INDUSTRY see also Business; Corporations

Addresses

Defense Contracts With Minority Business: Representative Aspin, 16280 [28JN]

Economic Conditions: President Reagan, 15991 [27JN]

Future of the Oil and Gas Industry: L. Frank Pitts, 12029-12031 [23MY]

Landscape Awards: Lawrence E. Scovotto, 13776 [8JN]

National Conference on a Drug-Free Workplace: President Reagan, 14483 [14JN]

Role of Education in U.S. Competitiveness: John Brademas, 1662 [17FE]

U.S. as an Economic Power: Felix G. Rohatyn, 3494 [4MR]

Advertisements

General Dynamics' Navajo workers, 24243 [16SE]

Agreements

Unanimous-consent on H.R. 4848, enhance competitiveness of domestic industry, 19933 [2AU]

Amendments

Copyright: protection of music artists in rental industry (S. 2201), 32169 [20OC]

Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act: enact (S. 1892), 6184 [31MR]

Foreign trade: enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 15916 [24JN], 19926, 19955 [2AU], 20030, 20046, 20061, 20074, 20099, 20147, 20148 [3AU]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), enrollment correction (S. Con. Res. 135), 20105 [3AU]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (S. 2558), 15777 [23JN]

Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 766-768 [3FE], 6595 [13AP], 7026, 7035, 7037, 7039, 7041, 7070-7072 [15AP], 7215, 7234, 7235, 7241, 7242, 7268 [19AP]

Housing: tax treatment of certain residential construction contracts (S. 2694), 20862 [8AU]

Indians: funding for economic growth (S. 1360), 23132 [9SE]

Integrity in Post Employment Act: enact (S. 237), 4336 [17MR]

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 2370-2372 [23FE], 4580, 4581-4584 [21MR], 4688-4691, 4703-4707 [22MR], 4846, 4848, 49404954, 4971-4977 [23MR], 5140-5145, 5147, 5167, 5186-5225 [24MR], 5269, 5270, 5316, 5317 [25MR], 5368, 5401 [28MR], 5534 [29MR]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: notification (S. 2527), 15814-15816 [23JN], 15926, 15931, 15934, 15954 [24JN], 16016, 16025, 16026, 16028, 16040, 16041, 16043, 16055, 16057 [27JN], 16099, 16104, 16106-16109, 16114, 16118-16120, 16122, 16125, 16133, 16155-16167 [28JN], 16384, 16385 [29JN], 16677, 16682 [6JY], 17815-17818 [12JY]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 15220 [20JN], 15393 [21JN], 16334, 16336, 16385, 16386 [29JN], 16728 [6JY], 23172 [9SE], 23756 [14SE], 25241 [23SE], 28338, 28343, 28375 [5OC]

South Africa: prohibit investments (H.R. 1580), 22175, 22184, 22186 [11AU]

Space policy: facilitate commercial access to space (H.R. 4399), 30979, 31127 [14OC]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 23110, 23172, 23174, 23177, 23178-23278 [9SE], 23547 [13SE], 25092-25094 [23SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (S. 2662), 21958-21963 [11AU], 22439, 22446, 22450, 22453, 22470-22569 [7SE], 22801, 22810, 22813, 22834 [8SE], 23076 [9SE]

Uranium industry: efforts to improve (S. 2097), 2374 [23FE], 5480, 5483, 5486, 5487, 5489, 5494, 5539 [29MR], 5850 [30MR]

Analyses

Defense Production Act (H.R. 4037), 3017 [2MR]

National Agricultural Product Technology Institute (H.R. 4314), 6247 [31MR]

Robert Nathan and Associates Study of the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Senators Metzenbaum and Stafford, 5190 [24MR]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, 24436-24438 [19SE]

World Trade Expansion, Development and Financial Stability Act (H.R. 4130), 3704 [10MR]

Articles and editorials

AAMA Lashes Out at U.S. Mill, 22445 [7SE]

Acid Rain—Who Should Prove What To Whom?, 23434 [12SE]

Agreement Can Spark Big Payoffs—Canada Swaps Resources for U.S. Market Access, 2361 [23FE]

America's Asian Destiny, 18079 [13JY]

Anti-Takeover Bill Would Shift Balance of Power, 15191 [20JN]

Area Residents Join Coalition to ``Stop Raid'', 11949 [23MY]

Asbestos Hazard Seen in Commercial Buildings, 5372 [28MR]

Aussies With a Beef, 32339 [20OC]

Awesome Intel Corners Its Market, 6965 [14AP]

Bad-News Trade Bill, 24339 [16SE]

Bailing Out Moscow, 8864 [26AP]

Bankers' Lament, 1896 [22FE]

Basic—Protection for Investors, 12041 [24MY]

Battle of the Banks, 1896 [22FE]

Best and Worst of Public Interest Groups, 3478-3481 [4MR]

Better Measure of Prosperity, 23047 [8SE]

Better Than $3.35, $4.25 or Even $5.05, 31980 [19OC]

Bill To Raise the Cost of Your Clothing, 20841 [8AU], 22427 [7SE]

Bill Would Curb Foreign Companies in U.S. Takeovers, 5967 [30MR]

Breaking Faith, 13682 [8JN]

Bureaucratic Tangles Hinder Soviet Industry, 1458 [16FE]

Business Is Worried That Bill on Plant Closings Presages More Laws Mandating Worker Benefits, 8922 [27AP]

Canadian Pact Opens Way for Other Accords, 686 [2FE]

Canadians Fear Reprisals Under Trade Treaty, 2362 [23FE]

Capital Idea, 4450 [18MR]

Caring Workplace—Employers Who Address the Home and Health Concerns of Workers Find a Marked Improvement in Performance, Health and Morale, 27410 [3OC]

Celebrations for the Win-Win Deal, 5705 [30MR]

Charade—Corporate Raiders Can't Continue Unchecked, 11949 [23MY]

Chilean Privatization Grows Apace, 19575 [28JY]

Chilling Merger Fever, 12041 [24MY]

Chip Shortage—Don't Blame the Pact, 19653 [29JY]

Closing the Quality Gap, 13379 [3JN]

Community Chic, 15188 [20JN]

Congress To Begin Overdue Look at Hostile Corporate Raiders, 11948 [23MY]

Consummate Partnership, 24430 [19SE]

Corporate Prenatal-Care Plans Multiply, Benefiting Both Mothers and Employers, 17834 [12JY]

Cottage Industries Battle To Stay In House, 30895 [14OC]

Democrat's European Disease, 15764 [23JN]

Discounters Say Supplies Have Been Cut Since Supreme Court Ruling, 28335 [5OC]

Discounting the Market, 15354 [21JN]

Don't Knock Reaganomics, 18956 [27JY]

Don't Raise the Minimum Wage, 9886 [4MY]

Don't Sidetrack Progress—Reregulation of the Railroads Looms as a Mounting Threat, 4167 [16MR]

Don't Succumb to Takeover Fears, 15188 [20JN]

Down and Out at Otis—Workers Facing Layoffs Ask ``Where Do We Go From Here?'', 17872 [13JY]

Downside of Hostile Takeovers, 12042 [24MY]

ESOP Bill May Backfire, 15190 [20JN]

Ex-Aide Hits U.S. Trade Stance—Negotiator Says Administration Ignored Early Problems, 4493 [21MR]

Executive of the Year—Ron Gidwitz, 12032 [23MY]

Extending the Reagan Revolution, 16168 [28JN]

Eye on the Trade Figures, 8695 [26AP]

Fair Protection for Workers, 16672 [6JY]

Fairness and the Trade Bill, 8691 [26AP]

Fallacy of Laws That Stop Takeovers, 15186 [20JN]

Fencing in Corporate Raiders, 12043 [24MY]

Fictitious Issue of the ``Jobs Gap'' and the Damage It Can Cause, 25630 [27SE]

Finding a Home at AM, 16734 [6JY]

Foreign Trade Competition, 3671 [10MR]

Foreigners' Money, 8691 [26AP]

Free Banks To Compete and Survive, 1360 [16FE]

Free Trade for North America, 24430 [19SE]

Free-Trade Pact With Canada Not So Perfect After All, 2480 [24FE]

Gangbusters—Laws Should Get Tougher With Corporate Raiders, 12042 [24MY]

GAO Says Sanctions Have Cut U.S. Trade With South Africa, 31145 [14OC]

Ghastly Antitakeover Idea, 15194 [20JN]

Glaring Exception, 9980 [5MY]

Glen Ellen—A Special Taste for Marketing, 10559 [11MY]

Glimpse of the ``Flex'' Future—At Steelcase, Offering Variable Hours, Pay, and Perks Benefits the Firm and Its Workers, 21971 [11AU], 27409 [3OC]

Gore Wins an Exception, 18076 [13JY]

Government by Omnibus, 8690 [26AP]

Government Shouldn't Give Marching Orders to Business, 27411 [3OC]

Greatness of Taiwan, 29172 [6OC]

Guide to Misinterpreters, 7538 [20AP]

Harvesting in Annual Report Season, 6953 [14AP]

Homework Rule Is Labor Insanity, 30896 [14OC]

How Companies Can Keep Europe Open, 31662 [19OC]

How Laws Are Made, 12197 [24MY]

How the Computer Companies Lost Their Memories, 13646 [7JN]

In Defense of Takeovers, 15187 [20JN]

Indisputable Victory of Supply-Side Economics, 1209 [8FE]

International Patent Law Harmonization, 32342 [20OC]

Irrelevant Trade Bill, 8692 [26AP]

Issue for 1988 America's Competitiveness, 13654 [7JN]

Japan Grapples With Threat of New Trade Blocs in West, 25155 [23SE]

Japan Revisionists Tackle Ideas Much as Westerners Do, 27313 [30SE]

Japan Urges Veto of Trade Bill—Confident That Reagan Will Kill It, 12138 [24MY]

Japanese Capturing Another Segment of United States Auto Market—Parts, 10655 [12MY]

Job Conditions That Need Fixing, 25186 [23SE]

Job Poison, 12016 [23MY]

KC Southern Is Too Good To Lose, 11948 [23MY]

Keeping the Fires Lit Under the Innovations, 3781 [14MR]

Law To Curb the ``Urge to Merge'', 12043 [24MY]

Lay Off the Layoff, 12017 [23MY]

