BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY related term(s) Corporations; Industrial Arbitration; Small Business
Addresses
Africa's Development and Destiny: Barber B. Conable, E2090-E2092 [7JN]
American Transportation: Nat Welch, E1889 [22MY]
Constitutional Perspective on Free Trade Agreement: Representative LaFalce, E1640 [7MY]
Credit Unions and Banking Reform: Representative Petri, E812 [7MR]
Discrimination and Its Effects: Clarence Thomas, S11263-S11265 [30JY]
Economic Conversion: Representative Mavroules, E778 [6MR]
European Cooperation—A Second Opportunity for the United States? Henry S. Reuss, S5439 [7MY]
Future of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base: Bernard L. Schwartz, E4134-E4136 [26NO]
Global Economy: Jean-Claude Paye, S14368-S14370 [3OC]
Hopes and Difficulties—Building a Market in Hungary: Gabor Demszky, E1744 [14MY]
Opportunities for American Business in Hungary: Frank P. Doyle, S9737-S9739 [11JY]
Radical Reform in the Soviet Union: Senator Nunn, S8473 [21JN]
Restore U.S. Shipping Industry: International Association of Machinists, E3621 [31OC]
Transportation Industry: Alex J. Mandl, S7714-S7717 [13JN]
U.S. and Asia in a Changing World: Senator Rockefeller, S11606 [31JY]
U.S. Congress and America's Japan Policy: Ira Wolf, S2853 [6MR]
U.S. Economy, Social Conditions, and International Relations: Ross Perot, S428-S431 [14JA]
Amendments
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (H.R. 656), S12748, S12804 [11SE], H5421, H5422, H5423 [11JY]
———coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 272), S12734, S12737, S12802 [11SE]
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5401, S5429 [7MY], S5519, S5520-S5577 [8MY]
National objectives: enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (S. 1790), S14091 [1OC]
Small business: financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (S. 360), S2548 [28FE]
Technology: enhance domestic by applying the results of Federal research and development (S. 1034), S18731, S18767 [27NO]
Telecommunications: promote development of new technologies (S. 218), S8390 [21JN]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S6437 [22MY], S6891 [24MY], S6981, S7047 [4JN], S7068, S7069, S7073, S7075, S7076, S7094, S7224, S7225 [5JN]
Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1410), S16202, S16294 [7NO]
———consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), S16206, S16295 [7NO]
Tourist trade: promote (S. 680), S15150, S15203 [24OC]
Analyses
Airline Competition Enhancement Act (H.R. 2074), E1437 [24AP]
American Health Security Act (S. 700), S3731 [20MR]
American Jobs and Manufacturing Preservation Act (H.R. 2889), E2509 [11JY]
Business and Education Partnership Act (S. 364), S1707 [6FE]
Commercial Activities Contracting Procedures Act (H.R. 3163), E2828-E2831 [1AU]
Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act (S. 1622), S11841-S11844 [1AU]
Dept. of Energy High-Performance Computing Act (S. 343), S1562 [5FE]
Enhance Competitiveness by Improving Workforce (H.R. 3470), E3232 [3OC]
Environmental Marketing Claims' Regulation (H.R. 1408), E898 [12MR]
Establish Industrial Recapitalization Funds (S. 1285), S7812 [13JN]
Fair Trade in Services Act (H.R. 1347), E831 [7MR]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act (S. 1691), S12297-S12300 [2AU]
Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act (S. 1019), S5625-S5627 [9MY]
Fruit and Vegetable Producers Emergency Assistance Act (S. 1555), S10788 [24JY]
Limited Partnership Rollup Reform Act (H.R. 1885), E1315 [18AP]
Limited Partnership Rollup Reform Act (S. 1423), S9123 [28JN]
Proposed Amendments to Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act (S. 429), S5484 [8MY]
Reauthorize the Native American Programs Act (S. 1717), S13063 [16SE]
Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act (S. 730), S3956 [21MR]
Research, Design, and Manufacturing of Telecommunications Equipment (H.R. 1527), E1025 [20MR]
Senator Stevens' substitute amendment to the Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act (S. 218), S8394 [21JN]
Small Business Investment Act (H.R. 1150), E690-E692 [28FE]
Tax Treatment of Gains or Losses From Sale of Assets by Farmer Cooperatives (S. 1522), S10570 [22JY]
Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act (H.R. 1404), E909-E912 [13MR]
Appendices
Primary Members of the International Swap Dealers Association, Inc., S4603 [17AP]
Articles and editorials
After an Idle Century, Bluff on Green River Is Waking Up, S9720 [10JY]
Aid Fund Considered By Insurers, H6652 [17SE]
America as Competitor, E4050 [25NO]
Answer to the Credit Crunch?, S15535 [30OC]
Arab Curve, S10314 [18JY]
Archaic Rules Foul Innovative Labor Strategies, E3553 [25OC]
As Juarez Booms, So Do Its Shantytowns, E2953 [2AU]
At the Frontiers of Biotechnology, E1595 [2MY]
Bad Decision on Sanctions, S11105 [26JY]
Bankruptcy Questions, E799 [6MR]
Bankruptcy Watchdog, E798 [6MR]
Baxter Cancels Syria Plant Amid Arab Boycott Dispute, S7718 [13JN]
Baxter Fails To Quell Questions on Its Role in the Israeli Boycott, S7718-S7720 [13JN]
Baxter Partner Promotes Blood Libel, S7720 [13JN]
Being a Plaintiff Sometimes Amounts to a Profession, S17359 [21NO]
Big Split, H4856-H4859 [20JN]
Bill Aims To Hang Up `Telenuisance', S18320 [26NO]
Bill Would Outlaw Some Computer Calls, S18319 [26NO]
Bills Would Limit Recorded Telemarketing, S18320 [26NO]
Blacks Need Help Now, S11008 [26JY]
Blue-Collar Jobs, Blue-Chip Skills, E1958 [29MY]
Boom in Manufactured Exports Provides Hope for U.S. Economy, S4824 [23AP]
Boom in Manufactured Exports Provides Hope for U.S. Economy—Low Costs and Weak Dollar Contribute to Gains, H3272 [20MY]
Bring Back McCarthy, E799 [6MR]
Bristol-Meyers, Pfizer Post Record Net, Schering, Lilly Two-Digit Profit Rises, H10598 [19NO]
Build Ties With Mexico—Fast Track for More Trade, S6789 [24MY]
Building Trust With Toothpaste—Entrepreneur Makes Human Dignity the Bottom Line, S5957 [15MY]
Bush Can No Longer Shy Away From Public Investment, H10396 [18NO]
Businesswoman Prefers Solo Path to Success, E1053 [21MR]
Canfield Sees International Business Fizz, S8053 [18JN]
Challenges Ahead, E836 [8MR]
Change of Heart—Venezuela Now Woos Oil Firms It Booted in 70's Nationalization, S14367 [3OC]
Clean Air Act Overkill, S16891 [18NO]
Cleaning Up—Chemical Firms Find That It Pays To Reduce Pollution at Source, E2247 [19JN]
Cleaning Up—Chemical Firms Find That It Pays to Reduce Pollution at Source-By Altering Process To Yield Less Waste, They Make Production More Efficient-Dow Reuses a Toxic Solvent, S8295 [20JN]
Color Printer Gives Tektronix Jump on Canon, E2242 [18JN]
Common Ground, S8115 [19JN]
Competition and Sematech, E3705 [5NO]
Competition Helps Cable TV Customers, E2299 [20JN]
Computer Calls Irk Legislators, S18320 [26NO]
Congress Considers Proposals To Limit Uninvited Phone Calls, S18319 [26NO]
Congress Tries To Shield Public from Deluge of Telemarketing, S18320 [26NO]
Conspiracy for the Rich, E1085 [22MR]
Corporations Are Deserting Group Battling Rights Bill, E2014 [4JN]
Cost of Regulation—Inflation and Recession, E2718 [25JY]
Cowboy State Could Benefit From National Energy Security Act, S15396 [29OC]
Curb Tele-Junk, S18319 [26NO]
Curing the Banking Crisis and Recession, S3461 [14MR]
Customs, Taiwan Discuss Transshipping Suspicions, S4073 [21MR]
Defense Exporter's Secret Weapons, H2554-H2556 [25AP]
Democratic Five-Year Plan, S10764 [24JY]
Democrats, Too, Lack Recovery Plan, E4051 [25NO]
Devastation of the Boat Business, S7460 [11JN]
Don't Let Lenders Off Hook in Their Superfund Duties, E1689 [9MY]
Drugmakers Under Attack, S12619-S12622 [10SE]
Dryclean U.S.A. Thinks Small To Grow Big, E4247 [18DE]
Dying Breed—No Glamour, No Glory, Being a Manufacturer Today Can Take Guts, S8642 [26JN]
Economy—18-Month Forecast—Winners and Losers, S12618 [10SE]
EDS Settles Case Over Secret Use of Credit Reports, E1980 [30MY]
EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Daniel Lamp Company, S8682 [26JN]
Energy Strategy Under Siege, S15397 [29OC]
Examining American Assistance to Eastern Europe, S2812 [6MR]
Executives Blame Woes on Washington, H10697-H10699 [20NO]
Exports Won't Pull United States Out of Recession—Foreign Demand Proves Inadequate to Offset Drop on Domestic Side, S3248 [13MR]
FDA Will Probe SmithKline on Pitch for Unlicensed Drugs, S12622 [10SE]
Federal Subsidies Flow to Rural Phone Firms That Have Lots of Cash, E2243 [18JN]
Ferrufino Is American Success Story, From A to Zee, S6077 [16MY]
Few Companies Control Large Agricultural Shares, H2808 [7MY]
51st State?, E577 [22FE]
Firm Hope To Grow Into Eastern Base, E4245 [18DE]
Flight of Frustration, S10390-S10392 [18JY]
Florida International University Encourages Young Entrepreneurs, E4090 [26NO]
Foreign-Born, Too, Face ``Glass Ceiling'' in Job Promotion, S8513 [24JN]
Free Trade, or Trade War?, S14927 [17OC]
Freedom Come—Freedom Go, E1316 [18AP]
From Pushcart Beginnings, Fish Firm Thrives in Miami, E3103 [23SE]
Gerber, E2204 [13JN]
Getting Down to Business, E1290-E1292 [17AP]
Grinder, E1260 [16AP]
Hapeville—Winning With Quality, Not Quotas, E2352 [25JN]
Health Benefits Found To Deter Job Switching, S13875 [27SE]
Health Plan Wins Major Support—Big Companies, Labor, Ex-Presidents Endorse Pay or Play Overhaul, S16485 [13NO]
High Cost of Going California, S16890 [18NO]
Hot Place for Arms—Istanbul, H2556 [25AP]
House Votes To Restrict Calls by Telemarketers, S18318 [26NO], S18786 [27NO]
How to Hang Up on Those Automated Phone Calls, S18320 [26NO]
If Feds Stay Out of High-Tech Race, U.S. Loses, Senator Bingaman, S10764 [24JY]
Illegal Child Labor Resurging in United States, H2632 [1MY]
Immigration Load Dumped on State, Local Governments, E3606 [30OC]
Importers Face Transshipping Probe, S4072 [21MR]
In Land-Of-Opportunity Arkansas Ohlendorf Has Brought Industry Knocking, S18849 [18DE]
India Drops Decades-Old Policies in Bid To Modernize Economy, S10981 [25JY]
India Retreats From Socialist Past, S10981 [25JY]
Inside Japan Inc.—Cozy Ties Foster Political Friction, H7782 [10OC]
Insurance Executives Set Payout, S10696 [23JY]
Invisible Lawyers Tax, S11108 [26JY]
Is This How Deregulation of Airlines Was To End Up?, E3589 [30OC]
Japanese Research and Development Expands Again, S11611 [31JY]
Japanese Risk a Trade War, E1220 [11AP]
Japanese Trade Practices, E3668 [1NO]
Japan's Cartels Hold a Lot of Hostages, E1787 [16MY]
Japan's Corporate Connections Create Challenge for U.S. Business, H7779-H7781 [10OC]
Jobs Vanish in Northern Michigan, S12585 [10SE]
Land of Milk and Money—Gov. Tommy Thompson's Wisconsin Showcase, S5431-S5433 [7MY]
Less McWaste, H2592 [30AP]
Let's Elevate Quality on Our National Agenda, E3163 [26SE]
