URBAN AREAS

Addresses

Planning for Urbanization in the 21st Century: Samuel J. Lefrak, 13607 [7JN]

Present Age and State of Community: Robert Nisbet, Chronicle (magazine), 11786 [19MY]

Transportation Competition and Choice—The UK Experience: David Mitchell, 25068 [22SE]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: claims payable by municipalities (H.R. 5347), 30969, 31076 [14OC]

Articles and editorials

Cities Finding Public Services Better-Run by Private Firms, 8844 [26AP]

Drugs Were Wrong in the `70's Too, 2689 [29FE]

Has America Lost Its Commitment to Housing?, 1181 [4FE]

Homelessness, 1181 [4FE]

Housing Squeeze Has a Ripple Effect—Communities and Businesses Pay a Price Because of Crunch, 12481 [25MY]

How Does Metro Denver Stack Up on the National Civic Index?, 305 [27JA]

Killing a Good Program, 17650 [12JY]

Search of Innovation in the Cities, 12767 [26MY]

Shuffling Back to Prosperity, 16731 [6JY]

Urban Development Action Grant Program, 17653 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions

Bankruptcy: claims payable by municipalities (H.R. 5347)

Federal aid programs: Community Development Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant Programs (see S. Res. 409)

Homeless: funding to States and local urban governments for housing and related activities (see H.R. 4725)

Indians: eligibility for urban development action grants (see S. 2439)

Juvenile delinquency: prevent participation of juveniles in criminal gangs (see H.R. 5359)

Local Television Service Act: enact (see H.R. 5510)

Medicare: applying area hospital wage index in certain New England areas (see H.R. 5216)

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

National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 252)

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5489)

Newburyport, MA: retain and use certain urban renewal land disposition proceeds (see H.R. 4749)

Sewage disposal: fees on municipal sludge dumped in oceans (see H.R. 3938, 4075)

Solid waste: management of municipal incinerator ash (see H.R. 4255)

Urban Development Action Grant Program: terminate (see H.R. 5476)

Urban Mass Transportation Act: limiting the amount of operating assistance funds (see H.R. 4353)

Chronologies

Legislative history of clearinghouse on State and local initiatives, 19936 [2AU]

Letters

Community Development Block Grant: Ken Yager, 3790 [14MR]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: Arthur Holland, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 17654 [12JY]

———Pamela Plumb, National League of Cities, 17654 [12JY]

Lists

Cities and counties endorsing the expansion of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 5553 [29MR]

Papers

Health Costs of Air Pollution—Summary of Findings, American Lung Association, 955 [3FE]

Petitions

Census accuracy: New York, NY, City Council, 5359 [28MR]

Mass transit budget: Garden City, MI, City Council, 8092 [20AP]

———Inkster, MI, City Council, 8092 [20AP]

———New York, NY, City Council, 9156 [27AP]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: New York, NY, City Council, 62 [25JA]

Remarks in House

Affordable Housing Act: enact (H.R. 4900), 16748 [6JY]

Air pollution: health costs, 955 [3FE]

Alabama: designate Morgan and Lawrence Counties as single metropolitan statistical area (S. 1447), 2752-2754 [1MR]

Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council: anniversary, 13391 [3JN]

Bankruptcy: claims payable by municipalities (H.R. 5347), 27833 [3OC]

Black mayors: tribute, 1948 [22FE]

Community Development Revolving Loan Fund for Credit Unions: authority, 15619 [28JN]

Crime and criminals: U.S. statistics, 6813 [14AP]

Employment: cooperation between cities and companies, 11353 [17MY]

Family Resource Coalition: formation of Family Action group, 29603 [7OC]

Great Britain: mass transit system, 25068 [22SE]

Homelessness, 1181 [4FE]

———funding to States and local urban governments for housing and related activities (H.R. 4725), 13213, 13220 [1JN]

———housing assistance, 16748 [6JY]

Housing: impact of economy on low-income home buyers, 12481 [25MY]

———innovation projects, 12767 [26MY]

———Nehemiah's second mortgage ownership program, 22318 [10AU]

———rehabilitation funds, 20647 [4AU]

Local government: national civic index, 305 [27JA]

Local Television Service Act: enact (H.R. 5510), 30174 [12OC], 30624 [13OC]

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

National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: designate (S.J. Res. 252), 3649 [10MR]

Neighborhood Housing Services (organization): tribute, 14760 [15JN]

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5489), 29606 [7OC]

Population: Megacities Project, 3014 [2MR]

Public works: infrastructure crisis, 11738 [19MY]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: funding, 15620 [28JN], 15636 [27JN]

———terminate (H.R. 5476), 29607 [7OC]

Urban Mass Transportation Act: limiting the amount of operating assistance funds (H.R. 4353), 5981 [31MR]

Remarks in Senate

Bankruptcy: claims payable by municipalities (H.R. 5347), 31076 [14OC]

Community Action Agencies: tribute, 32494, 32495 [21OC]

Community Development Block Grant: housing program, 3789 [14MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish clearinghouse on State and local competitiveness initiatives, 19935 [2AU]

Education: quality in inner-city urban schools, 4955 [23MR]

Federal aid programs: funding for the Community Development Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant Programs (S. Res. 409), 6470, 6471 [12AP]

Housing: rehabilitation of low-income units, 17698 [12JY]

———replacement of demolished public units, 17697 [12JY]

Justice Assistance Program: budget, 18747, 18748 [26JY]

Law enforcement officers: drug-related murders, 31662 [19OC]

National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: designate (S.J. Res. 252), 1125 [4FE]

———observance, 1939 [22FE]

Securities: tax treatment of municipalities which act as issuer of municipal bond bank or dedicated bond pool, 29767 [11OC]

Sullivan, MO: designation as part of St. Louis, MO, metropolitan statistical area, 15542 [22JN]

Urban Development Action Grant Program: budget authority, 405 [28JA], 15996 [27JN], 17644 [12JY], 17656 [12JY]

Reports

An Imperiled Generation—Saving Urban Schools: Carnegie Foundation, 4955-4966 [23MR]

Municipal Bankruptcy: National Bankruptcy Conference, 27835 [3OC]

Reports filed

Claims Payable by Municipalities: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5347) (H. Rept. 100-1011), 27327 [30SE]

Designating Morgan and Lawrence Counties, AL, as a Single Metropolitan Statistical Area: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (S. 1447) (H. Rept. 100-503), 1249 [9FE]

National NHS—NeighborWorks Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 252), 2304 [23FE]

Statements

Drugs Are Tearing Our Communities Apart: Nancy Reagan, 2689 [29FE]

Studies

New York Regional Economic Development Partnership Program, 23868 [14SE]

Tables

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

Testimonies

Municipal Bankruptcy: Iola Williams, 27835 [3OC]

———James Spiotto, 27835 [3OC]

Texts of

H.R. 5347, bankruptcy claims payable by municipalities, 27833 [3OC]

H.R. 5489, authorizing appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., 29606 [7OC]

S. 1447, designate Morgan and Lawrence Counties, AL, as single metropolitan statistical area, 2752 [1MR]

S. 2066, ocean dumping of municipal sludge, 1525 [17FE]

S. 2839, Teachers' Professional Development Act, 25696-25697 [27SE]

S.J. Res. 252, National NHS—NeighborWorks Week, 2602 [26FE], 3649 [10MR]