Leapfrogging America—A Tsunami of Japanese Technology To Deluge U.S., 10855 [12MY], 15016 [16JN]

Legal Access—Employment, 32149 [20OC]

Legislating the Trade Gap—Why the New Bill Is Not Protectionist, 8571 [25AP]

Let Business Make Its Own Rules on Leaves, 27410, 27411 [3OC]

Let the Retail Price Be Right, 15358 [21JN]

Loan Stars Fall in Texas, 27037-27039 [30SE]

Long-Term Hindsight, 15190 [20JN]

Making It Right the First Time, 11055 [13MY], 3788 [14MR]

Making of a Mishmash, 9517 [29AP]

Matter of Simple Decency, 8112 [21AP]

Merger Mania—Don't Blame Raiders for Systemwide Abuses, 15185 [20JN]

Money Birds of Prey, 11949 [23MY]

More Cause to Pause on Trade, 8694 [26AP]

More or Less American Multinational Companies, 16758 [6JY]

More States Are Resorting to Legislation To Shoot Down Corporate Raiders, 15193 [20JN]

Negotiations Gap—Japan Talks Trade While America Sleeps, 8570 [25AP]

New Defense for Workers' Health, 5135 [24MR]

New Economic Tool Ready for Local Use, 1669 [17FE]

New Standard for Emissions, 13194 [1JN]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs, 16021 [27JN], 16688 [6JY]

On Trade—Wrong From the Start, 13693 [8JN]

Out of the Laboratory, Into the World Market, 699-700 [2FE]

Outdated Rules on Working at Home Need Good Shove, 30896 [14OC]

Parental-Leave Policy Scares Company Away, 27411 [3OC]

Patient Insurer, 4612 [21MR]

Plant Closing Bill Worth Passing, 15766 [23JN]

Plant Closing Issue in Trade Bill, 8902 [27AP]

Plant Closing Litter, 13541 [7JN]

Plant Closing Notifications, 16688 [6JY]

Plant Closings, 8618 [25AP], 8911 [27AP], 10352, 10356 [10MY]

Plant Closings and the Veto, 8490 [22AP]

Plant Closings Quarrel Distorts a Modest Idea, 8609 [25AP], 8683 [26AP], 8861 [26AP], 8882, 8974 [27AP]

Plant Closings—It Pays to Give Workers Advance Notice, 13446 [6JN]

Plant Supervisors Are Key Safety People, 23049 [8SE]

Plant Closings Quarrel Distorts a Modest Idea, 13545 [7JN]

Playing Politics Is Bad Policy on Trade, 8696 [26AP]

Politics vs. Reality, 8976 [27AP]

Positive Enterprise, 19245 [27JY]

Pressure, Fresh Dollars Help Noriega Break Strike—Hard Currency Obtained by Government Includes Payments From U.S. Companies, 6155 [31MR]

Proxmire's Doubletalk on Takeovers, 15183 [20JN]

Putting Emphasis on Plant Openings, 17441 [11JY]

Quotas That Saved Steel Are Backfiring on Buyers, 30023 [12OC]

Raiding Party, 11950 [23MY]

Really a Christmas Tree, 13693 [8JN]

Rebuilding an International Monetary System, 2478-2480 [24FE]

Recipe for a Management Autocracy, 15328 [21JN]

Regulating Corporate Raiders, 12042 [24MY]

Rescue Mission, 4165-4166 [16MR]

Revenge of the Metzenbomb, 8156 [21AP]

Rising Exports May Halt Fall in Japan Trade Surplus, 13550 [7JN]

Rules of Corporate Combat, 12041 [24MY]

Sad Textile Tale, 8424 [21AP]

Scandal of Sanctions, 6489 [12AP]

Semiconductor Industry, 9973 [5MY]

Senate Showdown Expected Over Shareholder Rights, 15181 [20JN]

Senate Trade Vote, 9675 [2MY]

Shielding Management, 15183 [20JN]

Sign the Trade Bill, 9675 [2MY]

Slashing Price-Slashers, 15349 [21JN]

Some Commonsense Tinkering Might Be All That's Needed, 15189 [20JN]

Some Models Turn Backs on Certain Jobs, 18942 [26JY]

Soothing Number, 16339 [29JN]

Sorting Out the Economics of a Higher Minimum Wage, 31981 [19OC]

Soviet Economy—Joint Ventures, Way To Make Perestroika Work, 18527 [14JY]

Space—Russian Frontier, 11057 [13MY]

State Probes Illnesses at Boeing Plant, 25186 [23SE]

Steps Eyed To Increase Investment in United States—Joint Ventures Planned as Way To Defuse Mounting Trade Pressure, 1362 [16FE]

Still a Bad Trade Bill, 8695 [26AP]

Still the Best Game in Town, 15319 [21JN]

Strict Liability Causing Firms To Give Up on Promising Ideas, 24357 [16SE]

Take Off the Hobbles, 610 [2FE]

Takeover—A Positive Force, 15194 [20JN]

Takeovers Rooted in Fear, 15184 [20JN]

Takeovers—Measure Should Restore Stability, 12043 [24MY]

Tall Talk on Trade, 8696 [26AP]

Textile Bill Rhetoric Shades Real Issue, 23514 [13SE]

Textile Giveaway, 22428 [7SE], 23514 [13SE], 24339 [16SE]

Textile Protection—Why and How, 23514 [13SE]

Textile Worship, 22427 [7SE], 24339 [16SE]

There's No Such Thing as Fair Trade—But We Can Do Something About It, 83 [25JA]

$3.8 Billion Buyout Set for Ward—Deal To End Mobil's Troubled Move Into Retailing Business, 3531 [8MR]

To Finish the Tax Revolution, Cut the Rate on Capital Gains, 1209 [8FE]

Toshiba and Hitachi Report Sharp Profit Gains for Year, 12977 [27MY]

Trade and Governance, 8690 [26AP]

Trade Bill Crafted To Hold Something for Everyone—Including President, 10564 [11MY]

Trade Bill Loaded With Excess Baggage, 8692 [26AP]

Trade Bill Proves It—A Little Pressure Goes a Long Way, 25602 [26SE]

Trade Bill We Could Live Without, 8689 [26AP]

Trade Bills' Bad Ideas, 8693 [26AP]

Trade Destruction Bill, 8695 [26AP]

Trade Law Atrocity, 13682 [8JN]

Trade Law's Potential, 21658 [10AU]

Trade Powers Act, 9925 [4MY]

Tugging for More Textile Protection—Will Bush Face Down the Barons?, 22428 [7SE]

Twisting the Discounters' Arms, 28335 [5OC]

U.S. Cautions Japan on Delay of Imports Issue—Aide Warns of Trade Case Over Beef and Citrus, 11750 [19MY]

U.S. Economy Suffering From Russian Disease, 4160 [16MR]

U.S. Firm Takes on Japan Patent Issue—Fusion-Mitsubishi Dispute Reflects National Views on Intellectual Property, 32341 [20OC]

U.S. Industry's Unfinished Struggle, 2463-2465 [24FE]

Unwise Veto, 12471 [25MY]

Veto That Would Keep Workers in the Dark, 8856 [26AP]

Vetoed, 27991 [3OC]

Voting on Trade, 8691 [26AP]

Western Democracies Finance Soviet Power, 7270 [19AP]

What America Makes Best, 3783-3786 [14MR], 11052 [13MY]

What Happened to 50 People Involved in Insider-Trading Cases?, 12289 [25MY]

What Stock Crash? Investors Dominate List of Top Earners, 15121 [17JN]

When Japan's Lobbyists Talk, Washington Doesn't Just Listen, 18080 [13JY]

White House Opposes Takeover Bills, Sprinkel Tells Senate Banking Panel, 15187 [20JN]

Who'll Pay to Fatten Textile Profits, 23513 [13SE]

Why Protect Uranium?, 5713 [30MR]

Why Takeovers Are Taking Off Again, 6273 [11AP]

Why the Trade Deficit?, 8691 [26AP]

Will Home Work Ban End With Wage Deal?, 30895 [14OC]

Winning the Trade War—Regain Leadership by Working Together, 6964 [14AP]

Workers Speaking Up In a Lot of Languages, 22584 [7SE]

Worker's Worry—Is She Dying for the Defense of Her Nation?, 25185 [23SE]

World Textile Trade and Consumption—Forecasts to 1995, 21136-21138 [9AU]

Wrong Again, Judge, 1667 [17FE]

Yes, Veto the Trade Bill—But Then?—There Are Good Reasons To Oppose It, 8694 [26AP]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: waiver of rights without supervision (see H.R. 5500)

Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act: enact (see S. 2298)

Air pollution: ozone and carbon monoxide levels (see H.R. 5469)

Alcoholic beverages: occupational tax on distilled spirits plants (see H.R. 5083)

———occupational taxes on dealers in beer (see H.R. 4466, 4523, 4544)

American Egg Board: limit certain costs (see S. 2850; H.R. 5318)

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (see H.R. 5460, H. Con. Res. 389)

Canadian Free Trade Agreement Incentive Equalization Act: enact (see S. 2096)

CFTC: improve implementation of regulations (see H.R. 5265)

Chemicals: develop methods for neutralizing or destroying certain substances before manufacturing them (see H.R. 5179)

———sanctions against firms dealing with Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria (see H.R. 5396)

China, Republic of: establish a free trade area with U.S. (see H.R. 5563)

Committee on Government Operations: study of affirmative action employment practices relative to foreign companies operating in the U.S. (see H. Res. 608)

Contractor Legal Fees Reform Act: enact (see S. 2241)

Copyright: protection of music artists in rental industry (see S. 2201)

Council on Competitiveness: establish (see H.R. 4788)

Credit: make available to certain start-up ventures (see H.R. 4805)

Defense Consultant Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 5016)

Defense Industry and Technology Act: enact (see S. 2254)

Dept. of Commerce: grants for operation of export promotion vessels (see H.R. 5188)

———study methods to enhance interstate and foreign commerce in portions of New York and New Jersey (see H.R. 4429)

Dept. of Defense: competitive contractual practices (see H.R. 5472)

———registration of consultants (see H.R. 5338)

———utilization of domestic firms in contracting (see S. 2786)

Dept. of Defense Procurement Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2621)

Eastern Air Lines: consolidated investigation into operations (see S. Con. Res. 107)

Economic conditions: expand world trade, promote economic development of developing countries, ensure soundness of international financial system (see H.R. 4130)

