SMITH, LAMAR S. (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
NAACP Walter White Award Dinner: Representative Fish, 9959
Analyses
Ethics Law—Covered Officials and Employees, 27182 [6NO]
Appointments
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), 5360 [4AP]
Committee to escort Salinas de Gortari, 23199 [4OC]
Conferee: H.R. 1487, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 23402 [5OC]
———H.R. 2712, Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status Facilitation Act, 23402 [5OC]
———H.R. 2748, authorizing intelligence services appropriations, 28473 [13NO]
Articles and editorials
Alcohol U.S. ``Drug of Choice'', Catherine Robinson, Midland (TX) Reporter-Telegram, 10063
Amphetamines Widely Abused, Christi Benson, Midland (TX) Reporter-Telegram, 10063
Campaign Funds Should Be Raised Within the District, Representative William M. Thomas, San Luis Obispo (CA) County Telegram-Tribune, 26893 [1NO]
Parental Leave Debate—Where Is the Child? by, 5912
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aliens: special immigrant status for certain individuals designated by the President (see H.R. 2646), 11818 [14JN]
Fairness in Campaign Finance Act: enact (see H.R. 3020), 16428 [26JY]
Federal employees: service with honor (see H.R. 2337), 8915 [11MY]
INS: expand arrest authority of officers and employees (see H.R. 3333), 21499 [25SE]
Midland, TX: designate Carl O. Hyde General Mail Facility (see H.R. 2431), 9650 [18MY]
Prisons: additional Federal facilities (see H.R. 2110), 7542 [26AP]
Rector, Alice M.: relief (see H.R. 3845), 31244 [21NO]
Taxation: incentives for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 760), 1393 [2FE]
———rate on principal campaign committees (see H.R. 1218), 3100 [1MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advertising: mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]
Agriculture: eliminate the disease of scrapie in sheep and goats (see H.R. 799), 9140 [15MY]
Air pollution: clean air standards (see H.R. 3030), 16563 [27JY]
Airports: revolving loan fund for development of wayports to relieve air traffic (see H.R. 1638), 7437 [25AP]
Aliens: temporary protected status for certain Chinese and other nationals (see H.R. 2929), 15159 [19JY]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 1205 [31JA]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: land lease (see H.R. 49), 2071 [9FE]
Armed Forces: prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (see H.R. 1296), 5275 [23MR]
Austin, TX: designate Homer Thornberry Judicial Building (see H.R. 2334), 8915 [11MY]
Bankruptcy: payment of a debt for restitution payable in a criminal case (see H.R. 3691), 29605 [16NO]
———prevent discharge of certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures (see H.R. 3690), 29605 [16NO]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 34, 268), 269 [19JA], 8915 [11MY]
———expeditious consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals rescinding budget authority (see H.R. 962), 2618 [23FE]
———use of current spending levels in preparation for each new fiscal year (see H.R. 1613), 5271 [23MR]
Census: use of data as basis for Federal assistance distribution (see H. Con. Res. 224), 30409 [20NO]
Children: protect rights of victims of child abuse (see H.R. 579), 325 [20JA]
Coast Guard: bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 25615 [24OC]
Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 13846 [28JN]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 2072 [9FE]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 8), 1748 [7FE]
Contracts: Federal construction and small business participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 2259), 8207 [4MY]
Corporations: amend provisions of law relative to interlocking directorates and officers (see H.R. 29), 2269 [21FE]
Cuba: plebiscite (see H. Con. Res. 75), 4200 [15MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 19963 [11SE]
Drug abuse: implement national drug control policy (see H.R. 3350), 26590 [31OC]
———treatment of drug paraphernalia (see H.R. 3220), 29071 [15NO]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 24744 [16OC]
Education: commission examining the teaching of values (see H.R. 733), 5274 [23MR]
———congressional scholarships for science, mathematics, and engineering (see H.R. 996), 2069 [9FE]
———promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (see H.R. 1675), 5513 [5AP]
———school enrollment requirement on the issuance of motor vehicle licenses (see H.R. 3098), 18670 [3AU]
———science, mathematics, and research technologies scholarship program (see H.R. 1217), 5086 [21MR]
EEC: opposing ban on imports of U.S. meat products (see H. Con. Res. 26), 5275 [23MR]
Elections: establish a series of seven Presidential primaries (see H.R. 1371), 15850 [24JY]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 20404 [13SE]
Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 2901 [28FE]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 10243 [25MY]
Family Living Wage Act: enact (see H.R. 1104), 4034 [13MR]
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 22875 [3OC]
Fasteners: inspection, testing, and certification (see H.R. 3000), 16202 [25JY]
Firefighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 29606 [16NO]
Foreign trade: charges and fees collected relative to zones at certain small airports (see H.R. 1001), 2070 [9FE]
Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 29606 [16NO]
General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 3690 [8MR]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 13624 [27JN]
Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force: designate as U.S. Ambassador for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of World War II (see H.J. Res. 285), 24235 [12OC]
Government bonds: taxation of State and local (see H. Con. Res. 39), 8846 [10MY]
Hazardous substances: transportation in crude oil pipelines (see H.R. 2417), 10790 [5JN]
Health: penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 17096 [31JY]
Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 10242 [25MY]
House of Representatives: amend rules relative to resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 20442 [14SE]
