THOMAS, ROBERT LINDSAY (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

Committee on Appropriations (H. Res. 9), 83 [3JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2696, appropriations for energy and water development, 19509 [6SE]

———H.R. 3012, military construction appropriations, 22249 [28SE]

Articles and editorials

Give Carter Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David Accords, Representative Hyde, Los Angeles (CA) Times, 5289 [23MR]

Papers' Editor Coffey Announces Retirement After 5-Decade Career, Savannah (GA) News, 2185 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: penalties for selling onions not of the Vidalia variety as Vidalia onions (see H.R. 3313), 21004 [20SE]

Forests and forestry: encourage reforestation and preservation of forest habitats (see H.R. 2663), 12179 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advertising: farmer-to-consumer billboards (see H.R. 2932), 19333 [4AU]

———mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]

Aeronautics: liability for emergency medical care by licensed physicians on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 676), 2269 [21FE]

Agriculture: allow producers to provide appropriate county committees with actual yields for 1989 and subsequent crop years (see H.R. 2042), 10050 [23MY]

———anniversary of State Cooperative Extension Service (see H.J. Res. 124), 3568 [7MR]

———devote conservation acreage to water storage (see H.R. 764), 5379 [4AP]

———farm program payment fairness relative to married couples (see H.R. 2973), 15762 [21JY]

———pecan industry (see H.R. 3387), 22743 [2OC]

———reduce paperwork for producers (see H.R. 802), 1395 [2FE]

———soybeans producers' nationally coordinated program (see H.R. 2209), 8072 [3MY]

Alabama (C.S.S.): preserve U.S. title and encourage preservation (see H.R. 1563), 6883 [18AP]

Animal Welfare Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 425), 5274 [23MR]

Antitrust policy: encourage small business to jointly manufacture and distribute products (see H.R. 423), 9482 [17MY]

Armed Forces: prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (see H.R. 1296), 5275 [23MR]

———retirement pay of members convicted of an offense (see H.R. 3595), 29606 [16NO]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 11243 [7JN]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 14905 [17JY]

Budget: biennial cycle (see H.R. 786), 5274 [23MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]

Capra, Frank: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Centers for Metal Casting Competitiveness Research: establish (see H.R. 1243), 10443 [31MY]

China, People's Republic of: immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2966), 21004 [20SE]

Clay County, GA: release a reversionary interest in certain lands (see H.R. 2038), 6881 [18AP]

Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 15159 [19JY]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 8845 [10MY]

———commemorative bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 1398 [2FE]

Coast Guard Auxiliary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 8074 [3MY]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 2072 [9FE]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1749 [7FE]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 20204 [12SE]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 10050 [23MY]

Crime and criminals: penalties for use of semiautomatic firearm or short-barrelled shotgun during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime (see H.R. 1654), 5273 [23MR]

Crime Victims Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 4489 [16MR]

Day care: tax credit for situations (see H.R. 2350), 10869 [6JN]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 6333 [12AP]

Developing countries: eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 5085 [21MR]

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 20206 [12SE]

Eastern Airlines: restoration of full operations (see H. Res. 141), 12937 [22JN]

Economic conditions: development and employment programs for certain areas (see H.R. 10), 2553 [22FE]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 269 [19JA]

Elections: establish a series of seven Presidential primaries (see H.R. 1371), 7545 [26AP]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 11604 [13JN]

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 2901 [28FE]

Exxon Corp.: compensate affected parties of Exxon Valdez oil spill (see H. Res. 157), 10051 [23MY]

———obligation to clean up Alaskan oil spill caused by company tanker (see H. Con. Res. 175), 19334 [4AU]

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 20403 [13SE]

Farmers: outdoor advertising of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 899), 4033 [13MR]

Federal employees: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 523), 1398 [2FE]

Fire prevention: cigarette and cigar safety (see H.R. 673), 4201 [15MR]

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 23414 [5OC]

Fish and fisheries: prohibit importation of shrimp from country not requiring use of turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 2620), 16203 [25JY]

Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 3292), 25411 [20OC]

Forests and forestry: carry out a Forest Stewardship Assistance Program for private land owners (see H.R. 3454), 24234 [12OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: bicentennial of death commemorative coin (see H.R. 3056), 22875 [3OC]

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 4113 [14MR]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 145), 3693 [8MR]

High School ROTC Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 4202 [15MR]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 9408 [16MY]

House of Representatives: inclusion in committee and conference reports of the identity, sponsor, and cost of each provision with 10 or fewer beneficiaries (see H. Res. 172), 11603 [13JN]

Hunting and trapping: protection of individuals in national forests or other public lands (see H.R. 3768), 30406 [20NO]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 269 [19JA]

Insurance: long-term care insurance coverage regulation and purchase (see H.R. 3491), 29605 [16NO]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 5083 [21MR]

Labeling: perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of such commodities (see H.R. 1450), 6332 [12AP]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 13846 [28JN]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 123), 9407 [16MY]

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 3252), 20204 [12SE]

Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge, TX: boundaries (see H.R. 1384), 4111 [14MR]

Medicare: delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 6882 [18AP]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]

Members of Congress: nullify salary increase under Federal Salary Act (see H.J. Res. 56), 1206 [31JA]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 17097 [31JY]

Miners: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 521), 1398 [2FE]

Motor vehicles: safety standards on farm vehicles (see H.R. 2414), 9649 [18MY]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative coins (see H.R. 1028), 16203 [25JY]

National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 11819 [14JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 4113 [14MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 26877 [1NO]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 23739 [6OC]