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: making correction (see H.R. 5408)

EEC: support bicontinental dialogue on integration of economies (see S. Res. 491)

Employment: advance notification of major reductions (see H.R. 4652)

———discourage employers from relocating overseas (see S. 2712)

———permit certain industrial homework (see S. 2901)

Entrepreneurs' Research Incentive Act: enact (see S. 2312)

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit time off in lieu of compensation for overtime (see S. 2196)

Fasteners: regulations relative to manufacturing (see H.R. 5051)

FCC: extension of waiver to the New York (NY) Post of rules regulating common ownership (see H.R. 3855)

———waivers of rules relative to common ownership of newspapers and television stations (see H.R. 3854)

Fish and fisheries: enforcement of restrictions on foreign fishing (see H.R. 4512)

———extend certain commercial fishing permits (see H.R. 5520)

———management of international waters in the Bering Sea (see S.J. Res. 277; S. Res. 397)

Foreign trade: amend country of origin marking law relative to manhole covers (see H.R. 5474)

———continuation of parallel imports (see H.R. 4803)

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (see S. 2558, 2613; H.R. 4848)

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), correct enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 135)

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), consideration (see H. Res. 491)

———prevent admission of articles labeled with name of foreign country in contravention of the law of the country (see H.R. 5312)

FTC: declaring certain activities of manufacturers of soft drinks to be unfair acts (see S. 2347)

Housing: tax treatment of certain residential construction contracts (see S. 2694)

ICC: abolish (see H.R. 5384)

———employee protection arrangements in certain railroad transactions (see H.R. 4713)

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

Insurance: participation of U.S. companies in foreign activities (see H.R. 4664)

Japan: initiate trade negotiations (see S. 2692)

———protest unfair trade practices relative to Federal Express service (see H. Con. Res. 316)

Job Relocation Incentives Act: enact (see H.R. 5172)

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: establish fees for ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste (see H.R. 5430)

Maritime industry: revitalize (see H.R. 4662)

Merchant marine: exclusion of maritime transportation services from GATT (see S. Con. Res. 166)

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act: enact (see S. 2556)

Mines and mineral resources: settlement of certain oil shale mining claims (see S. 2089)

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

———requirement for commercial lessors to make full disclosures of charges in advertising and to customers (see H.R. 5310)

———safety regulation for operation in commercial zones (see H.R. 5300)

Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Act: enact (see H.R. 4357)

National Ceramic Tile Industry Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 630)

National Cleaning Professionals Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 632)

National defense: defense industrial base (see H.R. 4037, 4128)

National Quality First Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 316)

Natural gas: encourage producers to drill in hard-to-get areas (see S. 2859)

———tax incentives for exploration (see H.R. 5522)

———treatment of gas industry estate property under Bankruptcy Code (see S. 2161; H.R. 4144)

Nuclear energy: protection against discrimination for certain employees (see H.R. 4071)

———viable domestic uranium industry (see H.R. 4934, 4975)

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 5289)

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (see S. 2643)

Ozone: action by the seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric layer (see S. Res. 426)

Patents: permit separate extensions for each product subject to full regulatory review and approval (see S. 2744)

Petroleum: tax incentives for exploration (see H.R. 5522)

———treatment of oil industry estate property under Bankruptcy Code (see S. 2161; H.R. 4144)

Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act: enact (see H.R. 4690)

Plant closings and mass layoffs: advance notification (see S. 2507, 2527, 2528; H.R. 4652)

Product safety: system of standardization for bolt measurement and quality (see H.R. 5120)

Railroads: eliminate antitrust immunity relative to railcar purchases (see H.R. 4324)

———ICC conditions for protection of employees in certain rail transactions (see H.R. 4261)

SBA: drought disaster loans (see S. 2623)

Service Workers Protection Act: enact (see S. 2217)

Shingo, Shigeo: tribute for improvements in manufacturing quality (see S.J. Res. 359)

Small business: encourage competition in trade by modification of antitrust laws (see H.R. 5519)

South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see H.R. 5175)

Space policy: facilitate commercial access to space (see H.R. 4399)

———prohibit U.S. companies from using foreign space stations or launch vehicles (see H.R. 4816)

Steel Technology Competitiveness and Energy Conservation Act: enact (see S. 2470)

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: amend relative to disadvantaged business enterprise set-asides (see H.R. 5344)

Suva (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 4819)

Tariff: ceramic statues, statuettes, and handmade flowers (see H.R. 4092)

———certain glass bulbs (see S. 2548)

———impact time printers (see H.R. 4504)

———internal combustion 2-stroke cycle, piston-type engines (see S. 2818)

———piperonyl butoxide (see H.R. 3946)

———two-stroke cycle piston engines (see H.R. 5370)

Taxation: corporations engaged in substantial manufacturing operations in certain foreign countries are not be treated as passive foreign investment companies (see H.R. 5429)

———creditability of taxes paid to Panama by U.S. companies (see S. 2249)

———installment retail sales method of accounting (see H.R. 4913)

———manufacturers' excise tax payment time period on bows, arrows and accessories will be the same as those for sport fishing equipment (see S. 2438)

———treatment of collective bargaining agreements (see H.R. 4906)

———treatment of intermodal cargo containers (see S. 2908)

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (see H.R. 4904)

Telecommunications: participation of domestic industry in the provision of equipment and services (see S. Con. Res. 161; H. Con. Res. 339)

Television: assure access to local, over-the-air broadcasts on cable systems (see H.R. 4293)

———competition by telephone common carriers to deliver cable service (see H.R. 4135)

Texas Air Corp.: investigation into management (see S. Con. Res. 107; H. Con. Res. 262)

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (see S. 2662)

———remedy injury caused by imports (S. 2662), return to Senate, considered and agreed to (see H. Res. 544)

Tobacco industry: increase excise tax on smokeless tobacco (see H.R. 4372)

———treatment of U.S. grown tobacco processed in a Caribbean Basin country (see H.R. 4677)

Tourist trade: establish special commission (see H. Con. Res. 307)

Toys: ban from commerce realistic toy guns (see H.R. 4732)

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: prohibit use of certain regulations in administering (see S. 2536)

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report—correcting the enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 293; H. Res. 438)

Trademark Act: amend relative to gray market goods (see S. 2903)

———revise registration of trademarks (see H.R. 5372)

Trademarks: limit defense against infringement relative to geographic origin (see H.R. 5313)

———protection (see H.R. 4156)

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (see S. 2651)

U.S.-Japan Free Trade Area: establish (see H.R. 5502)

Uranium industry: efforts to improve (see S. 2097)

———efforts to improve (S. 2097), returning to the Senate (see H. Res. 603)

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (see H.R. 4489)

Utah State University: tribute for improvements in manufacturing quality (see S.J. Res. 359)

Watch industry: wage certificates to manufacturers in U.S. insular possessions (see H.R. 5524)

Water: performance standards for certain plumbing products (see H.R. 5497)

World Bank: opposition to $400 million loan to restructure Mexico's steel industry (see S. Res. 388)

Books

``Japanese Conspiracy, the Plot To Dominate Industry Worldwide and How To Deal With It,'' Marvin J. Wolf, 3865-3867 [15MR], 4108 [16MR], 9973 [5MY]

Bulletins

Japanese Technical Literature Bulletin: Dept. of Commerce, 24849 [22SE]

Chronologies

Corporate literacy class, 15412 [21JN]

Legislative history of clearinghouse on State and local initiatives, 18724 [26JY]

Citations

John G. Breen named Business Statesman of the Year by Harvard Business School Club of Cleveland, OH, 9685 [2MY]

Cloture motions

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 4502 [21MR], 4843 [23MR], 5135 [24MR], 5287 [25MR]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: advance notification (S. 2527), 16042 [27JN], 16120, 16121 [28JN], 16323 [29JN]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 23112 [9SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (S. 2662), 21465 [10AU], 22424, 22435 [7SE]

Court decisions

GAF Corp. v. Union Carbide Corp., 15333 [21JN]

Moran v. Household International, Inc., 15333 [21JN]

Descriptions

Technical amendments to conference report on Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), 15773 [23JN]

World Trade Expansion, Development and Financial Stability Act (H.R. 4130), 3703 [10MR]

Documents

Advance Notice of Plant Closings—Benefits Outweigh the Costs, Larry Mishel, 12136 [24MY]

Assistance to Business in Canada, 24400 [19SE]

Grandfather Clauses in Free Trade Agreement, 24395 [19SE]

International Labor Organization Conventions, 476 [1FE]

Explanations

Acid Deposition Control Act, 33467 [21OC]

Preventing retroactive change in tax treatment of a qualified intermodal cargo container, 31543 [18OC]

Unrecovered cost of uranium enrichment program: by, 5472 [29MR]

Factsheets

Competitiveness Policy Council, 17674 [12JY]

Oil and Gas Industry, 2357 [23FE]

Hearings

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: Forum on Worker Dislocation in the Automotive Industry, 2534 [25FE]

History

Denman & Davis, 24340 [16SE]

Tender Offer Disclosure and Fairness Act (S. 1323), 15203 [20JN]

Lecture

Quality—New National Priority: Nancy H. Steorts, 31243 [18OC]

Letters

Again, overproduction, Frederick C. Thayer, 8694 [26AP]

Closing of Tom Thumb Glove Co.: several Members of Congress, 24494 [20SE]

Commercial launch of U.S. communication satellites by People's Republic of China: Representative Schroeder, 24603 [20SE]

Comparison between U.S. and Japanese industries: Lake Center Industries, 4107 [16MR]

Computer semiconductor trade with Japan: Senator Wilson, 19653 [29JY]

Displaced workers deserve a better fate, Mike Stout, 21992 [11AU]

Domestic uranium industry: Clayton Yeutter, 5703 [30MR]

———John S. Herrington, Sec. of Energy, 5703 [30MR]

———several Senators, 5466 [29MR]

———Theodore J. Garrish, 5709 [30MR]

Drug-free workplace: David G. Coverdale, 18515 [14JY]

Entrepreneurs' Research Incentive Act: Joseph A. Saloom, 8509 [22AP]

———Ralph J. Thomson, 8510 [22AP]

Environmental problems of global climate change and greenhouse effect: Lee M. Thomas, 17687 [12JY]

———several Senators, 17686 [12JY]

Ethyl alcohol provision of Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: several Senators, 9517 [29AP]