———amend rules relative to votes on Members' pay adjustments (see H. Res. 24), 327 [20JA]
———amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative and deliberative (see H. Res. 61), 1397 [2FE]
———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]
Houston, TX: Mickey Leland Federal Building (see H.R. 3318), 21217 [21SE]
Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 208 [4JA]
Industry: standardization of bolt measurement and quality (see H.R. 336), 5515 [5AP]
Insurance: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 12809 [21JN]
Interagency Groundwater Research Committee: establish (see H.R. 2734), 12933 [22JN]
International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 21590 [26SE]
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]
Karate Kids Just Say No to Drugs Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 8207 [4MY]
Labor: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2589), 11300 [8JN]
Law enforcement officers: adjust administratively uncontrollable overtime pay of Federal officers and agents (see H.R. 215), 17334 [1AU]
———capital punishment for killing certain Federal officers (see H.R. 1197), 21589 [26SE]
Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1584), 7755 [2MY]
Medicare: delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 8710 [9MY]
———improve services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 2800 [27FE]
———physician reimbursement by geographic location (see H. Con. Res. 83), 12284 [19JN]
———supplemental premium and added benefits (see H.R. 2055), 6881 [18AP]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: restore provisions in effect before enactment (see H.R. 169), 269 [19JA]
———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]
Members of Congress: pay adjustment (see H.R. 271, 329; H.J. Res. 88), 326, 327 [20JA], 3101 [1MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 15850 [24JY]
Mexico: free trade of livestock (see H. Res. 238), 20205 [12SE]
Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 27808 [7NO]
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative anniversary coin (see H.R. 1028), 12809 [21JN]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 25146 [18OC]
National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 19558 [6SE]
National Cities Fight Back Against Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 416), 31245 [21NO]
National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]
National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 5380 [4AP]
National Global Change Research Program: establish (see H.R. 2984), 20205 [12SE]
National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 22292 [28SE]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 11605 [13JN]
National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20775 [19SE]
National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 14992 [18JY]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), 27192 [6NO]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]
National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 17335 [1AU]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]
National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 20404 [13SE]
National Railroad Passenger Corp.: disposal of untreated waste on tracks (see H.R. 3380), 25615 [24OC]
National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 23414 [5OC]
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 5895 [10AP]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), 24131 [11OC]
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]
Natural gas: eliminate wellhead price controls (see H.R. 1722), 6806 [17AP]
———State ad valorem property taxes on interstate transmission property (see H.R. 2378), 14076 [11JY]
Natural Gas Policy Act: eliminate the requirement for certain refunds or penalties (see H.R. 3288), 24131 [11OC]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2427), 9650 [18MY]
Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 14475 [12JY]
Panama Canal: future security (see H. Res. 181), 15851 [24JY]
———repeal act and abrogate treaties (see H. Con. Res. 47), 3500 [6MR]
Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 7544 [26AP]
Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 1206 [31JA]
———suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321), 22744 [2OC]
Political campaigns: contributions by national banks, corporations, and labor unions (see H.R. 3798), 31242 [21NO]
Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 4201 [15MR]
———restrictions on solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free or at lower price by the Government (see H.R. 373), 3568 [7MR]
Power resources: amend provisions relative to strategic petroleum reserves and the taxation of certain products (see H.R. 1558), 5170 [22MR]
———tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 664), 1149 [27JA]
Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169), 269 [19JA]
Presidents of the U.S.: constitutional amendment to repeal limit on number of terms (see H.J. Res. 264), 8845 [10MY]
Reagan, President: call for negotiations with allies to reduce U.S. global defense burden (see H. Res. 21), 269 [19JA]
Real property: application of passive loss limitation relative to tax deductions on rental properties (see H.R. 642), 13961 [29JN]
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Act: enact (see H.R. 1216), 7544 [26AP]
Rescue squads: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 3101 [1MR]
Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1587), 6883 [18AP]
Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act: enact (see H.R. 1588), 7437 [25AP]
Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (see H.R. 1583), 6806 [17AP]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 10158 [24MY]
———income limitations relative to benefits received (see H.R. 58), 347 [24JA]
———place the Office of Rural Health Policy under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (see H.R. 1589), 7545 [26AP]
Space sciences: anniversary of first lunar landing (see H. Res. 197), 14992 [18JY]
Special days: commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 539), 266 [19JA]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 7544 [26AP]
Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13847 [28JN]
Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353), 9406 [16MY]
———certain amounts used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2132), 9652 [18MY]
———certain credits will not be subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 8208 [4MY]
———child care services (see H.R. 575), 325 [20JA]
———deductions for employers providing certain family leave for employees (see H.R. 1141), 5516 [5AP]
———deductions relative to contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 70), 1687 [6FE]
———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 2902 [28FE]
———deny tax-exempt status of organizations that perform or finance abortions (see H.R. 624), 10160 [24MY]
———indexing of assets and 15% maximum rate on capital gains (see H.R. 499), 2072 [9FE]
———indexing of the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 504), 2072 [9FE]
———limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 595), 22875 [3OC]
———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 6805 [17AP]
———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 3101 [1MR]
———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 5274 [23MR]
———withdrawals from individual retirement plans for long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2133), 9652 [18MY]
Television: stimulate the design, development, and manufacture of high-definition technology (see H.R. 1267), 5338 [3AP]
Texas: EPA demonstration program for sewer and water supply facilities for certain colonias (see H.R. 2117), 7543 [26AP]
U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 350), 14077 [11JY]
———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 309, 318), 13963 [29JN], 14476 [12JY]
———Supreme Court ruling on desecration (see H. Res. 186), 13622 [27JN]
United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]
United Services Organization: commemorative coins (see H.R. 2761), 25615 [24OC]
Veterans: receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 10443 [31MY]
Volunteer fire departments: donations of Federal surplus property (see H.R. 377), 3101 [1MR]
World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 25240 [19OC]
Comments
Ethics in Government—activities covered by postemployment restrictions, 27821
Letters
Family source of national strength: Kitty Lange, 5911
Refugee admissions: by, 30398 [20NO]
Substance abuse programs: Judithe H. Zentner, 5259 [23MR]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, 5920 [11AP]
Remarks by, on
Aliens: immigration status for service in the Armed Forces (H.R. 639), 28556 [13NO]
Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 7518
Armed Forces: posthumous citizenship procedures for aliens who die on active duty (H.R. 150), 28553 [13NO]
Baltic States: trade liberalization inside Soviet Union (H.R. 2366), 9386
Budget: deficit, 1196 [31JA]
China, People's Republic of: readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), 16997 [31JY]
———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), Senate amendments, 19313 [4AU]
———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), conference report, 29988 [17NO]
———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), recommit to conference (H. Res. 293), 29898 [17NO]
Citizenship: administrative naturalization (H.R. 1630), 16996 [31JY]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2821 [28FE]
Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), 8131
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appropriations, 3083 [1MR]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2991), Conte motion to instruct conferees, 24104 [11OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15370
Drug abuse: local antidrug programs, 5259 [23MR]
———national policy, 22191
Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13859
Fairness in Campaign Finance Act: enact (H.R. 3020), 16449
Families: source of national strength, 5911
Federal employees: ethics requirements, 24229 [12OC]
———participation in political process (H.R. 20), 6778
———reform of postemployment restrictions, 27821
———service with honor (H.R. 2337), 8887 [11MY]
Government: ethics standards (H.R. 3660), 24763 [17OC], 25062 [18OC], 25519 [24OC], 26958 [2NO], 27077 [3NO], 27182 [6NO], 27926 [8NO], 28180 [9NO], 29493 [16NO]
———extend postemployment restrictions, 30087
Immigration: employer sanctions relative to longshore work (H.R. 2138), 24774 [17OC]
Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 29493 [16NO]
Kerrville, TX: anniversary, 20239
Medicare: supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 191), 21363
Nurses: adjust immigrant status of certain (H.R. 3259), 24776 [17OC]
Philippines: naturalization of certain war veterans (H.R. 525), 28554 [13NO]
Postal Service: restrictions on solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free or at lower price by the Government (H.R. 373), 3561 [7MR]
President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform: report, 4154 [15MR]
Prisons: additional Federal facilities (H.R. 2110), 7725 [2MY], 7875
Refugees: GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (H.R. 45), 25856
———status of certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals (H.R. 2022), 14662, 14667, 14674, 14676, 14679 [13JY]
Social Security: income limitations relative to benefits received (H.R. 58), 9969
Soviet Union: trade liberalization inside Baltic States (H.R. 2366), 9386
U.N.: civil action for recovery from persons engaging in torture (H.R. 1662), 22715 [2OC]
Votes: position on missed, 25829
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 7752 [2MY], 25912 [25OC]
Reports
Federal Employee Ethics Requirements, 24229 [12OC]
Statements
Issues in the Equal Application of Revolving Door Statutes to the Legislative Branch, 26958 [2NO]
Tribute to Alan M. Kranowitz: Tom Loeffler, 7499
Tribute to Carl O. Hyde, 14845 [17JY]
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Central American Studies Relief Act (H.R. 45), D667 [17OC]
———Chinese Temporary Protected Status Act (H.R. 2929), D667 [17OC]
———Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status Facilitation Act (H.R. 2712), D781 [16NO]
Tributes
Hyde, Carl O., 9966
McCrory, James, 333