Living the Dream in America—Immigrants Find Success in Business—At a Price, E3499 [22OC]
Lorin Industries' Future Is Shining Bright, E2280 [19JN]
Magazine Publisher Presses Ahead in Bullitt—Publishers Press Keeps Expanding Operations, S3114 [12MR]
Many Securities-Fraud Suits Are Likely To Go Unheard After High Court Ruling, S18625 [27NO]
Maquiladora Brings Family Decent Living, E2955 [2AU]
Meanwhile, the Meltdown in Motor City—This Time, America's Big Three Automakers May Be Headed for the Scrap Heap, S8045 [18JN]
Medicine—Cheaper Can Be Better, S12619 [10SE]
Mexico and Its Wall, E609 [25FE]
Miracle Mill—Utah's Geneva Steel, Once Called Hopeless, Is Racking Up Profits, E3943 [21NO]
Nero-Like Officials Should Stop Fiddling, H10620 [20NO]
New American Order, E2584 [18JY]
No More Oil Binges?, H815 [30JA]
No More Subsidies, E2417 [27JN]
Not Made in Japan, S13723 [25SE]
Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Subsidies Roam, E3358 [10OC]
Oil Booms Give a Needed Lift To Place With High Jobless Rate and Low Wages, S12929 [12SE]
OK Federal Family Leave Bill, E3672 [1NO]
On the Horizon—Port of Entry at Santa Teresa, NM, E1622 [7MY]
One Small Capital Gain—One Big Tax, S16508 [13NO], E3900 [19NO]
Open Line—Subsidies Flow to Rural Phone Firms With Ample Cash—Big Companies Often Benefit, E2244 [18JN]
Pall—Bleeding Its Opponents Dry, E3514 [23OC]
Peoria Ascendant, E1594 [2MY]
Petrochemical Disasters Raise Alarm in Industry, S8235-S8237 [20JN]
Phone Flushway, S13393 [20SE]
Phone Solicitation Curb Gains in Senate, S18319 [26NO]
Pittance Goes Far—Tiny Microenterprise Loans Work Miracles, S11008 [26JY]
Poisoning the Border, S6567-S6569 [23MY]
Polluters Undermine the Superfund, E3117 [24SE]
Popular Myths of Corporate Japan, E3518 [23OC]
Postal Monopoly—Paying More for Less, E2227 [14JN]
President Orders an Even Break for Minorities in Defense Jobs, S8587 [25JN]
Price Fixing Is Not Always Gouging, S5463 [8MY]
Private Firms, Public Service, E3025 [12SE]
Privatization and Item Vetoes—Good for States and Washington, E3025 [12SE]
Pro-Family, Pro-Business, S16863 [15NO]
Profiling Peoria Business, E1595 [2MY]
Puerto Rico Is Not the Enemy, E3003 [12SE]
Pursuing the Muse in Peoria, E1596 [2MY]
Putting Limits on Autodialers, S18318 [26NO], S18786 [27NO]
Quayle Aide's Firm Is Linked to Pollution, S17289 [21NO]
Recycling Buildings, S8114 [19JN]
Recycling Team—Coke, Hoechst Offer Refills on Bottling, H1679 [13MR]
Regulatory Advisor Has Stake in Chemical Firm, S17288 [21NO]
Republican Who's Unafraid to Experiment, S5433 [7MY]
Retail Class Wars—Is K Mart a Victim of Discrimination?, S5462 [8MY]
Rethinking the Japan Mess, S4413 [16AP]
Rockwell To Sell Unit To Alcatel, E2807 [1AU]
Rudin—One Developer Who Learned From 1970's, E503 [7FE]
Sales of Cars Stayed in Slump in Late August, S12584 [10SE]
Saving of Yosemite, S7384 [6JN]
Saw-Toothed Despair Leaves Mark on Northwestern Loggers, S13218 [18SE]
Senate, House Hang Up on Telephone Solicitors—Both Houses Passed Similar Legislation, S18318 [26NO]
Senate Panel To Hold a Hearing on Bill That Would Restrict Cold-Calling, S18320 [26NO]
Senate Votes Dialer Ban, S18318 [26NO], S18786 [27NO]
Senate Votes To Limit Telemarketing, S18319 [26NO]
Senator Specter Seeks Probe of Baxter International, S7718 [13JN]
Service-Driven Service Company, S13355-S13358 [19SE]
Shootout in the Greenhouse CAFE, S15397 [29OC]
Smoke Screen Is Hiding Advantages of Energy Legislation, S15396 [29OC]
Spending Slump Hits Big Retailers—Again, S12584 [10SE]
State Must Build Its Place in Future Trade Zone, E2956 [2AU]
Statewide Realtor, E2240 [18JN]
Steelmakers' Grim Outlook for the Year, S6567 [23MY]
Stop the Clock on Swindlers, S18624 [27NO]
Strategic Defense of Exports, S18116 [25NO]
Supporting Small Businesses Strengthens Our Manufacturing Base, S12689 [10SE]
System of Trust, E799 [6MR]
Team Work, E2303 [20JN]
Teed Off Over Sales of Golf Courses, H1662 [12MR]
Telephone Consumer Privacy from Marketers, S18319 [26NO]
That Tough New Line on Foreign Investment Is Only a Mirage, H601 [18JA]
Third Deficit, E1399-E1401 [23AP]
Thousands of Jobs Exported to Mexico, E2951 [2AU]
Three Ex-managers Pool Resources, Open Store Near Liberty City, E3002 [12SE]
To State Firms, Mexico Is Good Business, E2953 [2AU]
Toni Gary Selected As Year's Top Advocate For Minority Issues, E3436 [17OC]
Toni Gary Selected as Year's Top Advocate for Minority Issues, E3457 [21OC]
Tourism May Draw Employers To Stay, Economists Says, S15150 [24OC]
Tourists From Abroad Discover Mid-America, S15149 [24OC]
Twins Mold Business Empire Out of Plastic, S9907 [11JY]
U.S. Clears Japanese Stake in Atomic-Arms Toolmaker, H601 [18JA]
U.S. Firms Angered by Kuwaiti Contract Award, E3625 [31OC]
U.S. Firms Stage Competitive Revival—Increased Efficiency, Cheaper Dollar Helping To Boost Exports, H3273 [20MY]
U.S. Relied on Foreign-Made Parts for Weapons, S4495-S4497 [16AP]
U.S.-Soviet Joint Venture, S7289 [6JN]
Unanticipated, Nonobvious, Enabling Portion of the Constitution—The Patent Provision—Best Mode, H2756-H2760 [2MY]
Unisys Awarded $612 Million Air Force Computer Contract, H5752 [24JY]
United States Boom Sparks Mexican Activism, E2955 [2AU]
United States-Mexico Trade Pact Is Pitting Vast Armies of Capitol Hill Lobbyists Against Each Other, S6786 [24MY]
Victory at Devils Lake, S4910 [23AP]
Washington Presses Japan To Open Construction Jobs, E1634 [7MY]
What Spectrum Shortage?, S13391-S13393 [20SE]
Whatever Happened to Deindustrialization?, S4138 [22MR]
Who Will Build America's Nuclear Arms?, H600 [18JA]
Why Job Growth Has Come to a Standstill, H7794 [10OC]
Workers Feel the Downside of Mexico, E2954 [2AU]
Working Children—Underage Laborers Fill Mexican Factories, Stir U.S. Trade Debate, S6569 [23MY], E1237 [15AP]
Yosemite's Fate in Hands of Obscure Group, S7385 [6JN]
Bills and resolutions
Advertising: regulation of environmental marketing claims (see H.R. 1408, H1669 [12MR])
Aeronautics: air carrier competition and passenger services (see H.R. 2037, H2535 [24AP]; H.R. 2074, H2536 [24AP])
———competition among commercial air carriers (see S. 1628, S12181 [2AU])
———establish a commission to analyze the economic state of the air passenger industry (see S. 1998, S17245 [20NO])
———foreign investment in U.S. air carriers (see S. 1977, S16848 [15NO]; S. 1980, S16848 [15NO]
———percentage of voting interests of air carriers which are required to be owned by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 782, H854 [4FE])
AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (see S. 1860, S15072 [23OC]; H.R. 3450, H7198 [1OC])
Agriculture: disaster assistance for fruit and vegetable producers (see S. 1555, S10769 [24JY])
———inspection of egg products (see S. 1465, S9839 [11JY])
———prohibit insider trading of commodities (see H.R. 221, H60 [3JA])
———relieve economic hardships to producers suffering from drought conditions (see H.R. 1550, H2013 [21MR])
———require public disclosure of information relating to sales of commodities for export (see H.R. 223, H60 [3JA])
Antitrust policy: assure fairness in the allocation and award of damages (see S. 356, S1505 [5FE])
———modify exemption applicable to the insurance industry (see S. 1873, S15158 [24OC])
———promote competition in the retail gasoline market (see S. 790, S4230 [9AP])
Arab countries: secondary and tertiary boycotts of businesses dealing with Israel (see S. 1147, S6654 [23MY])
———trade information regarding the impact of boycotts on certain U.S. businesses (see S. 1817, S14588 [8OC])
Armed Forces: development of defense manufacturing and critical technologies (see H.R. 3427, H6940 [26SE])
———disaster loan eligibility to small businesses owned by members (see H.R. 1085, H1136 [21FE])
Baltic States: appoint permanent cultural and commercial representatives and encourage Baltic-Soviet negotiations (see H.R. 1879, H2373 [17AP])
Bank Holding Company Act: amend (see H.R. 1480, H1848 [19MR])
Bankruptcy: establish a commission to review the Bankruptcy Code (see S. 1985, S17043 [19NO])
———exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (see S. 580, S2771 [6MR])
———modify compensation for private trustees (see H.R. 2554, H4015 [5JN])
———payment of expenses incurred by official creditors' and equity security holders' committees (see S. 1588, S11371 [30JY])
———treatment of transactions made by depositors from certain financial institutions (see H.R. 2642, H4549 [13JN])
Bell Telephone Cos.: reemployment rights for lost employment as a consequence of the divestiture (see H.R. 2323, H3035 [14MY])
Benrus Watch Corp.: reissue a production incentive certificate (see H.R. 1838, H2261 [16AP])
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training: fund programs, restore national information collection system, and increase forces in Bureau (see H.R. 3500, H7379 [3OC])
Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 299, H5451 [15JY])
Central America: foreign assistance to support development and democracy (see S. Con. Res. 47, S7898 [17JN])
Children: enforcement of child labor laws (see S. 600, S2926 [7MR])
Children and youth: public-private child care partnerships (see H.R. 3926, H11288 [25NO])
China, People's Republic of: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see S. 1366, S8592 [25JN]; H.R. 2744, H5048 [25JN]; H. Con. Res. 216, H7648 [8OC])
Coast Guard: procurement of buoy chain manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 2288, H2952 [9MY])
Commercial banks: establishment of interstate branches (see S. 696, S3712 [20MR]; S. 1092, S6034 [16MY])
Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see H.R. 3476, H7313 [2OC])
Community development: economic assistance (see S. 1866, S15158 [24OC])
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see S. 272, S1159 [24JA]; S. 343, S1505 [5FE]; H.R. 656, H712 [28JA])
Construction industries: use of semi-skilled labor under Federal contracts (see S. 1658, S12181 [2AU])
Container industry: identification of plastic resins used to produce plastic packaging (see H.R. 230, H60 [3JA])
Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122, H6192 [31JY])
———establish uniform standards, rights, and measures of accountability for procurement services (see H.R. 3163, H6316 [1AU])
———increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement from small disadvantaged businesses (see H.R. 852, H988 [6FE])
———registration of Dept. of Defense consultants (see H.R. 72, H56 [3JA])
———resolution of dispute between Bucheit International, Inc. and Prince Mishaal Bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia (see H. Con. Res. 29, H195 [10JA])
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 1790, H2259 [16AP])
Corporations: eligibility for the rules applicable to real property subdivided for sale by noncorporate taxpayers (see H.R. 2573, H4097 [6JN])