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: California State World Trade Commission, 4447 [18MR]

Foreign investments in U.S.: Senator Symms, 5363 [28MR]

Health effects of tobacco use in the workplace: Fran Du Melle, Alan Davis and Scott D. Ballin, 5184 [24MR]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: American Farm Bureau Federation, 5380 [28MR]

———American Feed Industry Association, 5382 [28MR]

———American Heart Association, 5371 [28MR]

———American Lung Association, 5370 [28MR]

———Anna M. Carroll, 5393 [28MR]

———Coalition on Occupational Disease Notification, 5288 [25MR]

———David S. Hollingsworth, 5456 [29MR]

———John F. Finklea, Philip J. Landrigan and James J. Melius, 5392 [28MR]

———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., 5382, 5387 [28MR]

———National Council of Agricultural Employees, 5381 [28MR]

———Richard J. Levine, 5462 [29MR]

———University of Alabama, 5375 [28MR]

———W.T. Stephens, 4675 [22MR]

Inclusion of Toshiba Corp. in briefings on defense procurement: Senators Heinz, Helms, Garn and Proxmire, 15214 [20JN]

Industrial homework: American Farm Bureau Federation, 30894 [14OC]

———Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 30894 [14OC]

———National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 30894 [14OC]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 30894 [14OC]

———Ohio Farm Bureau, 30894 [14OC]

———OMB, 30893 [14OC]

———Senator Helms, 30892 [14OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 30894 [14OC]

International Labor Organization Conventions: Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 477 [1FE]

Introduction to Politics of U.S. Textile Trade Policy: Joseph P. O'Nell, 23518 [13SE]

Massachusetts Industrial Services Program: Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 13700 [8JN]

———Patricia Hanratty, 13701 [8JN]

Multifiber Arrangement: President Reagan (sundry), 21136 [9AU]

Natural Gas Policy Act amendment: Donald E. Burns, Sun Exploration and Production Co., 14190 [13JN]

———E. Joseph Hillings, Enron Corp., 14189 [13JN]

———E.J. Cerny, ARCO Oil and Gas Co., 14190 [13JN]

———Jerome J. McGrath, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, 14189 [13JN]

———Michael Baly III, American Gas Association, 14189 [13JN]

———Vice President Bush, 14189 [13JN]

Oil export restrictions in Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: Senator Murkowski, 8933, 8934 [27AP]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: James D. Robinson, 19912 [2AU]

———National Association of Manufacturers, 20028 [3AU]

———Robert M. McGlotten, 19912 [2AU]

———several industries, 19912 [2AU]

Plant closing and layoff notification: Alexander B. Trowbridge, 16339 [29JN]

———Dean Kleckner, 16339 [29JN]

———Parker Employee Morenci Task Force, 13446 [6JN]

———Senators Roth, Metzenbaum, and Kennedy, 16017 [27JN]

———several Members of Congress, 13446 [6JN]

Punishing Toshiba is a secondary boycott, Kenneth W. Abbott, 8694 [26AP]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: Daniel Oliver, FTC, 15351 [21JN]

———Diane P. Wood, 16327 [29JN]

———Harry First, 16328 [29JN]

———several companies and trade associations, 15351 [21JN]

Reversion of pension assets: Ann McLaughlin, Sec. of Labor, 18664 [26JY]

Soft drink industry legislation referral: Senators Thurmond and Metzenbaum, 9388 [28AP]

Strategic block investing: Gillette Co., 8400 [21AP]

Telecommunications issues: Representative Stump, 31151 [14OC]

Textile and Apparel Trade Act, 22443 [7SE]

———National Corn Growers Association, 23070 [9SE]

———National Farmers Union, 23070 [9SE]

———President Reagan, 22429 [7SE], 23115 [9SE]

———Secs. Shultz, Baker, Lyng, Verity, and McLaughlin, and James C. Miller III, 21135 [9AU]

Textile industry problems and growth: John F. Kennedy, 23512 [13SE]

Trade adjustment assistance: several Senators, 20557 [4AU]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: President Reagan, 8202 [21AP], 8717, 8729 [26AP]

———Representative Green, 12147 [24MY]

———several Secretaries and Government officials, 5957 [30MR]

———several Senators, 8908 [27AP]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 8612 [25AP]

U.S. manufacturers excluded from foreign markets: Richard N. Olmstead, 83 [25JA]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: Allan Gotlieb, 24418 [19SE]

———American Coalition for Trade Expansion With Canada, 686 [2FE]

———Borg-Warner Chemicals, Inc., 24420 [19SE]

———Clayton Yeutter, 24412 [19SE]

———E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 24420 [19SE]

———Fred G. Bond, 24412 [19SE]

———Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp., 24421 [19SE]

———Monsanto Co., 24420 [19SE]

———National Coal Association, 24418, 24419 [19SE]

———Senator Bentsen, 24424 [19SE]

———Senator Grassley, 24424 [19SE]

———Senator Moynihan, 24418 [19SE]

———Senator Rockefeller, 24418 [19SE]

———several Senators, 24429 [19SE]

———Union Carbide Corp., 24420 [19SE]

———West Virginia Coal Association, 24419 [19SE]

———Westvaco, 24420 [19SE]

U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement: Senator Byrd, 26890 [30SE]

Worker exposure to betanaohthylamine: Hilton-Davis Chemical Co., 5378 [28MR]

———National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 5378 [28MR]

World Bank loan to restructure Mexico's steel industry: David L. Carroll, LTV Steel Co., 2706 [1MR]

———Walter F. Williams, Bethlehem Steel Corp., 2706 [1MR]

Lists

Associations opposed to S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4841 [23MR], 5288 [25MR]

Associations supporting S. 79, the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4687 [22MR]

Cosponsors of H.R. 5265, to improve implementation of CFTC regulations, 28265 [4OC]

Defense contracting: Logistics Management Institute, 23751 [14SE]

Individual shareowners of public corporations, 14596 [15JN]

New agencies, offices, and commissions created under omnibus trade bill, 8897 [27AP], 13533 [7JN]

Reports, reviews, and studies mandated by omnibus trade bill, 13533 [7JN]

States' takeover statutes, 14596 [15JN]

Takeover activities in several States, 14579, 14580 [15JN]

Witnesses at University of Missouri hearing on improving U.S. firms ability to compete in world marketplace, 2507 [25FE]

Memorandums

Domestic Uranium Industry: Thomas A. Neff, 5697 [30MR]

Oil Export Controls, Sec. 331, Title III of H.R. 3: Dept. of Commerce, 8934 [27AP]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: several industrial representatives, 8612 [25AP]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: Commission on Customs, 24435 [19SE]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 14020 [9JN]

Idaho, 9524 [29AP]

Pennsylvania, 1443 [16FE]

Messages

Federal Labor Relations Authority Annual Report: President Reagan, 23949 [15SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act Report: President Reagan, 22868 [8SE]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (H.R. 3) veto: President Reagan, 12130 [24MY], 13527 [7JN]

Textile and Apparel Trade Act veto, President Reagan, 26416 [28SE]

Motions

Foreign trade: enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), recommit, 18054 [13JY]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: advance notification (S. 2527), table Domenici amendment, 16113 [28JN]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 8198 [21AP]

Papers

Folly of Trade Retaliation, 20078 [3AU]

World Bank Snookers U.S. Congress, Again: Heritage Foundation, 17199-17202 [7JY]

Press releases

Supercomputer Systems, Inc. chooses site, 1959 [23FE]

Questions and answers

Domestic uranium industry, 5468 [29MR], 5469 [29MR]

———Senators Proxmire and Humphrey, 5469 [29MR]

Iron and steel industry, with Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 18543 [14JY]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act (S. 430), 16058 [27JN]

Remarks in House

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amendment for waiver of rights without supervision (H.R. 5500), 30617 [13OC]

Air pollution: acid rain, 13797 [8JN], 24255 [16SE], 31796 [19OC]

———control emissions (H.R. 2787), 13194 [1JN]

———control of pollution, 31794, 31795 [19OC], 33511 [21OC]

———deadlines for cities and States to meet requirements, 31792 [19OC]

———nitrogen oxide emissions and clean coal technologies, 22401 [11AU]

———ozone and carbon monoxide levels (H.R. 5469), 29188-29193 [6OC]

Alcoholic beverages: occupational taxes on dealers in beer (H.R. 4544), 9980 [5MY]

American Egg Board: limit certain costs (H.R. 5318), 24125 [15SE], 27929-27931 [3OC]

Atmospheric greenhouse effect: international effort to control increase in Earth temperature (H.R. 5460), 28664 [5OC], 29166-29169 [6OC]

AT&T: affirmative action programs, 7486 [19AP]

Bush, Vice President: minimum wage policy, 25071 [23SE]

Canada: free trade agreement, 686 [2FE], 2480 [24FE]

CFTC: improve implementation of regulations (H.R. 5265), 28265 [4OC]

Channellock, Inc.: ban on use of tobacco products at manufacturing facilities, 11784 [19MY]

Chemicals: develop methods for neutralizing or destroying certain substances before manufacturing them (H.R. 5179), 21023 [8AU]

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

Chile: privatization of industries, 19575 [28JY]

China, Republic of: establish a free trade area with U.S. (H.R. 5563), 33531 [21OC]

Collective bargaining: congressional intervention in rail labor disputes, 23334 [13SE]

Computer Data Systems, Inc.: tribute, 17830 [12JY]

Computers: antidumping pact with Japan on memory chips, 13646 [7JN]

———Sandia National Laboratory's increased speed, 6983 [14AP]

Congressional Competitiveness Caucus: luncheon, 1662 [17FE]

Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish, 3687 [10MR]

Corporate takeovers: protection of public interest and investors, 1459 [16FE]

Defense Consultant Reform Act: enact (H.R. 5016), 17784 [12JY]

Defense contractors: tax accounting method, 13880 [8JN]

Denman & Davis: anniversary, 24340 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: study methods to enhance interstate and foreign commerce in portions of New York and New Jersey (H.R. 4429), 8417 [21AP]

Dept. of Defense: contracting with minority business, 16280 [28JN]

———contracts with private firms, 6356 [12AP]

———investigation of alleged contracting fraud, 3640 [10MR], 14781 [16JN], 15419, 15420 [21JN], 16546 [30JN], 19122 [27JY]

———procurement reform, 23698 [13SE]

