RURAL AREAS see also Agriculture

Addresses

Congressional Rural Caucus Seminar: Stan Cook, 3680 [10MR]

Rural Health Care: Senator Bentsen, 25229 [23SE]

Amendments

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 345), 32788 [21OC]

Analyses

Objectional Provisions of Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: White House, 14796 [16JN]

Articles and editorials

America's Third World, 20012-20013 [2AU]

Costs Killing Rural Hospitals, 18358 [14JY]

Discovery of Rural Area Hikes Housing, 3962 [15MR]

Extensive Erosion in Great Plains Tied to Dust Storm Is at Worst Level Since '55, 17556 [11JY]

Ghost Towns, 25046 [22SE]

How Cookson Hills Electric Cooperatives, Inc. Promotes Good Living in My Community: Kyndall Dyer, 14601 [15JN]

New Medicare Rules Snag Local Hospitals, 22870 [8SE]

New Report Suggests Uranium, Nitrate Contamination in Some Water Supplies, 5244 [24MR]

On the Mend Again in Broken Bow, 630 [2FE]

Private Airline Plan Deserves a Close Look, 23893 [15SE]

Real Medicine as Practiced in the ``Boonies'', 28973 [6OC]

Rural Hospital Closure May Harm the Very Old, 22870 [8SE]

700 Hospital Chiefs Foresee Closing, 15818 [23JN]

Their Little Town, 629 [2FE]

Using Medical Markets To Stimulate the Rural Economy, 3021 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions

Economic development: municipal corporations acquisition of water supply or sewer service corporations through eminent domain (see H.R. 5559)

———promote (see H.R. 4409)

Ground water: assistance to small communities with contamination problem (see S. 2060)

Health care: contain costs, maintain quality, and ensure access to necessary services (see H.R. 5492)

———establish an interdisciplinary training grant program (see S. 2597)

———nurse practitioners for underserved areas (see H.R. 4599)

———payment to certain hospitals on reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 5259)

Hospitals: appropriate notification of closings (see H. Con. Res. 390)

Housing: guaranteed loan demonstration (see H.R. 4605)

———legal representation in claims arising out of rural programs (see H.R. 5135)

———reduce rental payments of families (see H.R. 4967)

Medicare: coverage for social worker services furnished at health clinics (see S. 2163; H.R. 5234)

———eliminate urban-rural distinctions in making payments and determining fees and rates (see H.R. 5440)

National Advisory Commission on Rural Health: establish (see S. 2805)

National Commission on Rural Development: establish (see H.R. 4245)

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 345; H.J. Res. 607)

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 254; H.J. Res. 461)

Office of Rural Health Policy: appropriations (S. 2805)

Postal Service: minimum requirements for addressing mail intended for delivery on rural routes (see H.R. 5483)

REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 5031)

Rural Development and Finance Administration: establish (see H.R. 5539)

Rural Health Payment Reform Act: enact (see S. 2644)

Rural Long-Term Care Demonstration Act: enact (see S. 2255)

Rural Regeneration Act: enact (see S. 2281)

Social Security: caps on physicians' fees and hospital reimbursement differentials (see H.R. 5248)

———payment to small rural hospitals on reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 5259)

Water systems: acquisition by municipal corporations of rural through eminent domain (see S. 2891)

WEB rural water development project: appropriations (see S. 2257; H.R. 4267)

Descriptions

National Rural Health Care Act (H.R. 5492), 29637-29640 [7OC]

Letters

Health programs for rural areas: several Senators, 19048 [27JY]

Report on rural development: Senator Durenberger, 17371 [8JY]

Satellite dish owners: senior citizens, 1637 [17FE]

Lists

Rural development programs proposed for elimination from budget: OMB, 26687 [29SE]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 759 [3FE]

Papers

Health in Rural America: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 25229 [23SE]

Helping People in Place: Thomas F. Stinson, 30991-30994 [14OC]

Petitions

Rural Economy Act: Hawaii County, HI, Council, 62 [25JA]

Questions and answers

Rural Health, 25230 [23SE]

Remarks in House

Business enterprise plans: development, 16641, 16651 [7JY]

Economic conditions, 20011 [2AU]

———promote development (H.R. 4409), 7532 [19AP]

Education: careers in science and technology for youth, 29184 [6OC]

Health care: contain costs, maintain quality, and ensure access to necessary services (H.R. 5492), 29636 [7OC]

———nurse practitioners for underserved areas (H.R. 4599), 10858 [12MY]

———nursing education, 9178 [27AP]

Hospitals: appropriate notification of closings (H. Con. Res. 390), 32729 [21OC]

Infrastructure crisis, 11738 [19MY]

Lexington, MO: bed and breakfast ordinance, 16522 [29JN]

Medicare: eliminate urban-rural distinctions in making payments and determining fees and rates (H.R. 5440), 27346 [30SE]

Migrant and community health centers: accomplishments, 22215 [11AU]

Montana: tribute to Scobey country, 16541 [29JN]

National Association of Towns and Townships: support, 23872 [14SE]