———permit certain trusts to be shareholders in certain businesses (see H.R. 2532, H3855 [4JN])
———stockholder role in determination of income of certain executive officers (see S. 1198, S6996 [4JN]; H.R. 2522, H3854 [4JN])
Courts: compensatory damages relative to maritime law (see H.R. 3318, H6538 [12SE])
———foreign records of regularly conducted activity (see S. 1316, S8014 [18JN])
———reform tort law doctrine of joint and several liability (see S. 195, S439 [14JA])
———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 2700, H4866 [20JN]; H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])
———standards for professional liability actions (see H.R. 2701, H4866 [20JN])
CPSC: improve liquid consumer products relative to child safety concerns (see H.R. 220, H60 [3JA])
Credit: clarify and strengthen consumer protection laws (see H.R. 421, H82 [4JA])
Credit cards: disclosure on accounts, analysis of industry, and cap on interest rates (see H.R. 3860, H10842 [21NO])
Crime: amend provisions of law relative to racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (see H.R. 1717, H2177 [11AP])
———insurance fraud (see H.R. 3171, H6316 [1AU])
Critical industries: study and report (see H.R. 1517, H1913 [20MR])
Customs Service: simplify and modernize procedures (see H.R. 2589, H4186 [7JN])
Defense industries: assist transition of industries, communities, and workers effected by reduced defense spending (see S. 2075, S18335 [26NO]; S. 2133, S18690 [27NO])
Defense Production Act: clarify and strengthen provisions pertaining to national security takeovers (see H.R. 2624, H4437 [12JN])
———exempt section 721 from termination (see H.R. 1357, H1473 [7MR])
———retain provisions relative to foreign business activities threatening national security (see S. 126, S437 [14JA])
Dept. of Defense: improve accountability procedures on business profits made from defense-related Federal procurement (see H.R. 40, H55 [3JA])
———payment protections for first tier subcontractors (see H.R. 2112, H2564 [25AP])
———reimbursement of contractors for severance cost incurred because of U.S. or host country action (see H.R. 2308, H2953 [9MY])
Dept. of the Treasury: borrowing by Government-related corporations (see H.R. 3365, H6690 [19SE])
Developing countries: encourage acceleration of economic growth relative to creation of new U.S. export markets (see S. Con. Res. 15, S2619 [5MR])
———promote development of microenterprises (see S. 971, S5137 [25AP]; H.R. 1608, H2083 [22MR])
Drug abuse: control of precursor chemicals (see S. 1406, S8952 [27JN]; H.R. 2827, H5267 [27JN])
———quality assurance in private sector drug testing programs (see S. 2008, S17433 [21NO])
Ecology and environment: source reduction in packaging (see S. Res. 40, S1506 [5FE])
Economy: authorizing appropriations to meet conditions relative to essential productive jobs (see H.R. 1463, H1847 [19MR])
———business and education partnerships to revitalize (see S. 364, S1699 [6FE])
———encourage commercial financial liquidity (see H.J. Res. 369, H9493 [6NO])
———incentives for work, savings, and investment (see H.R. 3678, H8787 [30OC])
———provide growth and industrial revitalization (see S. 940, S5136 [25AP])
Education: establish a national advanced technician training program (see S. 1146, S6654 [23MY])
———provide Soviet graduate students with scholarships to study in the U.S. (see S. 1399, S8952 [27JN])
EEC: barriers inhibiting competitiveness of U.S. businesses (see S. 1653, S12181 [2AU])
Elections: prohibit contributions by multicandidate committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 806, H890 [5FE])
———prohibitions on election-related activity by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 986, H1077 [20FE])
Electric power: facilitate powerplant ownership and encourage conservation of electricity (see H.R. 2825, H5267 [27JN])
Employment: assistance to employees subject to layoff because their work is transferred to another country (see H.R. 3878, H10930 [22NO])
———develop school-to-work transition program (see H.R. 4078, H12062 [3JA])
———electronic monitoring in the workplace (see H.R. 3340, H6601 [16SE])
———establish a Glass Ceiling Commission and an annual award for promoting a more diverse skilled work force at the management level (see H.R. 3353, H6674 [17SE])
———establish youth apprenticeship demonstration programs (see S. 2059, S18334 [26NO]; H.R. 3998, H11887 [26NO])
———exempt certain individuals from child labor laws (see H.R. 3144, H6193 [31JY])
———guarantee work opportunity for all Americans (see S. 666, S3386 [14MR])
———immigration-related practices of employers (see S. 1734, S13409 [20SE])
———increase penalties for employers who violate fair labor practices (see H.R. 218, H60 [3JA])
———paid leave for attendance of parent-teacher conferences (see S. Con. Res. 68, S14220 [2OC]; H. Con. Res. 215, H7313 [2OC])
———prevent discrimination based on participation in an economic strike (see H.R. 2620, H4437 [12JN])
———protection of collective bargaining process (see H.R. 2918, H5513 [16JY])
———restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H5513 [16JY])
———valuation of stock received by certain employees relative to performance of services as employees (see H.R. 2480, H3709 [29MY])
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative: authorize additional functions (see H.R. 4059, H11889 [26NO])
———implement (see H.R. 1697, H2135 [10AP])
EPA: benefit eligibility of individuals or businesses relative to violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 3271, H6383 [2AU])
Europe: U.S. assistance guidelines and tax and business incentives for U.S. business investment (see H.R. 3735, H9579 [7NO])
Executive departments: acquisition of nondevelopmental items (see S. 260, S1159 [24JA])
———domestic procurement in times of economic recession (see H.R. 3690, H8919 [31OC])
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (see S. 349, S1505 [5FE])
———clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H1414 [5MR])
Federal employees: prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (see H.R. 809, H890 [5FE])
Federal Open Market Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3176, H6316 [1AU])
Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (see S. 1691, S12182 [2AU])
Financial institutions: enhance competition and enforcement of capital standards for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 192, H59 [3JA])
———establish the principle of fair trade in financial services (see H.R. 3503, H7379 [3OC])
———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])
———permit interstate banking (see H.R. 624, H684 [23JA])
———protect liquidity of insurance companies (see H.R. 3119, H6192 [31JY])
———recognize the importance of financial services associations (see H. Con. Res. 135, H2469 [23AP])
———recordkeeping and reporting requirements for certain regulated institutions (see S. 1420, S9115 [28JN])
Firearms: conducting of business by Federal licensees at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 2995, H5744 [23JY])
———prohibit the possession, transfer, export, and manufacture of certain weapons (see H.R. 19, H54 [3JA])
Fish and fisheries: provide economic relief to shrimp fishermen relative to mandatory use of turtle excluder devices (see S. 47, S435 [14JA])
Foreign Agents Restoration Act: disclosure of foreign lobbying activities (see S. 346, S1505 [5FE])
Foreign aid: establish a commission to assist Soviet Republics and Eastern European nations in their democratic reforms (see H.R. 3872, H10930 [22NO])
———reform programs to promote the purchase of U.S. goods and services and democracy in Eastern Europe (see S. 571, S2771 [6MR]; H.R. 2137, H2601 [30AP])
———tied aid credit programs (see S. 1161, S6654 [23MY])
Foreign banks: Federal regulation of operations in the U.S. (see H.R. 2396, H3279 [20MY]; H.R. 2432, H3494 [22MY])
———strengthen Federal regulation of operations in the U.S. (see S. 1019, S5614 [9MY])
Foreign countries: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (see S. 1365, S8592 [25JN]; H.R. 2743, H5048 [25JN])
Foreign investments: restrictions on the conduct of hostile takeovers by foreign-based persons (see H.R. 3847, H10841 [21NO])
Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (see H. Con. Res. 247, H11114 [23NO])
———support democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe (see S. 1262, S7464 [11JN])
Foreign trade: development of export programs (see S. 2056, S18334 [26NO])
———encourage innovation, productivity, and technological competitiveness (see H.R. 27, H54 [3JA])
———establish free trade areas with certain East European countries (see H.R. 1401, H1669 [12MR])
———establish free trade areas with EEC (see H.R. 1402, H1669 [12MR])
———impact of Arab boycotts on U.S. businesses (see H.R. 4002, H11887 [26NO])
———national treatment by foreign countries for U.S. providers of certain financial and communications services (see H.R. 1347, H1473 [7MR])
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (see S. 625, S3020 [12MR]; S. 650, S3191 [13MR])
———recovery of damages for economic loss caused by the dumping of foreign merchandise into U.S. markets (see H.R. 2382, H3163 [17MY])
———require reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny fair treatment to U.S. investments (see H.R. 1396, H1669 [12MR])
———retaliatory action against unfair foreign barriers and restrictions (see H.R. 161, H58 [3JA])
———voluntary restraint agreements (see H. Res. 297, H10931 [22NO])
Forests: conservation of northern spotted owl on non-Federal lands (see H.R. 3196, H6317 [1AU])
———ecosystem conservation of Pacific Northwest Federal lands (see S. 1536, S10769 [24JY])
———international competitiveness of the forest products industries (see S. 1927, S16212 [7NO]; H.R. 3641, H8495 [24OC])
———protection of timber industry and endangered species (see H.R. 2807, H5266 [27JN])
———timber resources (see H.R. 3745, H9614 [8NO])
FTC: retail pricing (see H.R. 278, H78 [4JA])
GATT: enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (see S. Res. 201, S14976 [22OC])
Government: prohibit profiteering of essential commodities during periods of national emergency (see H.R. 854, H988 [6FE])
———supervision of Government sponsored enterprises (see S. 1897, S15522 [30OC])
———supervision of Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 3586, H8101 [17OC])
Hampden Watch Corp.: reissue a production incentive certificate (see S. 991, S5406 [7MY])
Hazardous substances: reduction of metals in packaging (see S. 730, S3929 [21MR])
Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])
———regulation of auditors and revenue recovery firms (see S. 370, S1699 [6FE])