———regulation of former officials in soliciting for private industry (H.R. 4956), 16285 [28JN]

Drug abuse: drug-free workplace, 18515 [14JY]

Eau Claire, WI: site of Supercomputer Systems, Inc., 1958 [23FE]

Economic conditions: assessment, 23047 [8SE]

———competition in world marketplace, 10285 [10MY], 21751 [10AU], 2463 [24FE]

———expand world trade, promote economic development of developing countries, ensure soundness of international financial system (H.R. 4130), 3703 [10MR]

———policy of Reagan administration, 28497 [5OC]

Education and Training for a Competitive America Act: making correction (H.R. 5408), 27792, 27906 [3OC]

Employment: encourage advance notification of major reductions (H.R. 4652), 11744 [19MY]

———rate and age structure of workforce, 29611 [7OC]

Enterprise zones: benefit to employment, 19245 [27JY]

Europe: flexible manufacturing networks, 24351 [16SE]

Federal Prison Industries: establish fair competition with private sector (H.R. 5381), 25608 [26SE]

Ford Motor Co.: tribute to Monroe Stamping Plant and UAW Local 723, 19793 [1AU]

Foreign investments: international monetary policy, 2478 [24FE]

Foreign ownership: disclosure, 28497 [5OC]

Foreign trade: brazed aluminum, 5241 [24MR]

———continuation of parallel imports (H.R. 4803), 14493 [14JN]

———control export of capital from U.S. and control exports supporting terrorists (H.R. 3095), 8846 [26AP]

———effect of protectionism, 10285 [10MY]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness, 13654 [7JN], 14490 [14JN]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), 1434-1436 [16FE], 3667-3672 [10MR], 4360 [17MR], 5662 [29MR], 5957 [30MR], 8794 [26AP], 10407 [10MY]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 6608, 6766 [13AP], 6969, 7011 [14AP], 7666, 8066 [20AP], 8102 [21AP], 8189 [25AP], 8190-8203 [21AP], 9144-9146 [27AP], 9186, 9190 [28AP], 9490 [28AP], 9613 [29AP], 9675, 9688 [2MY], 9702 [3MY], 9796, 9810 [3MY], 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY], 9869 [5MY], 9925 [4MY], 9980 [5MY], 10364-10366 [10MY], 10385 [10MY], 10489, 10490, 10491, 10492 [11MY], 10564, 10568 [11MY], 10582-10585 [12MY], 11261 [17MY], 11375 [18MY]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), veto, 12104-12108, 12132 [24MY], 12135 [25MY], 12150-12152 [24MY], 12197 [24MY], 12231, 12233 [25MY], 12471, 12473 [25MY], 13225 [2JN]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 14837 [16JN], 17880, 17908 13JY, 17909, 18054-18063 [13JY], 18494, 18521, 18539 [14JY], 19857-19859 [2AU], 22058 [11AU], 25602 [26SE]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), consideration (H. Res. 491), 17848-17857 [13JY]

———establish free trade zone with Mexico (H.R. 1006), 18518 [14JY], 18932 [26JY]

———grants for operation of export promotion vessels (H.R. 5188), 21420 [9AU]

———Targeted Export Assistance Program, 13063 [1JN]

———U.S. competitiveness in technology, 6964 [14AP]

———U.S. deficit, 973 [4FE], 1944 [22FE], 24724 [20SE], 14784 [16JN]

———U.S. policy, 25152, 25157 [23SE]

Forests and forestry: delay of timber sales due to national forest plans, 10531-10534 [11MY]

Free enterprise: antitrust barriers, 24351 [16SE]

GATX Corp.: tribute, 33583 [10NO]

Georgia Industries for the Blind Week: observance, 11082 [13MY]

Glen Ellen Winery: tribute, 10559 [11MY]

Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 9056 [27AP]

Gund, Inc.: tribute, 2492 [24FE]

Gwinner, ND: tribute to the Melroe Bobcat Skidsteer Loader, 19561 [28JY]

Health: corporate prenatal education programs, 17833 [12JY]

High-risk occupational diseases: notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 3596-3598 [9MR]

Hoffman-La Roche Co.: drug abuse prevention program, 2492 [24FE]

Houston, TX: tribute to Gundle Lining Systems, Inc., 15745 [22JN]

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

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

Insurance: participation of U.S. companies in foreign activities (H.R. 4664), 12213 [24MY]

International corporations: competitive disadvantages due to tax laws, 2506 [25FE]

Iron and steel industry: implementing voluntary restraint agreements, 8067 [20AP], 16412 [29JN], 22316 [10AU]

———restriction on certain imports, 18543 [14JY]

J.P. Stevens & Co.: impact of buyout, 8424 [21AP]

Japan: antidumping pact on memory chips, 13646 [7JN]

———comparison with U.S. industry, 3865-3867 [15MR], 4107, 4109 [16MR]

———involvement in U.S. economy, 2505 [25FE], 29150, 29151 [6OC]

———lobbying activities, 21726 [10AU]

———maritime defense of commercial sealanes, 2549 [25FE]

———semiconductor agreement, 14838-14844 [16JN]

———unfair trade practices, 3582-3585 [9MR], 9146-9149 [27AP], 9972 [5MY], 11749 [19MY], 12557 [26MY], 13919 [9JN], 18076-18078 [13JY], 32338 [20OC]

———unfair trade practices relative to Federal Express service (H. Con. Res. 316), 14319 [14JN]

———U.S. policy, 27312-27314 [30SE]

Job Relocation Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 5172), 20633 [4AU]

Labor: certain unfair labor practices of employers during strikes (H.R. 4552), 10283 [10MY], 14782 [16JN]

Lawrence County, IL: foreign trade zone, 1669 [17FE]

Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.: anniversary, 694 [2FE]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: establish fees for ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste (H.R. 5430), 27863-27876 [3OC]

Massachusetts: acid rain research program, 18513 [14JY]

———assessment of economy, 20205 [3AU]

Merchant marine: exclusion of maritime transportation services from GATT (H. Con. Res. 376), 25843 [27SE]

Mexico: study of implications of Maquila Program, 21430-21431 [9AU]

Minimum wage: increase, 31979 [19OC]

Mobile trade fairs: SBA grants to facilitate participation of small businesses (H.R. 5189), 21420 [9AU]

National Cleaning Professionals Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 632), 20641 [4AU]

National defense: defense industrial base (H.R. 4128), 3649 [10MR], 4157 [16MR]

———determination if foreign takeovers of U.S. companies pose a risk to national security, 5967 [30MR]

———revitalize defense industrial base (H.R. 4037), 3017 [2MR]

National Exporters Appreciation Week: designate (H.J. Res. 468), 2470 [24FE]

National Policy on Technology: report, 33559 [21OC]

Natural gas: permit courts to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission property (H.R. 2953), 28601 [7OC], 28991 [6OC], 29631 [7OC]

———renegotiations of certain contracts, 21429 [9AU]

———tax incentives for exploration (H.R. 5522), 31156 [14OC]

———treatment of gas industry estate property under Bankruptcy Code (H.R. 4144), 3708 [14MR]

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (H.R. 2701), 14187-14190 [13JN]

Navy: procurement policies, 4716 [22MR]

New Jersey: economic development and job creation, 23685 [13SE]

Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: release of Guide to State and Federal Resources for Economic Development, 23695 [13SE]

Northrop Corp: House Committee on Armed Services review of MX missile program, 3976 [15MR]

NSF: importance to U.S. competitiveness, 698 [2FE]

Nuclear energy: cost of powerplants, 9167 [27AP]

———protection against discrimination for certain employees (H.R. 4071), 2915 [2MR], 5084 [23MR]

Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act: amend (H.R. 4071), 5084 [23MR]

Oakland Private Industry Council: tribute, 4822 [22MR]

Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act: enact (H.R. 5289), 23871 [14SE]

Oregon Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.: recipient of Presidential Citation for Private Sector Initiatives, 23699 [13SE]

Patent and Trademark Office: processing of applications, 5963 [30MR]

Patents: amend laws relative to use of inventions in space (H.R. 1510), 28587-28589 [5OC], 29633 [7OC]

Pensions: moratorium on reversions to employers of assets of terminated plans (H.R. 4111), 3618 [9MR]

Petroleum: tax incentives for exploration (H.R. 5522), 31156 [14OC]

———tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (H.R. 3865), 181 [27JA], 3612 [9MR], 3707 [14MR]

———treatment of oil industry estate property under Bankruptcy Code (H.R. 4144), 3708 [14MR]

———U.S. dependence on imports, 7489 [19AP]

Pinellas County, FL: recipient of Presidential Award for the Outstanding Private Industry Council, 3624 [9MR]

———tribute to Project Hope, 11361 [17MY]

Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act: enact (H.R. 4690), 12283 [25MY]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: advance notification, 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY], 10351-10356 [10MY], 12231, 12233 [25MY]

———advance notification (S. 2527), 8794 [26AP], 16411 [29JN], 17858 [13JY], 17876-17880 [13JY], 18524, 18526 [14JY], 18821 [26JY], 18930 [26JY], 19800 [2AU]

———advance notification (S. 2527), consideration (H. Res. 491), 17848-17857 [13JY]

Postal Service: procurement opportunities (H.R. 3868), 306 [27JA]

Railroads: eliminate antitrust immunity relative to railcar purchases (H.R. 4324), 5953 [30MR]

———enhance competition and assure reasonable rates (H.R. 1393), 5240 [24MR]

———ICC conditions for protection of employees in certain rail transactions (H.R. 4261), 6229 [31MR]

———reregulation, 4167 [16MR]

Reagan, President: assessment of economic policy, 1209 [8FE], 15991 [27JN]

———signature of plant closing notice legislation, 19801 [2AU]

Sandoz Crop Protection Corp., Beaumont, TX: tribute, 3979 [15MR]

Sematech: Government-industry research partnership, 29179 [6OC]

South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations, 6489, 6499, 6510 [12AP], 16626 [6JY], 20002 [2AU], 30454 [13OC], 31145, 31147 [14OC]

———prohibit investments (H.R. 1580), 22118-22221 [11AU]

———results of study on impact of coal embargo, 14748 [15JN]

Soviet Union: economic reorganization, 8864 [26AP]

Space policy: facilitate commercial access to space (H.R. 4399), 12110-12117 [24MY], 32886 [21OC]