National Association of Women Veterans, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3480), 24814 [17OC]

National Ceramic Tile Industry Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), 7437 [25AP]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 12936 [22JN]

National Commission on Natural Resources Disasters: establish (see H.R. 1011), 4201 [15MR]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 7649 [1MY]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 11604 [13JN]

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 25146 [18OC]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), 20775 [19SE]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 11605 [13JN]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 31246 [21NO]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 9409 [16MY]

National Farm Safety Day for Kids: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 6458 [13AP]

National forests: lawful hunting (see H.R. 3187), 19329 [4AU]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 2554 [22FE]

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 20775 [19SE]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 26877 [1NO]

National Headache and Jaw Joint Injuries Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354), 17335 [1AU]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 21004 [20SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 8916 [11MY]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 19963 [11SE]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 2619 [23FE]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 11605 [13JN]

National Library Card Sign-Up Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 7437 [25AP]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 13279 [23JN]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 2618 [23FE]

National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 8846 [10MY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 2555 [22FE]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 17335 [1AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 9409 [16MY]

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 3102 [1MR]

National Telephone Operators Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 352), 20404 [13SE]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 23414 [5OC]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (see H.R. 1465), 4487 [16MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 3692 [8MR]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 3102 [1MR]

Plastics: promote development of degradable products (see H.R. 683), 5274 [23MR]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 13961 [29JN]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 3101 [1MR]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2700), 26344 [26OC]

Public utilities: prepayment and refinancing of loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see H.R. 3164), 22292 [28SE]

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 19782 [7SE]

Railroad Retirement Board: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 522), 1398 [2FE]

Raoul Wallenberg Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 47), 12494 [20JN]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 238), 20648 [18SE]

Rescue squads: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 3101 [1MR]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 8208 [4MY]

Rural areas: business assistance and emergency water project grants (see H.R. 3382), 22292 [28SE]

Securities: extend authority to issue tax-exempt small issue bonds (see H. Con. Res. 156), 12935 [22JN]

Social Security: exclude receipts and disbursements of trust funds from calculation of budget deficits (see H.R. 378), 1748 [7FE]

———health services for pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 1710), 10161 [24MY]

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2072 [9FE]

Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: congressional consent to amendments (see H.R. 2642), 11818 [14JN]

Special days: commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 539), 266 [19JA]

Stewart, James M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Stock Raising Homestead Act: amend (see H.R. 737), 16428 [26JY]

Tariff: chipper knife steel products (see H.R. 1760), 11604 [13JN]

Taxation: capital gains (see H.R. 1029), 5086 [21MR]

———capital gains on transfer of farm property to satisfy indebtedness (see H.R. 3167), 19329 [4AU]

———certain credits will not be subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 6883 [18AP]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 12180 [15JN]

———deductions for making homes accessible to the handicapped (see H.R. 152), 1152 [27JA]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 2902 [28FE]

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 3101 [1MR]

———passive loss in farming (see H.R. 1086), 2552 [22FE]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 10789 [5JN]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 2269 [21FE]

———sale of certain used automobiles (see H.R. 2041), 14905 [17JY]

Terrorism: preblast detection taggant on explosives to determine the country of origin (see H. Con. Res. 191), 19331 [4AU]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 350), 14077 [11JY]

———forbid display on floor or ground (see H.R. 1295), 3858 [9MR]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 305), 13624 [27JN]

United Services Organization: commemorative coins (see H.R. 2761), 29070 [15NO]

Veterans: early payment of benefit checks (see H.R. 520), 1398 [2FE]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 30117 [19NO]

Volunteer fire departments: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 3101 [1MR]

Weather: tropical cyclone research program (see H.R. 2479), 10443 [31MY]

Wetlands: conservation of North American ecosystems and waterfowl (see H.R. 2587), 15850 [24JY]

———conserve ecosystems (see H.R. 2322), 8914 [11MY]

Wetlands Conservation Act: amend (see H.R. 1526), 10869 [6JN]

Wilderness Act: anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 15160 [19JY]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 16818 [28JY]

World War II: commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 22068 [27SE]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 10869 [6JN]

Year of Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 15159 [19JY]

Yosemite National Park: anniversary (see H.R. 3182; H.J. Res. 398), 27087 [3NO]

Zinnemann, Fred: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Appropriations: election (see H. Res. 9), 83 [3JA]

Citations

Silver Star and Bronze Medals to George W. Fry, 10458 [31MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: reduce paperwork for producers (H.R. 802), 1377 [2FE]

Airports: improving security (H.R. 1659), 20975 [20SE]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22207 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: military construction appropriations (H.R. 3012), conference report, 26292 [26OC]

Evans County, GA: anniversary, 15089 [18JY]

Greece: independence anniversary, 5057 [23MR]

Individual retirement accounts: expansion of deduction, 22207 [28SE]

Taxation: capital gains, 22207 [28SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Savannah River nuclear plant: visit, 8483 [9MY]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 31209 [21NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Formulation of Farm Legislation, D400 [28JN]

Committee on Armed Services (House): Military Construction Portion of the Dept. of Defense Authorization, D131 [20MR]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Prohibit Smoking on Aircraft Flights (H.R. 160, 561, 598, 817), D390 [22JN]

Committee on Ways and Means: Revenue Proposals, D191 [13AP]

Tributes

Coffey, Thomas F., Jr., 2184 [9FE]

Fry, George W., 10457 [31MY]

Price, Jerry, 12843 [22JN]