House Rules: amend relative to economic impact statements for legislation increasing taxes or fees on the maritime industry (see H. Res. 315, H11890 [26NO])
Income: treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (see H.R. 2031, H2469 [23AP])
Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation: establish (see S. 637, S3190 [13MR])
Industrial fasteners: relief for importers, wholesalers, and users (see H.R. 1071, H1136 [21FE])
Industrial recapitalization funds: establish (see S. 1285, S7809 [13JN])
Insurance: awarding of contracts on certain Government-supported exports (see S. 1428, S9116 [28JN])
———modify antitrust exemption applicable to business (see H.R. 9, H54 [3JA])
———unfair claims practices (see H.R. 1602, H2083 [22MR])
Interexchange carriers: regulation of customer selection (see H.R. 1039, H1079 [20FE])
International relations: U.S. competitiveness in world economy (see H.R. 2523, H3854 [4JN])
Interstate commerce: uniform product liability law (see H.R. 3068, H5978 [29JY])
———uniform treatment of selected product liability problems (see H.R. 2937, H5595 [17JY])
Investments: limited partnership rollups (see S. 1423, S9115 [28JN])
Ireland, Northern: prevent discrimination in the workplace of U.S. companies (see S. 449, S2006 [20FE])
———U.S. adherence with MacBride Principles relative to business dealings (see H.R. 856, H988 [6FE])
Iron and steel industry: extend the application of the steel trade liberalization program (see H.R. 4051, H11889 [26NO])
———negotiation of a trade agreement relative to products before the expiration of the existing agreement (see H. Con. Res. 250, H11890 [26NO])
Israel: awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott (see S. 1453, S9839 [11JY]; H.R. 2874, H5431 [11JY])
Japan: authorize grants to train U.S. scientists, engineers, and managers in Japanese language and culture (see S. 1417, S8952 [27JN])
———operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H6384 [2AU])
———study of the structure and operation of capital and securities markets (see S. 1861, S15072 [23OC])
Kuwait: awarding of reconstruction contracts based on U.S. military and economic support (see S. Con. Res. 35, S5615 [9MY])
———involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see S. Res. 72, S2619 [5MR]; H. Con. Res. 95, H1474 [7MR])
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (see S. Con. Res. 48, S7898 [17JN]; H. Con. Res. 99, H1474 [7MR]; H. Con. Res. 110, H1670 [12MR]; H. Con. Res. 130, H2086 [22MR]; H. Res. 106, H2393 [18AP]; H. Res. 167, H4015 [5JN])
Labor: reform protections from unscrupulous contracting practices (see H.R. 1987, H2467 [23AP]; H.R. 2211, H2767 [2MY])
Lobbyists: disclosure of details on activities benefiting foreign interests (see H.R. 1725, H2177 [11AP])
Long-Term, Investment, Competitiveness, Pension Protection and Corporate Takeover Reform Act: enact (see S. 1679, S12182 [2AU])
Machine tool industry: voluntary restraint agreements (see S. Res. 230, S17668 [22NO])
Manufacturing: facilitating the reuse of idle industrial facilities (see H.R. 3790, H10268 [14NO])
Medicare: investigation of health care suppliers relative to medical equipment costs (see H. Con. Res. 165, H4437 [12JN])
Micro-enterprises: development (see S. 1395, S8736 [26JN])
Middle East: contributions of defense industries to Operation Desert Shield (see S. Res. 103, S4456 [16AP])
Middle East Private Investment Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3270, H6383 [2AU])
Military bases: minimize impact of closures on local communities (see S. 1300, S7868 [14JN])
Military installations: effects on local communities caused by closures (see H.R. 2784, H5209 [26JN]; H.R. 2831, H5299 [9JY])
Mining: assistance to small surface coal mine operators (see S. 528, S2507 [28FE])
———establish a commission to study laws and procedures (see S. 785, S4229 [9AP])
———leases of certain lands for oil and gas purposes (see H.R. 3168, H6316 [1AU])
———patents for certain oil shale claims (see H.R. 3167, H6316 [1AU])
Minorities: diversified skilled work force at management and decisionmaking levels (see S. 1711, S13056 [16SE])
Minority Business Development Administration: establish (see H.R. 373, H81 [4JA])
Monopolies: antitrust exemptions applicable to the insurance industry (see S. 430, S2005 [20FE])
———consumer protection from price-fixing (see S. 429, S2005 [20FE])
———increase competition in the cable television industry (see S. 431, S2005 [20FE])
———protection of cable television subscribers (see S. 432, S2005 [20FE])
Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements for interstate commerce (see H.R. 4075, H12062 [3JA])
———encourage Federal cooperation with U.S. automobile industry (see H.R. 2939, H5595 [17JY])
———enhance science research technology (see H.R. 2679, H4612 [18JN])
———liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H1455 [6MR])
———limitation on Japanese imports (see H.R. 3978, H11886 [26NO])
———require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see S. 279, S1221 [29JA]; H.R. 612, H683 [23JA])
———require repair businesses to supply consumer information on price and origin of parts (see H.R. 2753, H5048 [25JN])
———require repair businesses to supply customers with certain information (see H.R. 511, H386 [11JA])
National Commission on Entrepreneurial Education: establish (see H.R. 1459, H1786 [18MR])
National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 275, H4612 [18JN])
National Customer Service Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 166, S8310 [20JN])
National defense: revitalize defense industrial base (see H.R. 378, H81 [4JA])
National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H83 [4JA])
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])
National Industrial Revitalization Board: establish (see H.R. 3987, H11887 [26NO])
National Manufacturing Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 104, S3930 [21MR]; S.J. Res. 228, S16213 [7NO]; H.J. Res. 151, H1280 [27FE]; H.J. Res. 348, H7725 [9OC])
National objectives: enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (see S. 1790, S14043 [1OC]; H.R. 3470, H7313 [2OC]; H.R. 3507, H7380 [3OC])
———productivity, trade, and technological leadership (see S. 1163, S6654 [23MY])
National parks: regulation of management and ownership of concessions (see S. 1252, S7291 [6JN])
National parks and recreation areas: foreign ownership of national landmarks (see H.R. 3533, H7725 [9OC])
National security: notification of certain defense-related mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 2631, H4437 [12JN])
Native American Programs Act: reauthorize (see S. 1717, S13056 [16SE])
Native Americans: extend authorization for certain programs (see H.R. 2319, H3035 [14MY])
———Indian economic development (see H.R. 2317, H3035 [14MY])
Natural gas: limited antitrust exemption for certain independent producer cooperatives (see H.R. 70, H56 [3JA])
New York: tribute to agriculture industry (see S. Res. 200, S14907 [17OC])
NLRB: improve procedure for appointing members (see H.R. 502, H385 [11JA])
———provide for fair and expeditious representation elections (see H.R. 503, H385 [11JA])
Nuclear energy: disposal of certain materials at mill tailings disposal sites (see H.R. 3631, H8494 [24OC]; H.R. 3784, H10268 [14NO])
Nuclear weapons: production of nuclear weapons materials (see S. 1576, S11056 [26JY])
Occupational safety and health: rights of victims (see H.R. 3133, H6192 [31JY])
OSHA: improve health and safety of employees (see S. 1622, S11807 [1AU])
Pacific Northwest: enhance economic stability (see H.R. 1590, H2015 [21MR])
Papua New Guinea: forest industry study (see S.J. Res. 101, S3930 [21MR]; H.J. Res. 204, H2015 [21MR])
Pensions: continuation of health and other benefits from debtor retirement plans (see H.R. 3584, H8101 [17OC])
Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H5665 [22JY])
———gasoline pricing practices of major oil companies relative to the type of customer (see S. 2041, S18086 [25NO]; S. 2043, S18086 [25NO]
———opposition to an import fee on crude oil and refined products (see H. Res. 10, H62 [3JA])
———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 295, H78 [4JA]; H.R. 460, H97 [7JA])
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 2600, H4215 [10JN])
Pharmaceuticals: containment of prescription drug prices (see S. 2000, S17433 [21NO])
———pricing by manufacturers for drugs purchased by certain entities (see S. 1729, S13327 [19SE]; H.R. 3405, H6798 [24SE])
Plumbing industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (see H.R. 843, H988 [6FE])
Ports: program to improve commerce and competitiveness (see H.R. 2135, H2601 [30AP])
Postal Service: privatization (see H.R. 1106, H1146 [25FE])
Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2013 [21MR])
———encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H1757 [13MR])
———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (see S. 1351, S8458 [21JN])
Prisons: fair competition between the private sector and the Federal Prison Industries (see S. 183, S439 [14JA])
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (see S. 640, S3190 [13MR])
———limitation on liability actions (see H.R. 420, H82 [4JA])
———reduce liability for joint business ventures (see H.R. 1604, H2083 [22MR])
Public buildings: Federal leasing of space to small businesses owned by disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 1137, H1278 [27FE])
Real property: tax treatment of certain property of international organizations (see H.R. 3266, H6383 [2AU])
Reconstruction Finance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1462, H1847 [19MR])
Research: stimulate trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (see S. 479, S2256 [22FE])
Rhode Island: emergency assistance to stabilize the banking industry (see S. 1347, S8310 [20JN]; H.R. 2610, H4283 [11JN])
Roads and highways: authorization of improvement funds relative to U.S. international business competitiveness (see H.R. 2033, H2469 [23AP])
Rural areas: establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H1774 [14MR])
Safety: prohibit the manufacture, sale, delivery, or importation of motor vehicles and rail cars that don't have seat belts (see H.R. 896, H990 [6FE])
———require food and drug manufacturers to maintain a toll-free telephone line for inquiries (see H.R. 509, H386 [11JA])
Saudi Arabia: negotiation of commercial treaty with the U.S. relative to continued arms sales (see H.R. 3105, H6137 [30JY])
SBA: assist, protect, and preserve small businesses in meat production and marketing (see H.R. 228, H60 [3JA]; H.R. 229, H60 [3JA]
Science: enhance technology transfers (see S. 1581, S11216 [29JY])
SEC: prohibit certain trades (see H.R. 225, H60 [3JA])
Securities: confidentiality in the granting and voting of proxies (see S. 2030, S17668 [22NO])