———facilitate commercial access to space (H.R. 4399), concurring in Senate amendment, 32736-32741 [21OC]

———prohibit export licenses which allow satellites manufactured in the U.S. to be launched by nonmarket launching entities (H.J. Res. 635), 21432 [9AU]

———prohibit U.S. companies from using foreign space stations or launch vehicles (H.R. 4816), 15747 [22JN]

Steel Technology Competitiveness and Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 2470), 30019-30024 [12OC]

Taxation: corporations engaged in substantial manufacturing operations in certain foreign countries are not to be treated as passive foreign investment companies (H.R. 5429), 27291 [30SE], 27348 [30SE]

———installment retail sales method of accounting (H.R. 4913), 15900 [23JN]

Technology: dependence on foreign sources, 26847 [29SE]

———energy efficiency exhibition on display at Cannon rotunda, 2548 [25FE]

———U.S. competitiveness, 10855 [12MY]

Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act: enact (H.R. 4904), 15909 [23JN], 17297 [7JY], 20930 [8AU]

Telecommunications: participation of U.S. industry in provision of equipment and services (H. Con. Res. 339), 18512, 18537 [14JY], 19234 [27JY], 20017 [2AU], 29605 [7OC], 33438, 33454 [21OC]

Television: assure access to local, over-the-air broadcasts on cable systems (H.R. 4293), 5961 [30MR]

———regulation of cable operators, 5660 [29MR]

Texas Air Corp.: investigation into management (H. Con. Res. 262), 3638 [10MR], 3682 [10MR]

Textile and Apparel Trade Act: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24339 [16SE], 25074 [23SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), agreeing to Senate amendment (H. Res. 540), 25075-25094 [23SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (S. 2662), return to Senate, considered and agreed to (H. Res. 544), 25094 [23SE], 26681, 26684 [29SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), veto, 27991 [3OC], 28117, 28152 [4OC], 28162 [5OC], 28208, 29602 [7OC]

Tobacco industry: increase excise tax on smokeless tobacco (H.R. 4372), 6989 [14AP]

———treatment of U.S. grown tobacco processed in a Caribbean Basin country (H.R. 4677), 12479 [25MY]

Tourist trade: establish special commission (H. Con. Res. 307), 12558 [26MY], 17826 [12JY]

Toy guns: minimum marking standards, 30081 [14OC]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 1434-1436 [16FE], 3667-3672 [10MR], 4360 [17MR], 5662 [29MR], 5957 [30MR], 10407 [10MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 6608, 6766 [13AP], 6969, 7011 [14AP], 7666, 8066 [20AP], 8102 [21AP], 8189 [25AP], 8190 21AP-8203 [21AP], 8794 [26AP], 8861 [26AP], 9144-9146 [27AP], 9186, 9190 [28AP], 9490 [28AP], 9548 [29AP], 9613 [29AP], 9675, 9688 [2MY], 9702 [3MY], 9796, 9810 [3MY], 9819, 9820, 9822, 9824-9826 [4MY], 9869 [5MY], 9925 [4MY], 9980 [5MY], 10364-10366 [10MY], 10385 [10MY], 10489, 10490, 10491, 10492 [11MY], 10564, 10568 [11MY], 10582, 10583, 10584, 10585 [12MY], 11261 [17MY], 11375 [18MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), conference report—waiving points of order, 8014 [20AP]

———enact (H.R. 3), correcting the enrollment (H. Res. 438), 9822, 9865-9875 [4MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), veto, 12104-12108, 12132 [24MY], 12135 [25MY], 12150-12152 [24MY], 12197 [24MY], 12231, 12233 [25MY], 12471, 12473 [25MY], 13225 [2JN]

Trademarks: protection (H.R. 4156), 3981 [15MR]

Trucking: impact of deregulation on highway safety, 19244 [27JY]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (H.R. 5090), 18909 [26JY], 20278 [3AU]

U.S.-Japan Free Trade Area: establish (H.R. 5502), 30154 [12OC]

Uranium industry: efforts to improve (S. 2097), 9495, 9505 [28AP]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (H.R. 4489), 9193 [28AP], 16620 [30JN]

USX Steel Corp.: buyout of Geneva Works, 4165 [16MR]

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

Whirlpool Corp.: drug interdiction efforts, 8868 [26AP]

Willamette Industries: Marlboro County, SC, paper mill site, 15483 [21JN]

Wright Tire, Inc.: tribute, 19233 [27JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act: enact (S. 2298), 7647 [20AP], 21564 [10AU]

Air pollution: congressional responsibility, 29237 [7OC]

———control of pollutants, 23434 [12SE], 26513 [29SE], 27083 [30SE], 30988 [14OC], 31312 [18OC]

———ecology problems and potential solutions, 28028-28035 [4OC]

———national assessment program, 28460 [5OC]

———reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions (S. 316), 13523 [7JN]

Allied-Signal, Inc.: research for substitute for chlorofluorocarbons, 10848 [12MY]

American Association of Nurserymen: award program, 13776 [8JN]

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.: export of U.S.-built cars, 4455 [18MR]

Bush, Vice President: assessment of economic policies, 22787 [8SE]

California State World Trade Commission: views on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 4447 [18MR]

Canadian Free Trade Agreement Incentive Equalization Act: enact (S. 2096), 2355, 2357 [23FE], 15048 [17JN]

Chemicals: health hazards in aerospace and defense industry, 25184 [23SE]

China, Republic of: manufacture of automated people mover, 8769 [26AP]

Clearinghouse on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation: establish, 18723, 18751 [26JY]

Competitiveness Policy Council: funding, 17674 [12JY]

Computers: semiconductor trade with Japan, 19653 [29JY]

Construction industry: restrict contractors from countries denying fair trade to U.S., 17627 [12JY]

Contractor Legal Fees Reform Act: enact (S. 2241), 6143 [31MR]

Copper—Technology and Competitiveness: OTA report, 24849 [22SE]

Copyright: protection of music artists in rental industry (S. 2201), 4573 [21MR], 13611 [7JN], 32478 [21OC]

Corporate takeovers: protection of public interest and investors, 6272 [11AP], 11948 [23MY], 12041 [24MY]

Council on Competitiveness: clarification of reference, 16311 [29JN]

———report, 5545 [29MR]

Defense Industrial Base Preservation Act: enact (S. 1892), 2704 [1MR], 6190 [31MR]

Defense Industry and Technology Act: enact (S. 2254), 6157-6162 [31MR]

Defense Science Board: report on U.S. dependence on foreign technologies essential for defense production, 32172 [20OC]

Dept. of Defense: ban sale of Toshiba products in military exchange stores (S. 1677), 4320 [17MR], 5404 [28MR]

———inclusion of Toshiba Corp. in briefings on procurement, 15213 [20JN]

———investigation of alleged contracting fraud, 15314, 15343, 15346 [21JN], 15509, 15525 [22JN], 17313 [8JY]

———procurement process, 18645 [25JY]

———utilization of domestic firms in contracting (S. 2786), 23750 [14SE], 31191 [17OC]

Dept. of Defense Procurement Improvements Act: enact (S. 2621), 17365 [8JY]

Eastern Air Lines: investigation into operations (S. Con. Res. 107), 4702 [22MR]

Ecology: use of degradable plastics, 7165 [18AP]

Economic conditions: assessment of President Reagan's policies, 18955 [27JY]

———assessment of U.S. in world economy, 29236 [7OC]

———forecasts, 9509 [29AP]

———importance of investments, 11947 [23MY]

———international competition, 14856 [16JN]

EEC: challenges to U.S. business, 31661 [19OC]

Employment: effects of economic growth, 20524 [4AU]

———Job Training Partnership Act, 22460 [7SE]

———permit certain industrial homework (S. 2901), 30891-30893, 30897 [14OC]

———retraining laid-off workers, 21992 [11AU]

———submission of future reports relative to notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 16040 [27JN]

Entrepreneurs' Research Incentive Act: enact (S. 2312), 8509, 8510 [22AP]

Ethics Resource Center: defense industry responses, 12737 [26MY]

Europe: mandatory prior notice of plant closings, 12016 [23MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: permit time off in lieu of compensation for overtime (S. 2196), 4439 [18MR]

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: effect of trade legislation, 15912 [24JN], 18275 [14JY]

———enforcement of antibribery laws, 18556 [25JY]

Foreign investments, 5361 [28MR]

Foreign languages: computer bank to assist U.S. corporations in finding skilled personnel, 18731 [26JY]

Foreign trade: deficit, 6955 [14AP], 7277 [19AP]

———develop export policy, 28681 [6OC]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness, 13965 [9JN], 14082, 14123, 14148 [10JN], 14219 [13JN], 30442 [13OC]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), conference report, 7194 [19AP], 8308 [21AP], 8452, 8460-8473, 8485-8491 [22AP], 8570, 8601-8632 [25AP], 8683-8689, 8697-8699, 8701-8738 [26AP], 8873, 8880, 8979, 8980 [27AP], 9288 [28AP], 9517 [29AP], 10206, 10207 [10MY], 10846 [12MY], 11085 [16MY], 11193 [17MY]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 3), veto, 12287, 12335 [25MY], 12976 [27MY], 13527, 13554, 13567 [7JN], 13668-13717 [8JN], 14030 [9JN]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), 19911 [2AU], 20026-20104 [3AU], 21800 [11AU]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), enrollment correction (S. Con. Res. 135), 20104-20110 [3AU]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4848), unanimous-consent agreement, 19909, 19931 [2AU]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (S. 2558), 15773-15777 [23JN]

———enhance U.S. competitiveness (S. 2613), 16743 [6JY], 17125 [7JY], 20023-20025 [3AU]

———export promotion policy, 4492 [21MR], 24197 [16SE]

———free trade agreements with Japan, Republic of Korea, and Republic of China, 25861 [28SE]

———sugar import quota (S. 2252), 6195 [31MR]

———trade adjustment assistance, 20557 [4AU]

Free enterprise: importance to youth, 18559 [25JY]

FTC: declaring certain activities of manufacturers of soft drinks to be unfair acts (S. 2347), 9387, 9478 [28AP]

General Dynamics: Navajo Indian worker productivity, 24243 [16SE]

Government officials: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 768 [3FE], 6921 [14AP], 7025-7041 [15AP], 7215-7247 [19AP]

———time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), order to print, 7664 [20AP]

Government procurement: disclosure of funds solicited for contracts, 18736 [26JY]

