SUNDQUIST, DON (a Representative from Tennessee)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC]
Technology Assessment Board, 2610 [23FE]
Articles and editorials
End of an Era—Austins Retire From Restaurant Business, Sue Hite, Chester County (TN) Independent, 17112
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: capital punishment sentence (see H.R. 2196), 7754 [2MY]
Hazardous substances: refundable tax credit for recycling wastes (see H.R. 3516), 25614 [24OC]
Japan: reduction of trading or investment barriers for U.S. companies (see H. Con. Res. 216), 25614 [24OC]
NASA: termination liability for the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Program (see H.R. 2197), 7754 [2MY]
States: limit authority relative to taxing income of certain Federal employees (see H.R. 2739), 12934 [22JN]
Taxation: deductibility of certain flight training expenses (see H.R. 2314), 8845 [10MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: right to life (see H.J. Res. 103), 1151 [27JA]
Agriculture: anniversary of State Cooperative Extension Service (see H.J. Res. 124), 3692 [8MR]
———estate tax increases impact on family-owned farms (see H. Res. 139), 11244 [7JN]
———soybean producers' nationally coordinated program (see H.R. 2209), 19332 [4AU]
Air pollution: clean air standards (see H.R. 3030), 16563 [27JY]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 1205 [31JA]
Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 14017 [10JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]
———expeditious consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals rescinding budget authority (see H.R. 962), 2618 [23FE]
———Presidential authority to reduce (see H.R. 3271), 26877 [1NO]
———use of current spending levels in preparation for each new fiscal year (see H.R. 1613), 12810 [21JN]
Coast Guard Auxiliary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 111), 12810 [21JN]
Congress: procedure for expedited consideration of legislation submitted by the President (see H. Con. Res. 45), 1747 [7FE]
Contracts: Federal construction and small business participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 2259), 8207 [4MY]
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), 14076 [11JY]
Crime and criminals: create remedies for victims of pornography (see H.R. 3472), 24743 [16OC]
Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 19963 [11SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: procedural rights for claims for benefits (see H.R. 3343), 25240 [19OC]
District of Columbia: limit the time of incarceration for civil contempt in a child custody case (see H.R. 2136), 11819 [14JN]
Drug abuse: implement national drug control policy (see H.R. 3350), 24743 [16OC]
———newsletter containing directories of State and local private programs of counseling, treatment and information (see H. Res. 206), 26497 [30OC]
Earthquakes: improve effort to reduce hazards (see H.R. 3533), 26344 [26OC]
Education: promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (see H.R. 1675), 5513 [5AP]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 5516 [5AP]
Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 7614 [27AP]
Family Living Wage Act: enact (see H.R. 1104), 2617 [23FE]
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 25498 [23OC]
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 26589 [31OC]
———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]
Firefighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 28336 [9NO]
Fire prevention: cigarette and cigar safety (see H.R. 673), 5945 [11AP]
Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 3292), 25411 [20OC]
Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 28336 [9NO]
GAO: audit the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 844), 25916 [25OC]
General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 14992 [18JY]
German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 14695 [13JY]
Government trust funds: receipts and disbursements of highway, inland waterway, and airport excluded in budget totals (see H.R. 286), 5945 [11AP]
Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 26877 [1NO]
Health: tax incentives to encourage health insurance with a high deductible (see H.R. 3440), 25498 [23OC]
Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 15436 [20JY]
House of Representatives: amend rules relative to duties of Sergeant at Arms (see H. Res. 137), 7436 [25AP]
———amend rules relative to resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 32449 [2MR]
———express gratitude for service of Ward M. Hussey and Lawrence E. Filson (see H. Res. 97), 3100 [1MR]
———official expenses allowance of Members available for printing (see H. Res. 206), 26497 [30OC]
Housing: expand the capacity of resident management corporations to purchase public housing (see H.R. 1181), 13623 [27JN]
International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 2911), 14905 [17JY]
International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 18673 [3AU]
Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.J. Res. 81), 5516 [5AP]
Medicare: delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 1206 [31JA]
———supplemental premium and added benefits (see H.R. 2055), 7545 [26AP]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal (see H.R. 332), 13846 [28JN]
———repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165), 19329 [4AU]
Memorial Day: date observance (see H.R. 2360), 19782 [7SE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 16203 [25JY]
Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 27808 [7NO]
Motor vehicles: safety standards on farm vehicles (see H.R. 2414), 13279 [23JN]
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative anniversary coin (see H.R. 1028), 11604 [13JN]
National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 15850 [24JY]
National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 25146 [18OC]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 16203 [25JY]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27809 [7NO]