———disclosure of information concerning international structure and competitiveness (see H.R. 3637, H8495 [24OC])
———equalize the regulatory treatment of participants in the securities industry (see H.R. 797, H889 [5FE])
———protect investors in limited partnerships in rollup transactions (see H.R. 1885, H2373 [17AP])
———regulation of Government auctions (see S. 1699, S12663 [10SE])
———remove prohibition on broker-dealer transactions for certain potential conflict-of-interest accounts (see S. 577, S2771 [6MR])
———reporting obligations of registered companies and their auditors (see H.R. 3159, H6316 [1AU])
Shipping industry: remedy problems to U.S. shipbuilding and repair facilities caused by subsidized foreign ships (see H.R. 253, H77 [4JA])
Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see S. 1361, S8592 [25JN]; H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])
Small business: assistance in States in which obtaining loans from financial institutions is difficult (see H.R. 1295, H1455 [6MR])
———assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 902, H990 [6FE])
———development of microenterprises (see H.R. 288, H78 [4JA])
———disaster loan assistance in States having certain closures of financial institutions (see S. 345, S1505 [5FE])
———economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (see S. 1426, S9116 [28JN]; H.R. 3471, H7313 [2OC])
———eligibility of concerns owned by special disabled veterans to receive procurement contracts (see H.R. 2136, H2601 [30AP])
———encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H1416 [5MR])
———establish programs to assist veterans (see H.R. 1404, H1669 [12MR])
———facilitate loan capital and investments (see H.R. 1823, H2260 [16AP])
———financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (see S. 360, S1699 [6FE])
———health benefit plans (see S. 1229, S7290 [6JN]; H.R. 2453, H3622 [23MY])
———impact of EPA regulations (see H.R. 370, H81 [4JA])
———loans to community-based organizations to expand microenterprises (see H.R. 4017, H11888 [26NO])
———revise and amend Federal programs (see H.R. 345, H80 [4JA])
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 1150, H1279 [27FE])
Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 929, H991 [6FE])
Sound recording and reproducing: protections regarding digital audio recording (see H.R. 3204, H6381 [2AU])
South Africa: ban loans and investments by U.S. corporations (see H.R. 1111, H1161 [26FE])
———prohibit investments (see H.R. 21, H54 [3JA])
Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 346, H7725 [9OC])
———provide the expertise of U.S. businesses to the Republics (see S. 1851, S14976 [22OC]; H.R. 3612, H8187 [22OC])
Space policy: development of commercial space activities (see H.R. 3848, H10841 [21NO])
———encourage the development of a commercial space industry (see H.R. 3153, H6193 [31JY])
Sports: antitrust exemptions accorded professional leagues (see S. Res. 172, S12183 [2AU])
———establish a commission to study the impact of intercollegiate athletics on interstate commerce (see H.R. 3233, H6382 [2AU])
———financial competition of major league baseball teams in smaller markets (see S. 1727, S13327 [19SE]; H.R. 3368, H6690 [19SE])
———protect service marks of professional and amateur organizations from misappropriation by State lotteries (see S. 473, S2256 [22FE])
States: taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 2913, H5513 [16JY])
———taxation of mail order companies (see S. Res. 123, S5615 [9MY])
Strategic materials: reorganize the uranium enrichment enterprise (see H.R. 788, H854 [4FE])
Surety bonds: small business acquisitions (see H.R. 3536, H7725 [9OC])
———treatment of discriminatory transactions (see H.R. 3534, H7725 [9OC])
Tariff: antidumping duty and countervailing duty laws (see H.R. 3272, H6383 [2AU])
———interim processors within industries producing processed agricultural products (see H.R. 4050, H11889 [26NO])
———treatment of semiconductors relative to country-of-origin requirements (see S. 1767, S13926 [27SE])
Taxation: acquisition of partnerships without dissenters' rights (see S. 1393, S8736 [26JN])
———acquisitions of productive equipment (see H.R. 2646, H4549 [13JN])
———affiliated service group rules on certain business transactions (see H.R. 1487, H1848 [19MR])
———allow certain corporations to have foreign sales corporations as subsidiaries (see H.R. 825, H890 [5FE])
———allow charitable contributions to private businesses in Eastern Europe (see H.R. 2649, H4549 [13JN])
———allow deductions against self-employment income for amounts deposited into a capital construction fund (see H.R. 1363, H1473 [7MR])
———allow employers a credit for hiring displaced homemakers (see H.R. 1536, H1913 [20MR])
———allow small commercial finance companies to use the reserve method in accounting for bad debts (see H.R. 1224, H1341 [4MR])
———amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles (see H. Res. 292, H10931 [22NO])
———apply accumulated earnings tax without regard to the number of shareholders in the corporation (see S. 1615, S11807 [1AU])
———business deductions for air transportation (see H.R. 891, H990 [6FE])
———capital gains (see S. 656, S3191 [13MR]; S. 698, S3712 [20MR]; S. 1857, S14976 [22OC]; S. 1924, S16060 [6NO]; H.R. 248, H77 [4JA]; H.R. 369, H81 [4JA]; H.R. 1721, H2177 [11AP]; H.R. 2703, H4866 [20JN]; H.R. 2873, H5431 [11JY]; H.R. 2958, H5650 [18JY]; H.R. 3095, H6137 [30JY]; H.R. 3128, H6192 [31JY]; H.R. 3514, H7647 [8OC]; H.R. 3741, H9580 [7NO]; H.R. 3859, H10842 [21NO]; H.R. 3875, H10930 [22NO]; H.R. 3970, H11886 [26NO])
———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (see S. 467, S2146 [21FE]; S. 697, S3712 [20MR]; H.R. 1194, H1324 [28FE])
———capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (see S. 1932, S16213 [7NO])
———capital losses (see H.R. 2286, H2952 [9MY])
———charitable deduction for certain contributions of business equipment (see S. 1604, S11550 [31JY])
———clarify amounts paid to acquire certain intangible items are treated as being paid for goodwill (see H.R. 563, H604 [18JA])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see S. 1245, S7291 [6JN]; H.R. 1456, H1786 [18MR]; H.R. 3035, H5908 [25JY])
———codifying the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3273, H6384 [2AU])
———computing of deductions allowable to home day care providers for the business use of their homes (see H.R. 2008, H2468 [23AP])
———credit for investment in new manufacturing and other productive equipment (see S. 1831, S14707 [15OC])
———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H2083 [22MR])
———deduction for dividends paid by domestic corporations (see H.R. 663, H712 [28JA])
———deductions for business use of a dwelling unit (see H.R. 3599, H8187 [22OC])
———definition of passive foreign investment company (see S. 1654, S12181 [2AU])
———deny certain benefits relative to buildings constructed by Japanese companies (see H.R. 2129, H2570 [29AP])
———deny deduction for interest on certain corporate stock acquisition indebtedness (see H.R. 59, H55 [3JA])
———deny Puerto Rico and possession tax credit benefits relative to runaway plants (see H.R. 2632, H4437 [12JN])
———deposit requirements for payroll taxes (see S. 1610, S11807 [1AU])
———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see S. 1786, S14042 [1OC])
———disallow deductions for advertising expenses for tobacco products (see S. 557, S2618 [5MR])
———election of taxable years by certain entities (see H.R. 3943, H11885 [26NO])
———employee benefit plans (see H.R. 2742, H5048 [25JN])
———employee leasing rules (see H.R. 3602, H8187 [22OC])
———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H57 [3JA])
———employer's cost of providing employee medical benefits (see H.R. 2800, H5210 [26JN])
———establish enterprise zones (see S. 686, S3564 [19MR]; S. 1032, S5614 [9MY]; H.R. 11, H54 [3JA])
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (see S. 26, S434 [14JA]; S. 129, S437 [14JA]; H.R. 189, H59 [3JA]; H.R. 572, H604 [18JA]; H.R. 1145, H1278 [27FE]; H.R. 1442, H1773 [14MR]; H.R. 1513, H1913 [20MR])
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (see S. 200, S439 [14JA]; H.R. 200, H59 [3JA]; H.R. 336, H80 [4JA])
———filing period for reliquidation requests (see H.R. 1824, H2260 [16AP])
———foreign insurance company regulations (see S. 1911, S15801 [1NO])
———foreign tax simplification (see S. 936, S5136 [25AP])
———gain or loss on certain assets and exclusion of dividends from domestic corporations from gross income (see H.R. 2073, H2536 [24AP])
———gross income limitation applicability to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2735, H4944 [24JN])
———health care for coal industry retirees (see S. 1989, S17044 [19NO]; H.R. 4013, H11887 [26NO])
———impose a tax on excess profits of large oil companies (see S. 340, S1505 [5FE])
———impose an excise tax on certain financial restructuring methods (see H.R. 2028, H2469 [23AP])
———impose occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases (see H.R. 698, H780 [29JA]; H.R. 699, H781 [29JA])
———improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (see H.R. 3170, H6316 [1AU])
———incentives for establishing businesses within closed military bases and hiring displaced employees (see H.R. 3112, H6137 [30JY]; H.R. 3177, H6316 [1AU])
———incentives for establishing enterprise zones on Indian reservations (see S. 383, S1699 [6FE])
———income from discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness (see H.R. 3651, H8661 [29OC])
———increase research activity tax credits (see S. 416, S1790 [7FE])
———investment tax credit relative to the investment in new manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3810, H10543 [19NO])
———liability for certain employment taxes (see H.R. 3109, H6137 [30JY])
———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see S. 451, S2006 [20FE]; H.R. 151, H58 [3JA])
———method of election of taxable years (see S. 2109, S18336 [26NO])
———occupational taxes on retail dealers in liquors and beer (see S. 1452, S9839 [11JY])
———partnership allocation rules of certain nonrecourse financing qualifying under the at-risk rules (see H.R. 2978, H5744 [23JY])
———passive loss limitation on certain rental real estate activities (see H.R. 2133, H2601 [30AP])
———pension distributions made in connection with the sale of a subsidiary corporation (see H.R. 2409, H3280 [20MY])
———pension plan distribution rules relative to investment with an insurance company in conservatorship (see H.R. 2708, H4866 [20JN])
———percentage of completion accounting method relative to contracts for the manufacture of products (see H.R. 2853, H5340 [10JY])
———period during which certain retail dealer occupational taxes may be assessed (see H.R. 122, H57 [3JA])