Handicapped: promote employment, 6960 [14AP]

Hawaii: task force to evaluate effluent from sugar cane processing mills, 17668 [12JY]

Housing: tax treatment of certain residential construction contracts (S. 2694), 20722 [5AU], 29962 [12OC]

Industrial capacity: contributions to national economy, 11051 [13MY]

Integrity in Post Employment Act: enact (S. 237), 4338 [17MR]

International competition, 14856 [16JN]

International Labor Organization Conventions: ratification, 473-481 [1FE]

Investments: international transactions, 25619 [27SE]

Iron and steel industry: subsidization in foreign countries, 19869 [2AU]

ITC: report on impact of import restraints, 20098 [3AU]

Japan: government process, 11952 [23MY]

———initiate trade negotiations (S. 2692), 20715-20719 [5AU]

———patent system to protect foreign firms, 18730-18731 [26JY]

———treatment of Toshiba Corp., 12977 [27MY]

———U.S. policy, 26887 [30SE]

Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: import ban (H.R. 2698), 3404 [4MR]

Korea, Republic of: increasing trade with U.S., 1361 [16FE]

Labeling: requiring manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to place addiction warnings on packages and advertisements (S. 2402), 11171 [16MY]

Labor: advance notification of major employment reductions (S. 2376), 10799 [12MY]

Labor unions: role in industry, 19863 [2AU]

Members of Congress: time restriction for private sector employment (S. 237), 768 [3FE]

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act: enact (S. 2556), 15568 [22JN]

Mexico: World Bank loan for steel industry, 3059 [3MR]

Mines and mineral resources: settlement of certain oil shale mining claims (S. 2089), 2331 [23FE]

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.: innovations in U.S. industry, 3781 [14MR]

Minorities: contract goal applicable to printing, binding, and related services, 11088 [16MY]

Minority Business Development Agency: budget, 18751 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: collection procedures for tax on diesel fuels, 5226 [24MR]

National Hosiery Week: observance, 18560 [25JY]

National Jobs Skills Week: observance, 30830 [14OC]

National Quality First Day: designate (S.J. Res. 316), 10819 [12MY], 21993 [11AU]

National Recognition of the Accomplishments of Women in the Work Force Week: observance, 15955 [24JN]

National Right to Work Bill: enact (S. 2817), 24816 [22SE]

Natural gas: treatment of gas industry estate property under Bankruptcy Code (S. 2161), 3770 [14MR]

Occupational health and safety: notify workers of risk (S. 79), 2372 [23FE], 4421 [18MR], 4671-4693 [22MR], 4838-4875, 4970-4984 [23MR], 5133, 5134-5178, 5183-5193, 5215 [24MR], 5269-5287, 5288, 5296 [25MR], 5363-5395 [28MR], 5454-5465 [29MR], 6581 [13AP]

Ohio Valley Industrial and Business Development Corp.: tribute, 29247 [7OC]

Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: enact (S. 2643), 18349 [14JY]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act: enact (H.R. 4848), 21658 [10AU], 21800 [11AU]

Oregon: Honda's point of export, 4455 [17MR]

Oregon Timber Sale Program, 3193 [3MR]

Ozone: action by the seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric layer (S. Res. 426), 10266 [10MY]

Patents: permit separate extensions for each product subject to full regulatory review and approval (S. 2744), 21929 [11AU]

———U.S.-Japan trade issues, 25849 [28SE]

Pensions: asset reversions, 18661-18664 [26JY]

Petroleum: dependence on Middle East, 7019 [15AP]

———treatment of oil industry estate property under Bankruptcy Code (S. 2161), 3770 [14MR]

Plant closings and mass layoffs: advance notification (S. 2507), 13446 [6JN], 14270 [13JN]

———advance notification (S. 2527), 15000 [16JN], 15513-15521, 15583 [22JN], 15760-15769, 15778-15796 [23JN], 15921-15939 [24JN], 16015, 16016, 16027, 16029 [27JN], 16033-16043 [27JN], 16098-16133 [28JN], 16322-16326, 16338, 16340 [29JN], 16669, 16671-16693 [6JY], 17266 [7JY], 17441 [11JY]

———advance notification (S. 2528), 14983 [16JN]

Presidential Advisory Panel for Coordination of Government Debt Collection and Delinquency Prevention Activities: establish, 25210-25216 [23SE]

Printing: ink production from soybean oil, 32589 [21OC]

Railroads: revitalize branch lines, 17602-17603 [12JY]

Reagan, President: assessment of policies, 4222 [17MR], 16168 [28JN], 19866 [2AU]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 15346-15359 [21JN], 16058 [27JN], 16326-16338 [29JN], 23756 [14SE], 24014 [15SE], 28324, 28332-28336, 28337, 28354 [5OC], 28679 [6OC], 30841, 30981 [14OC]

Reynolds Metals Co.: anniversary of consumer aluminum recycling program, 6193 [31MR]

SACO Defense, Inc.: tribute, 21967 [11AU]

Scientific research: spinoffs from research and technology development, 11057 [13MY]

Service Workers Protection Act: enact (S. 2217), 5312 [25MR]

Sonat, Inc.: Safety Award for Excellence recipient, 8526 [22AP]

South Africa: economic sanctions, 25244 [23SE]

———prohibit investments (S. 556), 14995 [16JN]

Soviet Union: status of economy, 9251 [28AP]

Space policy: facilitate commercial access to space (H.R. 4399), 31124-31132 [14OC]

———facilitate commercial access to space (H.R. 4399), star print of report, 30696 [14OC]

Steel Technology Competitiveness and Energy Conservation Act: enact (S. 2470), 13462 [6JN], 21206 [9AU], 32457 [21OC]

Strategic materials: dependence on foreign sources, 21143 [9AU]

Tariff: certain glass bulbs (S. 2548), 15383 [21JN]

———internal combustion 2-stroke cycle, piston-type engines (S. 2818), 24816 [22SE]

Technology: U.S. competitiveness, 25337 [26SE]

Telecommunications: participation of domestic industry in the provision of equipment and services (S. Con. Res. 161), 30654, 30903 [14OC]

Tennant Co.: tribute to success, 3788 [14MR]

Texas Air Corp: consolidated investigation into operations (S. Con. Res. 107), 4702 [22MR]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 23108-23114 [9SE], 23506, 23511 [13SE], 23722-23726, 23745 [14SE], 23896, 23931 [15SE]

———remedy injury caused by imports (S. 2662), 19120 [27JY], 19267 [28JY], 20694 [5AU], 21134-21139 [9AU], 21465 [10AU], 22038 [11AU], 22424-22434, 22438-22456 [7SE], 22798-22820, 22826-22834, 22858-22864, 22920 [8SE], 23067, 23104-23108, 23280 [9SE]

———situation of domestic industry, 20840 [8AU]

Tobacco industry: political vendetta, 30662 [14OC]

Tort Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 554), 5145-5167 [24MR]

Toshiba Corp.: import ban (H.R. 2698), 3404 [4MR]

———Tokyo District Court verdict, 4694 [22MR]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: prohibit use of certain regulations in administering (S. 2536), 15133 [17JN]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), conference report, 7194 [19AP], 8308 [21AP], 8452, 8460-8473, 8485-8491 [22AP], 8570, 8601-8632 [25AP], 8683-8689, 8697-8699, 8701-8738 [26AP], 8873, 8880, 8979, 8980 [27AP], 9288 [28AP], 9517 [29AP], 10206-10207 [10MY], 10846 [12MY], 11085 [16MY], 11193 [17MY]

———enact (H.R. 3), veto, 12287 [25MY], 12976 [27MY], 13527, 13554, 13567 [7JN], 13668-13717 [8JN], 14030 [9JN]

Trademark Act: amend relative to gray market goods (S. 2903), 32126-32127 [20OC]

U.S. Gypsum Co.: attempted takeover, 14122 [10JN]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: implement (H.R. 5090), 22026 [11AU], 23555 [13SE], 24365, 24367-24390-24440, 24443 [19SE], 24474, 24580 [20SE]

———implement (S. 2651), 23555 [13SE]

Unemployment: trade adjustment assistance, 610 [2FE]

Uranium industry: efforts to improve (S. 2097), 2376 [23FE], 5465-5497 [29MR], 5690-5718, 5730 [30MR]

World Bank: opposition to $400 million loan to restructure Mexico's steel industry (S. Res. 388), 2705 [1MR], 2833, 2855-2858 [2MR]

Reports

Advanced Notification of Plant Closings: Task Force on Plant Closings, 8491 [22AP]

———Provisions of S. 2527, 16123, 16127-16130 [28JN]

Benefits of Economic and Employment Growth—Even More Full-Time Higher Paying Jobs: Christopher Frenze, 20525 [4AU]

Competitiveness Assessment: Council on Competitiveness, 5545 [29MR]

Crimes Against the Alliance—The Toshiba-Kongsberg Export Violations: William C. Triplett II, 4321-4323 [17MR]

Defense Industry Responses to Questionnaire: Ethics Resource Center, 12737-12740 [26MY]

Domestic Practices Affecting U.S. Passenger Railcar Manufacturers, 19107 [27JY]

Foreign Purchases Impact on U.S. Economy: Railway Progress Institute Committee on Passenger Transportation, 19107 [27JY]

Improving (Real) Trade Picture Supports Continued U.S. Economic Expansion: U.S. Trade Representative, 8689 [26AP]

Industrial Services Program and the Massachusetts Social Compact, 13701 [8JN]

Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R Commercial Commission: Business America (Dept. of Commerce publication), 20028 [3AU]

Paying the Bill—Manufacturing and America's Trade Deficit: OTA, 20087-20089 [3AU]

Picking up the Pace—The Commercial Challenge to American Innovation: Council on Competitiveness, 25337 [26SE]

Plant Closing Provisions Promote Economic Growth, 10353 [10MY]

Politics of U.S. Textile Trade Policy—Two Centuries Plus 2 Years of Temporary Protection: Retail Industry Trade Action Coalition, 23518-23521 [13SE]

Product Liability—The Corporate Response: Nathan Weber, 5158-5163 [24MR]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: ABA, 15355-15357 [21JN]

U.S. Competitiveness Index: Council on Competitiveness, 13705-13707 [8JN]

Reports by conference committees

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act (H.R. 3), 7671-7984 [20AP]

