GI bill (see H.R. 4213), 4797 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: prohibit discrimination in establishing restrictions on seating blind individuals (see H.R. 3883), 25170 [23SE]

Agriculture: relief for U.S. soybean industry (see H. Con. Res. 282), 7098 [18AP]

———taxation of animals produced in a farming business (see H.R. 3907), 1656 [17FE]

———tax-free purchase of farm fuels (see H.R. 3844), 1444 [16FE]

AID: participation of women in developing countries projects (see H.R. 4049), 6786 [13AP]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 4127), 12286 [25MY]

Army: tribute to the 24th Infantry Regiment (see H. Res. 483), 19227 [27JY]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 13369 [3JN]

Budget: treatment of Postal Service Fund (see H.R. 4150), 5063 [23MR]

Cajun Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 19556 [28JY]

Coastweeks `88: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 7503 [19AP]

Consumers: prevent abuse by credit repair organizations (see H.R. 458), 13866 [8JN]

Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 3392), 19226 [27JY]

Credit: prevent consumer abuse by repair organizations (see H.R. 458), 13866 [8JN]

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

———racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 4923), 29693 [11OC]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: commissary and exchange benefits to certain former spouses of members of uniformed services (see H.R. 3622), 2997 [2MR]

Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 16665 [6JY]

———housing rehabilitation and development (see H.R. 3891), 8842 [26AP]

Dept. of the Interior: disposition of certain lands in Arizona (see H.R. 4519), 17813 [12JY]

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

Drunken driving: Surgeon General should declare a national crisis (see H. Con. Res. 276), 26818 [29SE]

Eastern Air Lines: investigation into management by Texas Air Corp. (see H. Con. Res. 262), 6011 [31MR]

Education: Guaranteed Student Loan Program reduction in default rate (see H.R. 3878), 3276 [3MR]

———tax exclusion for educational assistance programs (see H.R. 123), 18087 [13JY]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 539), 9250 [28AP]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 17108 [7JY]

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

Fairness for Adopting Families Act: enact (see H.R. 3374), 198 [27JA]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (see H.R. 387), 21781 [10AU]

———improve pay and management (see H.R. 2091), 30598 [13OC]

Fire Safety at Home Day—Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery: designate (see H.J. Res. 660), 32358 [20OC]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 3276 [3MR]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 478), 9902 [4MY]

Government procurement: payment of interest on overdue payments (see H.R. 1663), 18925 [26JY]

Handicapped: anniversary of act providing for the Government to purchase goods and services from sheltered workshops (see H. Con. Res. 265), 4135 [16MR]

———establish clear prohibition of discrimination (see H.R. 4498), 31223 [18OC]

———research on the development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices (see H.R. 5207), 31975 [19OC]

Health: revise and extend nurse education program (see H.R. 4833), 16274 [28JN]

Japan: protest unfair trade practices relative to Federal Express service (see H. Con. Res. 316), 15723 [22JN]

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

Kuwait: prohibit sale of aircraft and weapons (see H.J. Res. 609), 17812 [12JY]

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4373), 6785 [13AP]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 15723 [22JN]

Manassas National Battlefield Park, VA: increase acreage (see H.R. 4526), 10370 [10MY]

Medicaid: posteligibility income of certain beneficiaries (see H.R. 4247), 6382 [12AP]

Medicare: long-term care benefits for chronically ill individuals and children (see H.R. 2762), 8306 [21AP]

———reductions in payments to hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 380), 31975 [19OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 5655 [29MR]

Mining Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 4221 [17MR]

Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1645), 15470 [21JN]

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

National Air and Space Museum: expansion of facilities (see H.R. 4198), 13961 [9JN]

National Black American Inventors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 1656 [17FE]

National Book Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 29163 [6OC]

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 1444 [16FE]

National Craniofacial Deformity Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 573), 14855 [16JN]

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

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 477), 22753 [7SE]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 607), 26818 [29SE]

National Day of the Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 467), 21029 [8AU]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 501) (see H.J. Res. 501), 15723 [22JN]

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 6787 [13AP]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 14373 [14JN]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate Labor Day Weekend (see H.J. Res. 592), 16275 [28JN]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 27329 [30SE]

National Employee Assistance Programs Recognition Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 19696 [1AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 1710 [18FE]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 522), 20332 [3AU]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 649), 24338 [16SE]

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

National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act: enact (see H.R. 4721), 21408 [9AU]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 25828 [27SE]

National Institute of Dental Research Anniversary Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 465), 8307 [21AP]

National Jukebox Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 446), 12563 [26MY]

National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 14373 [14JN]

National Library Sign-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 549), 14855 [16JN]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 16274 [28JN]

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 Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 15889 [23JN]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), 6787 [13AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 4221 [17MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 442), 2998 [2MR]

National Outdoor Power Equipment Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 29163 [6OC]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 461), 9976 [5MY]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 2997 [2MR]

National Safety Belt Use Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 12286 [25MY]

National School Lunch Act: require eligibility based on OMB nonfarm income poverty guidelines (see H.R. 4306), 9791 [3MY]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 6382 [12AP]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 21409 [9AU]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 25171 [23SE]

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

National Watermen's Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 8842 [26AP]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 17433 [11JY]

National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598), 23677 [13SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 488), 13186 [1JN]