———prior law treatment of corporate reorganizations through the exchange of debt instruments (see H.R. 3262, H6383 [2AU])
———promote economic growth and jobs creation by reducing certain taxes (see S. 381, S1699 [6FE])
———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (see S. 318, S1367 [31JA])
———real estate activities under the passive loss rules and capital gains preference (see H.R. 3652, H8661 [29OC])
———recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (see H.R. 2748, H5048 [25JN])
———reform (see H.R. 313, H79 [4JA])
———regulated investment companies (see S. 1748, S13578 [24SE])
———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H3149 [15MY])
———reinstatement of regular investment tax credit (see S. 2051, S18334 [26NO])
———repeal of gross income limitation on regulated investment companies (see S. 530, S2507 [28FE])
———repeal the 30-percent gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1597, H2083 [22MR])
———require that a subchapter S corporation have only 1 class of stock (see S. 722, S3928 [21MR])
———research and experimental expenditures of publishers of instructional materials (see H.R. 1419, H1757 [13MR])
———S corporation sponsorship of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 1888, S15400 [29OC])
———small business credit for productive equipment investments (see H.R. 4077, H12062 [3JA])
———State treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (see S. 1775, S13979 [30SE])
———tax enterprise zones (see H.R. 4022, H11888 [26NO])
———transfer of employer securities relative to employee benefits (see S. 1948, S16449 [12NO])
———treatment of a distress termination of a pension plan (see S. 1824, S14588 [8OC])
———treatment of accumulated earnings tax relative to the the number of shareholders in a corporation (see H.R. 306, H79 [4JA])
———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2373 [17AP])
———treatment of certain amounts received by policyholders because of the insolvency of an insurance company (see H.R. 2664, H4611 [18JN])
———treatment of certain revenue received by organizations that conduct amateur athletic events (see H.R. 538, H529 [16JA])
———treatment of duplicative medications and excessively priced new therapeutic medications (see H.R. 3823, H10544 [19NO])
———treatment of employer deductions for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 3056, H5909 [25JY])
———treatment of employer-provided education assistance (see H.R. 24, H54 [3JA])
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 3841, H10841 [21NO])
———treatment of indirect expenses of in-home child care service businesses (see H.R. 3557, H7862 [15OC])
———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (see S. 700, S3712 [20MR])
———treatment of interest income and rental expense relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (see S. 873, S4737 [18AP])
———treatment of interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile business takeovers (see H.R. 1554, H2014 [21MR])
———treatment of interest on loans used to purchase domestic motor vehicles (see H.R. 2616, H4283 [11JN])
———treatment of interest received by foreigners on certain portfolio investments (see H.R. 889, H990 [6FE])
———treatment of investment in new manufacturing and other productive equipment (see H.R. 2704, H4866 [20JN])
———treatment of losses on investments in manufacturing companies (see H.R. 2705, H4866 [20JN])
———treatment of losses on investments in startup companies (see H.R. 2702, H4866 [20JN])
———treatment of oil and hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1609, H2083 [22MR]; H.R. 1726, H2177 [11AP])
———treatment of personal service corporations relative to periodic compensation payable to owner-employees (see H.R. 3788, H10268 [14NO])
———treatment of sales of assets of medical service organizations to managers of such organizations (see H.R. 4042, H11888 [26NO])
———treatment of siblings as one shareholder relative to S corporations (see H.R. 1817, H2260 [16AP])
———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1864, H2373 [17AP])
———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see S. 1314, S8014 [18JN]; H.R. 2640, H4549 [13JN]; H.R. 2768, H5049 [25JN])
———treatment of State and local government purchase of gasoline (see H.R. 163, H58 [3JA])
———treatment of telephone cooperatives (see S. 879, S4836 [23AP])
———treatment of the deduction for State and local income and franchise taxes (see H.R. 1429, H1758 [13MR])
———treatment of travel and transportation expenses of construction workers (see H.R. 183, H59 [3JA])
———treatment of travel on company aircraft (see S. 1346, S8310 [20JN])
———treatment of U.S. owned businesses operating in the EEC (see H.R. 2277, H2952 [9MY])
———treatment of U.S.-owned insurance business operating in foreign countries (see H.R. 2320, H3035 [14MY])
———U.S. investment tax credit (see H.R. 142, H58 [3JA])
Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain amateur athletic events relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see S. 866, S4737 [18AP])
———treatment of certain games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (see S. 624, S3020 [12MR]; H.R. 862, H988 [6FE])
Technology: development of a national strategy for advanced materials processing (see H.R. 3001, H5744 [23JY])
———enhance domestic by applying the results of Federal research and development (see S. 1034, S5614 [9MY])
———research and development of manufacturing technologies (see S. 1328, S8136 [19JN]; S. 1330, S8136 [19JN]
Telecommunications: promote development of new technologies (see S. 218, S545 [15JA])
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see S. 173, S438 [14JA]; H.R. 1523, H1913 [20MR])
———sale of certain equipment manufactured by former Bell operating companies (see H.R. 452, H97 [7JA])
Telephones: billing for long-distance service (see S. 857, S4736 [18AP])
———consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (see S. 1410, S8952 [27JN]; S. 1442, S9490 [10JY]; S. 1462, S9839 [11JY])
———procurement from minority-owned businesses by holding companies of local carriers (see H.R. 3107, H6137 [30JY])
———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (see H.R. 1304, H1455 [6MR])
———regulation of certain providers of 900 services (see S. 471, S2146 [21FE])
Television: licensing of cable service providers providing adequate carriage of local broadcast signals (see H.R. 2043, H2535 [24AP])
Territories: wage certificates issued to producers of watches and watch movements (see H.R. 1416, H1757 [13MR])
Textile industry: apply tariff revenues toward modernization (see S. 665, S3386 [14MR])
Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])
Timber: cost recovery on sale of timber on national forest lands (see S. 1334, S8136 [19JN])
———stability of communities dependent on outputs from national forests and public lands (see S. 1363, S8592 [25JN])
Tobacco products: restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (see H.R. 2781, H5209 [26JN])
Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H82 [4JA])
———impact on U.S. economy (see H. Res. 209, H6138 [30JY])
———international travel and tourism in the U.S. (see H.R. 3645, H8661 [29OC])
———promote (see S. 680, S3386 [14MR])
Trademarks: protection (see S. 894, S4837 [23AP])
———registration and protection (see H.R. 3051, H5909 [25JY])
Transportation: development of commercially viable advanced transportation systems and electric passenger vehicles (see H.R. 2944, H5649 [18JY])
———establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (see S. 768, S4116 [22MR]; H.R. 1538, H1913 [20MR])
———grants to tax-exempt organizations for expenses relative to services for senior citizens and the disabled (see S. 1067, S5753 [14MY])
Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (see S. Con. Res. 33, S5137 [25AP]; H. Con. Res. 129, H2374 [17AP])
U.S. Commercial Centers: establish a pilot program to promote U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 3981, H11886 [26NO])
Unemployment: State pilot programs to retrain individuals in low paying and low-skill jobs (see H.R. 3707, H9144 [4NO])
Veterans: tax incentives for employers to hire Persian Gulf veterans (see S. 582, S2771 [6MR])
Water pollution: global environmental protection incentives and enhanced competiveness of domestic business (see S. 1965, S16747 [14NO])
White House Conference on Revitalizing American Industry: convene (see H. Con. Res. 258, H11890 [26NO])
Women: assistance to business enterprises (see H.R. 296, H78 [4JA]; H.R. 297, H78 [4JA]
———ensure economic equity (see H.R. 3526, H7648 [8OC])
———opportunities in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 3475, H7313 [2OC])
Broadcasts
America Invaded: Paul Harvey, E1745 [14MY]
Baxter International: ABC World News, S7718 [13JN]
Cloture motions
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5380, S5401 [7MY], S5490 [8MY]
———consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), proceed to consideration, S5121 [25AP]
Comparisons
Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act (S. 429) and compromise amendment, S5483 [8MY]
Cost differentials in awarding Seawolf submarine contracts, S3836 [21MR]
Court documents
EEOC v. Daniel Lamp Co., S8682 [26JN]
Restrictions on price-fixing: Antonin Scalia, S5467 [8MY]
———Lewis F. Powell, Jr., S5465 [8MY]
Descriptions
Equalize the regulatory treatment of participants in the securities industry (H.R. 797), E415-E417 [5FE]
Government Securities Offering Enforcement Act (S. 1699), S12672 [10SE]
Gross income taxation limitation applicability to regulated investment companies (H.R. 2735), E2324 [24JN]
Recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (H.R. 2748), E2349 [25JN]
Tax depreciation determined under the income forecast method (H.R. 2748), E3870 [15NO]
Tax treatment of amounts paid to acquire certain intangible items treated as being paid for goodwill (H.R. 563), E218 [18JA]
Documents
American Centers Provisions of International Security and Economic Cooperation Act (S. 1435), S11146 [29JY]
Application for Employment at Daniel Lamp Co., S8682 [26JN]
Bellagio Declaration of Principles on the Environment, S14100 [1OC]
Calista Conveyance and Relinquishment Document, S18657-S18659 [27NO]
Section 8126 of H.R. 2521, Dept. of Defense appropriations, relative to Alaskan Native corporations, S18656 [27NO]
Essays
Demise of the U.S. Tuna Industry: Teresa M. Floridi, E2167 [12JN]
Tennessee-Japan—Working Together Toward a New Century: Emily Flowers, E1429 [24AP]
———Jeremy Latimer, E1429 [24AP]
Examples
Civil rights advertisements, E2014 [4JN]
Telecommunication equipment manufacturing restrictions, E1023 [20MR]
Executive orders