National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 20775 [19SE]
National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 25499 [23OC]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 20206 [12SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 26590 [31OC]
National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20775 [19SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 13279 [23JN]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), 22293 [28SE]
National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 15160 [19JY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 6883 [18AP]
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 27809 [7NO]
National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 23414 [5OC]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 26345 [26OC]
Panama Canal: delay transfer of authority to Panama (see H. Con. Res. 127), 10162 [24MY]
Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 7544 [26AP]
———cost of living adjustments for individuals receiving certain military benefits (see H.R. 1491), 8208 [4MY]
Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 3568 [7MR]
Polish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 13961 [29JN]
Postal Service: ZIP code boundaries (see H.R. 2380), 10869 [6JN]
POW/MIA: disclosure of information by Federal agencies on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 27807 [7NO]
———return (see H. Con. Res. 92), 13847 [28JN]
Product Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2700), 26963 [2NO]
Real property: application of passive loss limitation relative to tax deductions on rental properties (see H.R. 642), 16428 [26JY]
Refugees: status of certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals (see H.R. 2022), 13962 [29JN]
Religion: constitutional amendment relative to voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 297), 12180 [15JN]
Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 4198 [15MR]
Rural Enterprise Zone Act: enact (see H.R. 1221), 21407 [22SE]
Securities: extend authority to issue tax-exempt small issue bonds (see H. Con. Res. 156), 12935 [22JN]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 917), 7649 [1MY]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 10158 [24MY]
———income limitations relative to benefits received (see H.R. 58), 11603 [13JN]
———retirement benefits (see H.R. 2348), 11604 [13JN]
———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 103 [3JA]
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact: congressional consent to amendments (see H.R. 2642), 14076 [11JY]
Special days: commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 539), 14992 [18JY]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 1746 [7FE]
Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13847 [28JN]
Taxation: allocation of research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 2573), 11242 [7JN]
———certain credits will not be subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 10789 [5JN]
———charitable contributions of appreciated property (see H.R. 173), 12809 [21JN]
———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 1204 [31JA]
———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 12494 [20JN]
———deductions for contributions to educational savings accounts (see H.R. 3665), 31245 [21NO]
———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 266 [19JA]
———extend the energy investment credit for solar energy and geothermal property (see H.R. 2395), 13846 [28JN]
———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 719), 4033 [13MR]
———oppose Federal excise tax increase (see H. Res. 134), 14476 [12JY]
———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 14017 [10JY]
———sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287), 14076 [11JY]
———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 10160 [24MY]
Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437), 22875 [3OC]
Terrorism: preblast detection taggant on explosives to determine the country of origin (see H. Con. Res. 191), 19331 [4AU]
Trademark Act: amend relative to gray market goods (see H.R. 3484), 26590 [31OC]
U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 337), 13622 [27JN]
———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 304, 305, 323), 13963 [29JN], 14077 [11JY]
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), 29070 [15NO]
Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 9482 [17MY]
———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 8208 [4MY]
Virginia Smith Dam and Reservoir: designate (see H.R. 3073), 19333 [4AU]
Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 30117 [19NO]
Washington Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 25615 [24OC]
Letters
Support for Boy Scouts: Adam Shaw, 8423
Remarks by, on
Adamsville, TN: tribute, 23650
Boy Scouts: support, 8423
Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22206 [28SE], 23372 [5OC]
Day care: tax credit, 23372 [5OC]
Gander, NF: tribute to Fort Campbell soldiers killed in 1985 crash, 14502
Government: ethics standards (H.R. 3660), 29490 [16NO]
Henderson County, TN: tribute to fire department, 15707
Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 29490 [16NO]
Individual retirement accounts: expansion of deduction, 22206 [28SE]
Japan: hostility to foreign investments, 6233 [12AP]
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 22773 [3OC]
Memphis, TN: tribute to Evangelical Christian School baseball team, 12836
———tribute to Roundtable on International Agriculture Policy, 15700
National Small Business Week: observance, 8703
Taxation: capital gains, 22206 [28SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 11240 [7JN], 12808 [21JN], 14473 [12JY], 15435 [20JY], 17095 [31JY], 23412 [5OC]
Special order: granted, 8205 [4MY]
Tributes
Austin, Red and Odessia, 17112
Grisanti, John A., Sr., 11266
Landelius, Kenneth, 11147 [7JN]
Nurnberger, Ralph D., 31808
Overbey, Malcolm, 31776
Smith, Larkin I., 20387