National Commission on Rural Development: establish (H.R. 4245), 5064 [23MR]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (H.J. Res. 607), 23869 [14SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 345), 32788 [21OC]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 461), 2549 [25FE], 11767, 11769, 11770, 11771 [19MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 254), 10529 [11MY]

———observance, 11738-11742 [19MY], 11786 [19MY], 12477 [25MY]

Postal Service: minimum requirements for addressing mail intended for delivery on rural routes (H.R. 5483), 29593 [7OC]

Railroads: future, 25150 [23SE]

REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 5031), 18490 [14JY]

Rural Health Care Week: observance, 11766 [19MY]

Saginaw County Fair, MI: anniversary, 23688 [13SE]

Small business: development initiative, 33450 [21OC]

Telecommunications: importance to economic development, 14162 [10JN]

Television: program access for satellite dish owners, 1604 [17FE], 1634-1643 [17FE]

Water and sewage service: improvements, 33436 [21OC]

WEB rural water development project: appropriations (H.R. 4267), 10287-10290 [10MY], 27968 [3OC]

West Virginia: coal mining heritage, 25046 [22SE]

Remarks in Senate

Bureau of Reclamation: irrigation projects, 18095 [13JY]

Business: independent, 628 [2FE]

Economic development, 30991 [14OC]

Ground water: assistance to small communities with contamination problem (S. 2060), 1518 [17FE]

Faribault County, MN: economic development, 19957 [2AU]

Free Postal Delivery Protection Act: enact (S. 2242), 6145 [31MR]

Health care, 11793 [20MY], 15400 [21JN]

———community health centers program, 2910 [2MR]

———emergency services, 20596 [4AU]

———interdisciplinary training grant program (S. 2597), 16369-16372 [29JN]

———responding to regional differences, 28972 [6OC]

Hospitals: closing, 15817 [23JN], 27997 [4OC]

Medicare: coverage for social worker services furnished at rural health clinics (S. 2163), 3929 [15MR]

National Advisory Commission on Rural Health: establish (S. 2805), 24201-24203 [16SE]

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 345), 16380 [29JN]

National Rural Health Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 254), 1383 [16FE]

Office of Rural Health Policy: appropriations (S. 2805), 24201-24203 [16SE]

Project Concern International: tribute, 14033 [9JN]

Railroads: availability of service, 24235 [16SE]

Rural Health Awareness Week: observance, 1937 [22FE]

Rural Health Payment Reform Act: enact (S. 2644), 18355-18359 [14JY], 21974 [11AU]

Rural Long-Term Care Demonstration Act: enact (S. 2255), 6162, 6164 [31MR]

Rural Regeneration Act: enact (S. 2281), 6589-6591 [13AP], 7020 [15AP]

South Dakota: air service between cities, 23893 [15SE]

Telephone: cellular phone service, 18752 [26JY]

Unemployment and decline in economies, 28455 [5OC]

Water systems: acquisition by municipal corporations through eminent domain (S. 2891), 30322 [13OC]

WEB rural water development project: appropriations (H.R. 4267), 21993 [11AU]

———appropriations (S. 2257), 6169 [31MR]

Reports

Health Care in Rural America—The Crisis Unfolds: National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Community Health Centers, 15400-15404 [21JN]

Tools for Coping With Change: Senator Durenberger, 17371-17377 [8JY]

Reports filed

National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 345), 18624 [25JY]

WEB Rural Water Development Project Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 4267) (S. Rept. 100-474), 21588 [10AU]

Statements

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations: White House, 14795 [16JN]

Importance of Telecommunications to Rural Economic Development: John L. Clendenin, 14163 [10JN]

National Strategy for Reconnecting Rural America: Representative V. Smith, 28669 [5OC]

Television Program Access for Satellite Dish Owners: Senators Inouye and Stevens (additional views), 1640 [17FE]

Winning in Rural America: James Abdnor, 2864 [2MR]

Summaries

National Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Program Act (H.R. 4239), 5091 [23MR]

Rural Regeneration Act (S. 2281), 6591 [13AP]

Tables

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act conference report, 26693 [29SE]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 461, National Rural Health Awareness Week, 2549 [25FE]

H.R. 4245, establish National Commission on Rural Development, 5065 [23MR]

H.R. 4267, authorizing appropriations for WEB rural water development project, 10287 [10MY], 22020 [11AU]

H.R. 5031, REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act, 18491 [14JY]

H.R. 5492, National Rural Health Care Act, 29640-29647 [7OC]

H.R. 5564, Fair Share Rural Development Act, 32393-32394 [20OC]

S. 2060, assistance for small communities with ground water contamination, 1518 [17FE]

S. 2163, medicare coverage for social worker services furnished at rural health clinics, 3929 [15MR]

S. 2242, Free Postal Delivery Protection Act, 6146 [31MR]

S. 2255, Rural Long-Term Care Demonstration Act, 6163 [31MR]

S. 2644, Rural Health Payment Reform Act, 18356-18358 [14JY]

S.J. Res. 254, National Rural Health Awareness Week, 2602 [26FE], 10530 [11MY]

S.J. Res. 345, National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled, 16380 [29JN], 18815 [26JY], 32788 [21OC]