Ban of discrimination by the Government and defense industries: Franklin D. Roosevelt, S8587 [25JN]
Explanations
Capital gains tax reduction, S13953 [30SE]
Commodity Futures Improvements Act (H.R. 707), H1357 [5MR]
Deny Puerto Rico and possession tax credit benefits relative to runaway plants (H.R. 2632), E2175 [13JN]
Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act (S. 1032), S5641 [9MY]
How the EEC harms U.S. agriculture, S15019 [22OC]
Improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (H.R. 3170), E2849-E2851 [2AU]
Strengthen supervision of foreign bank operations in the U.S.: FRS, S5627-S5628 [9MY]
Tax credit for investment in new manufacturing and other productive equipment (S. 1831), S14710 [15OC]
Tax treatment of intangible assets (H.R. 3035), E2707-E2710 [25JY]
Tax treatment of sales of assets of medical service organizations to managers of such organizations (H.R. 4042), E4183 [26NO]
Factsheets
Facts Countering Drug Industry Fiction Regarding Research and Development, S17299 [21NO]
Gulf Reconstruction, H1656 [12MR]
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (Supreme Court), S15951 [5NO]
Letters
American Airlines, Inc. safety inspection: FAA, S7597 [12JN]
Arab boycott of Israel, S13767 [26SE]
Awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott of Israel: several Senators, S9866 [11JY]
Awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott: President Bush, S12075 [2AU]
———several Senators, S12074 [2AU]
Buy American provisions of H.R. 1989 and 2282: Representative Conyers, H5408 [11JY]
Calista Corp. land exchange: CBO, S18660 [27NO]
Canadian financial assistance toward building of Saferco Fertilizer Plant: several Senators, S12366 [2AU]
Clarifying amendment to section 301 of the Trade Act: American Mining Congress, S3278 [13MR]
———National Association of Wheat Growers, S3278 [13MR]
———National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, S3278 [13MR]
———National Farmers Union, S3278 [13MR]
Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: American Association of Retired Persons, S5341 [6MY]
———Dept. of Justice, S5463, S5482 [8MY]
———National Association of Attorneys General, S5340 [6MY]
———National Council of Senior Citizens, S5341 [6MY]
———Robert Abrams, S5348 [6MY]
Control of precursor chemicals: Oregon Board of Pharmacy, E2428 [27JN]
———Oregon Dept. of State Police, E2428 [27JN]
Corporate average fuel economy standards: American Automobile Association, S15117 [24OC]
Cost of patent filing: Hugh N. Rocks, H2760 [2MY]
Dept. of Defense bond protections for subcontractors and suppliers: Don Yockey, Dept. of Defense, S12064 [2AU]
Dept. of the Treasury rulings on stock requirements: Senator Pryor, S1852 [7FE]
Drought assistance: Dept. of Interior, S3694 [20MR]
Enforcement of GATT oilseeds panel ruling against EEC: Frane Andriessen and Ray MacSharry, S15018 [22OC]
———Senators Pryor and Danforth, S15018 [22OC]
———several Senators, S15018 [22OC]
Export Administration Act: American Electronics Association, S1980 [20FE]
Extension of Presidential fast-track negotiating authority: D.H. Burney, Canadian Ambassador, H3366 [21MY]
Federal firearms licenses: Fraternal Order of Police, S9743 [11JY]
———Lee P. Brown, S9742 [11JY]
Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: National Small Business United, S12301 [2AU]
———Small Business Legislative Council, S12300 [2AU]
Federal regulation of foreign bank operations in the U.S.: Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade, S18816 [18DE]
———Dept. of the Treasury, S18814 [18DE]
———EEC, S18817 [18DE]
———FDIC, S18815, S18817 [18DE]
———FRS, S18815 [18DE]
———Independent Bankers Association of America, S18817 [18DE]
———Institute of International Bankers, S18816 [18DE]
———Robin Renwick, S18818 [18DE]
———Senators Garn and Riegle, S18814 [18DE]
Financial services competition: several companies and corporations, S17376 [21NO]
Ford Motor Co. union elections in Mexico: Arsenio Farell, Mexican Sec. of Labor, H6262 [1AU]
———Represenatative Pease, H6261 [1AU]
Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act: Alan Greenspan, S5623-S5625 [9MY]
———Senator Riegle, S5622, S5623 [9MY]
Free trade agreement with Mexico, H3781 [3JN]
Free-trade agreement with Mexico: Christopher Whalen, E1582 [2MY]
Government regulation of the Bell Telephone Cos.: Robert A. Mosbacher, Sec. of Commerce, E4206 [26NO]
Heavy duty truck manufacturing in Iraq: Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp., H2553 [25AP]
High-Performance Computing Act: Representative Brown, E4177 [26NO]
———Senator Gore, E4177 [26NO]
International Labor Organization effect on U.S. labor law: Randolph M. Hale, National Association of Manufacturers, S10760 [24JY]
International securities market: North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., E3546 [25OC]
Invitation of Mikhail Gorbachev to the Group of Seven summit in London: Senator Cranston, S6837 [24MY]
IRS review of small business pension plans: IRS, H4581, H4583, H4584-H4586 [18JN]
———Representative Nancy L. Johnson, H4581, H4583, H4584 [18JN]
Minority business participation in reconstruction projects in Kuwait: H.A. Al-Ehraheem, Citizens for a Free Kuwait, H1657 [12MR]
———Representative Dymally, H1658 [12MR]
Montreal Protocols: Dept. of Transportation, S9217 [28JN]
———Senator Mitchell, S9216 [28JN]
National Advanced Materials Processing and Research and Development Act: New Jersey Institute of Technology, E2659 [23JY]
National park concessioners: Campsen & Campsen (law firm), S7385 [6JN]
Plant closing notification: Jeff Fritz, S1471 [5FE]
Possession tax credit for runaway plants in Puerto Rico: Concilio General of Trabajadores, E2177 [13JN]
Preferential hiring practices on basis of race: EEOC, S8681 [26JN]
Protection from hostile takeovers of Native corporations: Alaska Federation of Natives, Inc., H11241 [25NO]
Puerto Rico's economic development: Resident Commissioner Fuster, E2311 [20JN]
Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act: Coalition of Northeastern Governors, S3956 [21MR]
———Environmental Defense Fund, S3957 [21MR]
———Natural Resources Defense Council, S3957 [21MR]
———(sundry organizations), S3957 [21MR]
Research, design, and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment: National Federation of Independent Business, E1025 [20MR]
SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities issued by certain financial institutions: CBO, S17339 [21NO]
———National Small Business United, S17339 [21NO]
———SBA, S17338 [21NO]
Small business exports: Carla A. Hills, S14097 [1OC]
———several Senators, S14097 [1OC]
Small Business Health Care Reform Act: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, E4060 [25NO]
Tax treatment of gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives: Wayne A. Boutwell, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, S10571 [22JY]
Tax-exempt organizations games of chance: Ronald A. Pearlman, S3084 [12MR]
Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act: Bell Atlantic Corp., S7092 [5JN]
———Harold H. Greene, S7091 [5JN]
———Senator Simon, S7091 [5JN]
———several Cabinet officials, S7096 [5JN]
Timber industry unemployment benefits: Dept. of Labor, S16826 [15NO]
Trade imbalance with Japan: National Association of Manufacturers, S4416 [16AP]
Transportation programs for elderly and handicapped: American Association of Retired Persons, S5785 [14MY]
———National Association of State Units on Aging, S5785 [14MY]
———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S5785 [14MY]
———National Council of Senior Citizens, S5785 [14MY]
Treatment of tax-exempt organizations' certain games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization: Ronald A. Pearlman, H936 [6FE]
Wards Cove Packing Co. Supreme Court case: Japanese American Citizens League, S15952 [5NO]
———National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, S15952, S15967 [5NO]
———Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc., S15952 [5NO]
———Senator Murkowski, S15953, S15954 [5NO]
Lists
Ad-hoc coalition of small telecommunications companies publicly endorsing H.R. 1527, E2915 [2AU]
Associations supporting a clarifying amendment to section 301 of the Trade Act, S3277 [13MR]
Coalition of Northeastern Governors members in support of Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act, S3957 [21MR]
Coffeyville, KS, civic organizations committed to Operation Prairie Storm, S9261 [8JY]
Companies blacklisted by the Arab League, S9865 [11JY]
Contacts for information on reconstruction projects in the Persian Gulf area, H1654 [12MR]
Fair Employment Coalition, E2014 [4JN]
Grocers Care Award honorees: National Grocers Association, S11921 [1AU]
Members of the Small Business Legislative Council, S12300 [2AU], E4059 [25NO]
Methods for minority/small business to participate in the reconstruction of Kuwait, H1654 [12MR]
Network of Minority Business Development Centers, H1655 [12MR]
Organizations endorsing the Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act, S17298 [21NO]
Organizations supporting S. 1691, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, S12300 [2AU]
Prison factories identified in Library of Congress' Far Eastern Law Library report, S8610 [25JN]
Products produced by forced labor in the People's Republic of China, S8609 [25JN]
Selected bibliography on forced labor in the People's Republic of China, S8611 [25JN]
Space spinoffs: NASA, S10238 [17JY]
Telecommunication companies supporting H.R. 1527, research, design, and manufacturing of equipment, E3481 [22OC]
Telecommunications manufacturing companies, locations, and equipment developed, E1854 [20MY]
U.S.-Mexico trade issue representatives, S6786 [24MY]
West Virginia businesses participating in the Desert Storm Discount Program, E2043 [5JN]
Memorandums
Capital Gains Tax Differential for Investments in Start-Up and Other Small Enterprises (S. 1932), S16219-S16223 [7NO]
Credit Assessment of Iraq: Eximbank, H2556 [25AP]
Implications of Additional Reductions in Defense Spending, October 1991: CBO, S17817-S17821 [23NO]
Proposal To Expand Financial Reporting Requirements of the Foreign Operations of U.S. Firms: Mark Jickling, Congressional Research Service, E3547 [25OC]
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (Supreme Court), S15954-S15963 [5NO]
Memorials of legislature
Corporate average fuel economy standards: Michigan, S10982 [25JY]
Delaware, H3036 [14MY]
Florida, S5499 [8MY]
Hawaii, H3150 [15MY], H4550 [13JN]
Illinois, H3624 [23MY]
Michigan, H4944 [24JN]
Nebraska, H4550 [13JN]
Washington, S6147 [20MY], H2901 [8MY]
Wisconsin, H6456 [11SE]
Messages
Energy Conservation and Efficiency Standards for New Commercial, Multi-Family, High Rise and New Residential Buildings: President Bush, S4449 [16AP]
Export Controls on Components of Chemical Weapons: President Bush, S8456 [21JN]