Reports filed

Copyright Protection of Music Artists in Rental Industry: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2201) (S. Rept. 100-361), 12395 [25MY]

Defense Subcontractors (H. Rept. 100-528), 5357 [28MR]

Development of Applications of Superconductivity: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 3048) (H. Rept. 100-900), 23397 [9SE]

Domestic Industry Competitiveness (H.R. 4848), Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17780, 17811 [12JY]

Facilitate Commercial Access to Space: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 4399) (S. Rept. 100-593), 29364 [7OC]

Implement the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: Committee on Foreign Affairs (H.R. 5090) (H. Rept. 100-816), 20521 [4AU]

International Natural Rubber Agreement: Committee on Foreign Relations (Exec. Rept. 100-22), 20137 [3AU]

National Productivity Improvement Week (S.J. Res. 223): Committee on the Judiciary, 1377 [16FE]

Notification of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs (S. 2527), Consideration of S. 2527: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 100-767), 17780, 17811 [12JY]

OSHA Policies of Inspection Based on Safety Records in the Meatpacking Industry: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-542), 5947 [30MR]

Remedy Injury Caused by Textile Imports (H.R. 1154), Agreement to the Senate Amendment: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 540) (H. Rept. 100-949), 25021 [22SE]

Revise Registration of Trademarks: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5372) (H. Rept. 100-1028), 27984 [3OC]

Steel Technology Competitiveness and Energy Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 2470) (S. Rept. 100-443), 19943 [2AU]

———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (S. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-1061), 29161 [6OC]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act Enrollment Corrections: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 100-595), 9790 [3MY]

Use of Inventions in Space Laws Amendment: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 1510) (H. Rept. 100-51), 27984 [3OC]

U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: Committee on Finance (H.R. 5090) (S. Rept. 100-509), 23951 [15SE]

———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 5090) (H. Rept. 100-816), 20331 [3AU]

Reports to constituents

Gradison, Willis D.: Kicking the Protectionism Habit, 6969 [14AP]

Hamilton, Lee H.: Agricultural Export Subsidies, 13190 [1JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Textile and Apparel Trade Act: Nebraska Wheat Growers Association, 23070 [9SE]

Statements

Awarding of Defense Contracts: Senator Bingaman, 23750 [14SE]

———Senator Kerry, 23750 [14SE]

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards Proposed Rollback: Senator Wirth, 28032 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense Procurement Reform: Frank C. Carlucci, Sec. of Defense, 23698 [13SE]

Domestic Steel Industry: David Hoag, 20004 [2AU]

Foreign Trade Competition: Hudson Institute, 3669 [10MR]

———Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 3669 [10MR]

———Representative Gibbons, 19916 [2AU]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 3669 [10MR]

High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Dept. of Agriculture, 5382 [28MR]

Management of National Forests: F. Dale Robertson, 22792 [8SE]

Modified Final Judgment Relative to AT&T Divestiture: Representative Dingell, 1667 [17FE]

Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, 8942 [27AP]

———Committee for Economic Development, 17871 [13JY]

———Stan Lundine, 17864 [13JY]

———William E. Brock III, 15779 [23JN]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: Jacob Clayman, 15358 [21JN]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 8171 [21AP]

Studies

Cost Analysis for Mandatory Notice of Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs: Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc., 16673 [6JY]

Domestic Uranium Industry: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 5694 [30MR]

Lifeline in Danger—An Assessment of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base: Air Force Association and USNI Military Database, 31192 [17OC]

New Jersey Business Retention and Expansion Program: Charles Bartsch, 23685 [13SE]

Pennsylvania Business Infrastructure Development Program, 23039 [8SE]

Pros and Cons of Initiating Negotiations With Japan To Explore the Possibility of a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Area Agreement: ITC, 26888-26890 [30SE]

Unemployment Rate and the Age Structure of the Labor Force, 29611 [7OC]

Wages of American Workers in the 1980's: Senate Committee on the Budget, 25635-25640 [27SE]

Summaries

Agricultural Provisions of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, 24432 [19SE]

Clearinghouse on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation legislation, 18751 [26JY]

Commercial Space Launch Act (H.R. 4399), with Senate amendments, 32739 [21OC]

Dept. of Defense Procurement Improvements Act (S. 2621), 17367 [8JY]

Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act (S. 2556), 15570 [22JN]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (H.R. 3), conference agreement, 7195-7209 [19AP]

Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (Title IV) (H.R. 4848), 17902 [13JY]

Quick Hit Acid Rain/Greenhouse Program, 30988 [14OC]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act (S. 2097), 9495 [28AP]

World Trade Expansion, Development and Financial Stability Act (H.R. 4130), 3704 [10MR]

Tables

Canadian Government and Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. subsidies, 5693, 5700 [30MR]

Categories of textile imports, with conversion factors, 22858 [8SE]

Government wide summary of consulting services obligations, 15343 [21JN]

Growth in medical technology product shipments and the U.S. trade balance in medical technology: Dept. of Commerce, 4967 [23MR]

Import restrictions in textiles and apparel, 23068 [9SE]

Male civilian labor force participation ratio by race, age, 24169 [16SE]

New suppliers, 22804 [8SE]

Notification of plant closing: GAO, 15762 [23JN]

Passenger-car market, 19108, 19109 [27JY]

10 biggest golden parachutes, 15318 [21JN]

Textile and apparel imports into the U.S., 23070 [9SE]

Textile plant closings and permanent layoffs, 22440 [7SE]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act—differences between H.R. 3 and H.R. 1616, 8171 [21AP]

U.S. employment, textile and apparel industries, 22445 [7SE]

Unrecovered cost of uranium enrichment program (1969-86), 5472 [29MR]

Uranium excess enrichment capacity, 5469 [29MR]

Testimonies

Corp. for Small Business Investment: Representative Dorgan, 3687 [10MR]

Domestic Uranium Industry: Robert P. Luke, 5701-5703 [30MR]

Iron and Steel Industry: Thomas C. Graham, 21405 [9AU]

———Walter F. Williams, 21406 [9AU]

Tax-Free Purchase of Fuels for Farm or Off-Highway Use: Representative Combest, 3612 [9MR]

U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Representative Panetta, 11745 [19MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 430, waiving all points of order against H.R. 3, the Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act conference report, 8102 [21AP]

H. Res. 540, agreeing to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1154, Textile and Apparel Trade Act, 25075 [23SE]

H. Res. 544, return to Senate considered and agreed to S. 2662, Textile and Apparel Trade Act, 25094 [23SE]

H. Res. 595, concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 5210, prevention of manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal drugs, 33147 [21OC]

H.J. Res. 468, National Exporters Appreciation Week, 2471 [24FE]

H.R. 1510, amend patent laws relative to use of inventions in space, 28587 [5OC]

H.R. 4128, improve defense industrial base, 3649-3652 [10MR]

H.R. 4399, Commercial Space Launch Act amendments, 12110 [24MY], 31124-31127 [14OC], 32736 [21OC]

H.R. 4512, enforcement of restrictions on foreign fishing, 9813 [3MY]

H.R. 4803, Price Competitive Products Act, 14493 [14JN]

H.R. 4848, Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act, 17909-18054 [13JY]

H.R. 4956, regulation of former Dept. of Defense officials in soliciting for private industry, 16285 [28JN]

H.R. 5016, Defense Consultant Reform Act, 17784 [12JY]

H.R. 5210, Omnibus Drug Initiative Act, 22653-22699 [7SE]

H.R. 5316, revise certain programs relative to conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses, 24101 [15SE]

H.R. 5318, Egg Research and Consumer Information Act amendments, 24125 [15SE], 27929 [3OC]

H.R. 5430, establish fees for ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste, 27863-27865 [3OC]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4415-4421 [18MR]

S. 237, Integrity in Post Employment Act, 7245 [19AP]

S. 430, Retail Competition Enforcement Act, 16326 [29JN]

S. 1323, Tender Offer Disclosure and Fairness Act, 14861-14864 [16JN]

S. 2089, Oil Shale Mining Claims Conversion Act, 2332 [23FE]

S. 2096, Canadian Free Trade Agreement Incentive Equalization Act, 2357-2360 [23FE]

S. 2097, Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act, 5718-5729 [30MR]

S. 2196, Fair Labor Standards Act amendment to permit time off in lieu of compensation for overtime, 4439 [18MR]

S. 2201, copyright protection of music artists in rental industry, 13611 [7JN]

S. 2217, Service Workers Protection Act, 5313 [25MR]

S. 2241, Contractor Legal Fees Reform Act, 6145 [31MR]

S. 2254, Defense Industry and Technology Act, 6158-6162 [31MR]

S. 2298, Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics Development Act, 7647 [20AP]

S. 2312, Entrepreneurs' Research Incentive Act, 8509 [22AP]

S. 2376, advance notification of major employment reductions, 10800 [12MY]

S. 2470, Steel Technology Competitiveness and Energy Conservation Act, 13462 [6JN], 21206 [9AU], 30019, 30020 [12OC], 32457 [21OC]

S. 2527, notification of plant closings and mass layoffs, 16691 [6JY], 17878 [13JY]

S. 2556, Merger and Acquisition Worker Notification Act, 15569, 15570 [22JN]

S. 2621, Dept. of Defense Procurement Improvements Act, 17365, 17366 [8JY]

S. 2662, Textile and Apparel Trade Act, 23106-23108 [9SE]

S. 2692, initiate trade negotiations with Japan, 20719 [5AU]

S. 2744, permit separate patent extensions for each product subject to full regulatory review and approval, 21929 [11AU]

S. 2786, Dept. of Defense utilization of domestic firms in contracting, 23751 [14SE]

S. 2818, tariff on internal combustion 2-stroke cycle, piston-type engines, 24816 [22SE]

S. Con. Res. 107, Eastern Air Lines and Texas Air Corp. consolidated operations investigation, 4702 [22MR]

S. Con. Res. 135, correct enrollment of H.R. 4848, enhance U.S. competitiveness, 20147 [3AU]

S. Con. Res. 161, domestic industry participation in the provision of telecommunications equipment and services, 30902 [14OC]

S. Res. 388, World Bank loan to restructure Mexico's steel industry, 2735 [1MR]

S. Res. 426, action by seven major industrial nations to protect stratospheric ozone layer, 10266 [10MY]

S. Res. 491, support bicontinental dialog on integration of EEC economies, 29377 [7OC]