Nicaragua: reforms (see H. Res. 290), 198 [27JA]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 5949 [30MR]

Olympic games: Amateur Basketball Association and U.S. Olympic Committee should adopt rules making all basketball players and all athletes eligible (see H. Con. Res. 385), 28656 [5OC]

Omnibus Antidrug Abuse Act: enact (see H.R. 4230), 7502 [19AP]

Owens, Mrs. Jesse: Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1270), 13185 [1JN]

Park Police: adjust salaries and benefits (see H.R. 2944), 1893 [22FE]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), 5655 [29MR]

Pensions: taxation of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 504), 14855 [16JN]

Petroleum: tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865), 4136 [16MR]

Public Health Service Act: nurse education (see H.R. 4655), 14373 [14JN]

Public lands: establish grazing fees for domestic livestock (see H.R. 1481), 930 [3FE]

———establish new components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, National Park System, and the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 5277), 23676 [13SE]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 5655 [29MR]

Railroad retirement benefits: taxation (see H.R. 504), 14855 [16JN]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 732), 1206 [8FE]

Run to Daylight Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 2998 [2MR]

Social Security: adopted child treated the same as natural child for eligibility benefits (see H.R. 190), 2526 [25FE]

———benefits for workers born after 1916 but before 1930 (see H.R. 3788), 24108 [15SE]

———medical needs of working welfare recipients (see H.R. 4033), 2525 [25FE]

———taxation (see H.R. 504), 14855 [16JN]

Social Security Act: taxation of benefits (see H.R. 4635), 13867 [8JN]

South Africa: prohibit investments (see H.R. 1580), 7502 [19AP]

Southern States Energy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 3951), 1654 [17FE]

Soviet Union: amnesty for imprisoned Christians and freedom of worship in celebration of millennium of Christianization (see H. Con. Res. 223), 6788 [13AP]

Tahoe Rim National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 2988), 1656 [17FE]

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

Taxation: contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 995), 9901 [4MY]

———credit for expenses for television subtitle equipment to be used by a hearing-impaired individual (see H.R. 4846), 21408 [9AU]

———education savings accounts (see H.R. 3696), 23854 [14SE]

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

———nonelective deferred compensation or basic employee benefits (see H.R. 4221), 16666 [6JY]

———Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 504), 14855 [16JN]

———State and local government right to purchase gasoline without payment of Federal excise tax (see H.R. 3892), 1974 [23FE]

Telecommunications: expand national system for the benefit of speech- and hearing-impaired populations (see H.R. 4992), 25828 [27SE]

———participation of U.S. industry in provision of equipment and services (see H. Con. Res. 339), 18470 [14JY]

Texas Air Corp.: investigation into management of Eastern Air Lines (see H. Con. Res. 262), 6011 [31MR]

Thornton, Charles E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 11754 [19MY]

TVA: regulations relative to determining the order of retention of competing employees in a reduction in force (see H.R. 5055), 18468 [14JY]

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]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (see H.R. 4489), 9249 [28AP]

VA: authorizing appropriations for State veterans' cemeteries (see H.R. 4861), 17108 [7JY]

———review of claims for benefits (see H.R. 5288), 23853 [14SE]

Veterans: increasing dependency and indemnity compensation rates to those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4741), 17108 [7JY]

Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc.: commemorative statue (see H.R. 3628), 9156 [27AP]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 15287 [20JN]

Western States Pioneer Express National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 2988), 1656 [17FE]

Women: participation in AID developing countries projects (see H.R. 4049), 6786 [13AP]

World War II: Cadet Nurse Corps training made creditable for Federal retirement purposes (see H.R. 3673), 2462 [24FE]

———maintain the Pacific War Memorial and other sites on Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.R. 4948), 16517 [29JN]

Essays

What Does America Mean to Me? Amos Taylor, 15019 [16JN]

Letters

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

Remarks by, on

Aged: rising health care costs, 33454 [21OC]

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 5026), 19153 [27JY], 20638 [4AU]

Fire fighters: tribute to those who lost their lives, 29633 [7OC]

Jackson State University: tribute to baseball team, 8867 [26AP]

Medicare: long-term home health care, 13798 [8JN]

Natchez, MS: establish national park (H.R. 4457), 18901 [26JY]

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

Older Americans Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3436), consideration (H. Res. 466), 13798 [8JN]

State employment service: funding, 20638 [4AU]

Veterans: GI bill (H.R. 4213), 2938 [14SE]

———job training and counseling services (S. 999), 9119 [27AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 23852 [14SE], 29160 [6OC], 32355 [20OC]

House of Representatives: congressional catfish dinner, 22362 [11AU]

Summaries

Veterans' Employment, Training and Counseling Services (S. 999), 9120-9129 [27AP]

Testimonies

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Archaeological Resource Protection Act Amendments (H.R. 4068), D397 [14JN]

———Establish National Park in Natchez, MS (H.R. 4457), D397 [14JN]

———Establish the Mississippi River National Park, MS (H.R. 4596), D397 [14JN]

———Inclusion of Certain Lands Within the John Muir National Historic Site (H.R. 4315), D397 [14JN]

Tributes

Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 304 [27JA]

Braddy, Robert, 8867 [26AP]