Implementation and Impact of Employer Sanctions: President Bush, S9837 [11JY]
Omnibus Export Act Amendments Veto: President Bush, H73 [3JA]
Semiconductors, Fiber Optics, Superconducting Materials, and Advanced Manufacturing: President Bush, S4449 [16AP]
State of Small Business: President Bush, S15291 [28OC]
Tourism Policy Council: President Bush, H8051 [17OC]
Treaty With Congo on Protection of Investment: President Bush, S3622 [19MR]
U.S. Export Controls: President Bush, H8050 [17OC]
Veto of Civil Rights Act Amendments: President Bush, S15383 [29OC]
Motions
Antitrust policy: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), H7756, H7757 [10OC]
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 272), H10693 [20NO]
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S7097 [5JN]
Tourist trade: promote (S. 680), H11056 [23NO]
Obituaries
Jack Coopersmith—Real Estate Developer, E675 [28FE]
Opinions
Constitutionality of allowing States to permit nonconforming sign removal by amortization rather than monetary compensation: Dept. of Transportation, S2943-S2945 [7MR]
Outline
Plan for improving U.S. productivity: Representative Thorton, H2500 [24AP]
Papers
American Family Losing Ground to Taxes and Inflation: Paul G. Merski, H7798 [10OC]
Economic Growth Incentives: Daniel Mitchell, H7795-H7798 [10OC]
Silent Depression: Wallace C. Peterson, S3006-S3009 [12MR]
World Water Resources Bank—Private Financial Structure for World-Wide Water Projects: Michael Curley, E2151 [11JN]
Petitions
Boston, MA, City Council, H2138 [10AP]
National Association of Attorneys General, H2400 [22AP]
National Conference of Lieutenant Governors, H6458 [11SE]
Poems
``Ode to the Japanese,'' Charles Osgood, H2168 [11AP]
Proclamations
Management Week in Florida: Lawton Chiles, Governor of Florida, E1396 [23AP]
Proposals
Fair employment practices: Executive Office of the President, S15381, S15382 [29OC]
Land exchange between the Potlatch Corp. and the Federal Government, E3747 [7NO]
Questions and answers
Agricultural products: Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, H3555-H3558 [23MY]
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (Supreme Court), S15951 [5NO]
Remarks in House
Access Sacramento (cable company): National Federation of Local Cable Programmers' Overall Excellence in Public Access Award recipient, E2976 [11SE]
Advertising: regulation of environmental marketing claims (H.R. 1408), E898 [12MR]
Aeronautics: air carrier competition and passenger services (H.R. 2037), H2492 [24AP]
———air carrier competition and passenger services (H.R. 2074), E1435-E1437 [24AP]
———impact of airline deregulation, E3589 [30OC]
———industry deregulation, E2119 [7JN]
———percentage of voting interests of air carriers which are required to be owned by U.S. citizens (H.R. 782), H1193 [27FE], H10704 [20NO], E393 [4FE]
AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises, E3737 [6NO]
———encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (H.R. 3450), H7975-H7979 [16OC]
African Americans: status in U.S., H6517-H6534 [12SE]
Agriculture: relieve economic hardships to producers suffering from drought conditions (H.R. 1550), H2008 [21MR]
———supply management system, H5671 [23JY]
Air Force: awarding of YF-22 contract to Lockheed Aeronautical Systems, Marietta, GA, H2473 [24AP]
Air pollution: clean air standards, E1295 [17AP]
———control acid rain, E167 [15JA]
Alcoholic beverages: occupational tax on retail dealers in liquors and beer (H.R. 1484), E981 [19MR]
American Airlines, Inc.: Wichita State University's Airline Quality Ratings finalist, E2314 [20JN]
American Jobs and Manufacturing Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 2889), E2509 [11JY]
American Synthetic Rubber Corp.: tribute, E1489 [29AP]
Amgen Corp.: profits from the sale of drug to medicare patients, H10259 [14NO]
Antitrust policy: circumstances for obtaining a jury trial in a price-fixing action, H7745-H7750 [10OC]
———consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), H7756 [10OC]
———consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), insert H.R. 1470 language in lieu, H7756 [10OC]
———use of lack of market power as a viable defense in price-fixing actions, H7750-H7756 [10OC]
Armed Forces: development of defense manufacturing and critical technologies (H.R. 3427), H7149 [1OC]
Arrow Trucking Co.: Annual Fleet Safety Contest winner, E948 [14MR]
Austintown, OH: tribute to Hall of Fame inductees, E3647 [1NO]
Baltic States: appoint permanent cultural and commercial representatives and encourage Baltic-Soviet negotiations (H.R. 1879), H2352 [17AP]
Bank Holding Company Act: amend (H.R. 1480), H2010 [21MR]
BankAmerica Corp.: efforts to save the rain forest, E2261 [19JN]
BASF Corp.: commend efforts for implementing community advisory panels to listen and respond to public concerns over chemicals and the environment, E1887 [22MY]
———tribute to Community Advisory Panel, E3131 [24SE]
Betts Industries, Inc.: anniversary, E3219 [2OC]
Boeckmann, Herbert F.: recipient of Pepperdine University Private Enterprise Award, E4085 [26NO]
Boeing Co.: anniversary, E2531 [15JY]
Budget: funding for research and development, E454-E456 [7FE]
———tax rates on certain upper income brackets, H10610 [20NO]
Burger King Corp.: commend efforts to promote excellence in education among teachers and students nationwide, E3824 [13NO]
Business Enterprise Trust: tribute, E617 [25FE]
Buy American Week: designate (H.J. Res. 299), E2541 [16JY]
California Public Radio Association: annual awards dinner, E1111 [22MR]
Campbell, David N.: Buffalo/Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives' Executive of the Year Award recipient, E1393 [23AP]
CFTC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 707), H1350, H1356-H1363, H1386 [5MR]
CH2M Hill (engineering firm): American Consulting Engineers Council Grand Conceptor Award recipient, E1498 [30AP]
Chambers of Commerce: tribute to the Miami Dade chamber's top 10 black businesses, E3426 [17OC]
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology: tribute for advances in public health and safety, E945 [14MR]
Children: establish demonstration block grant programs to increase the availability and quality of day care services (H.R. 350), E9 [3JA]
Children and youth: public-private child care partnerships (H.R. 3926), E4056 [25NO]
Chile: establish free trade area with U.S. (H.R. 3193), E2897 [2AU]
China, People's Republic of: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (H. Con. Res. 216), H10561-H10564 [19NO], E3324 [8OC], E3879
———prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (H.R. 2744), E2415 [27JN]
China, Republic of: fishing industry moratorium on drift net use, E3580 [29OC]
Civil rights: business and educational selection processes based on individual interest and aptitude rather than prejudice, E2755 [30JY]
Civil Rights Act: negotiations between business and civil rights leaders, E1477 [25AP]
Clamshell Buildings (small business): tribute, E1621 [7MY]
Clorox Co.: membership in the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, H1829 [19MR]
Coalition of Hispanic Women: honoring women entrepreneurs, E1034 [21MR]
Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (H.R. 3476), H8471 [24OC], E3246 [3OC]
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (H.R. 656), H701 [28JA], H5413-H5424 [11JY], E2505 [11JY], E2622 [19JY], E4018 [22NO], E4176 [26NO]
———coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (H.R. 656), consideration (H. Res. 191), H5405 [11JY]
———coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 272), H10688-H10697 [20NO], E4018 [22NO]
Container industry: identification of plastic resins used to produce plastic packaging (H.R. 230), E6 [3JA]
Contracts: arbitration of disputes (H.R. 3122), E2824 [1AU]
———establish uniform standards, rights, and measures of accountability for procurement services (H.R. 3163), E2828 [1AU]
———Government standards for awarding, H5752 [24JY]
———increase Dept. of Defense materials procurement to small disadvantaged businesses (H.R. 852), E478 [7FE]
———support U.S. companies in competition with foreign firms, H3097 [15MY]
Copyrights: protection of industrial designs (H.R. 1790), H2249 [16AP], E1279 [17AP]
Corning, NY: commend Corning on ``Family-Friendly'' selection, E4193 [26NO]
Corporations: stockholder role in determination of income of certain executive officers (H.R. 2522), E2031 [5JN]
Courts: standards for product liability actions (H.R. 2700), E2365 [25JN]
———standards for professional liability actions (H.R. 2701), E2365 [25JN]
Credit cards: disclosure on accounts, analysis of industry, and cap on interest rates (H.R. 3860), E3980 [22NO]
Crime: amend provisions of law relative to racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (H.R. 1717), E1219 [11AP]
———insurance fraud (H.R. 3171), E2865 [2AU]
Critical industries: study and report (H.R. 1517), E1042 [21MR]
CSX Corp.: tribute to safety record, H2141 [11AP]
Customs Service: simplify and modernize procedures (H.R. 2589), E2118 [7JN]
Dade County, FL: tribute to Bacardi Imports, Inc., E3618 [31OC]
———tribute to Sedano's Supermarkets, E3701 [5NO]
Defense industries: assist transition of industries, communities, and workers effected by reduced defense spending, E4226-E4228 [26NO]
Defense Production Act: exempt section 721 from termination (H.R. 1357), E856 [8MR]
Depository institutions: recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems, H5458 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: payment protections for first tier subcontractors (H.R. 2112), H2611 [1MY], E1477 [25AP]
———reimbursement of contractors for severance cost incurred because of U.S. or host country action (H.R. 2308), E1694 [9MY]
Dept. of the Interior: domestic contracts requirement, H5709, H5710 [23JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: borrowing by Government-related corporations (H.R. 3365), H6680 [19SE], H11029-H11031 [23NO]
Developing countries: promote development of microenterprises (H.R. 1608), E1115 [22MR]
Domestic policy: emphasizing successful private programs to improve Government programs, H2100-H2104 [9AP]
———unemployment rate, H5304 [10JY]
Drug abuse: control of precursor chemicals (H.R. 2827), E2428 [27JN]
Eastman Kodak Co.: commend efforts to combat nation's drug problem, E2669 [24JY]
Ecology and environment: initiate a world water resources bank, E2151 [11JN]
———publication of the Emerging Environmental Consensus, E4225 [26NO]
———use of Superfund appropriations for purposes other than cleanup of contaminated sites, E4208 [26NO]
Economy: economic growth incentives, H6805 [25SE]
———encourage commercial financial liquidity (H.J. Res. 369), E3988 [22NO]
———impact of environmental extremism, H9864-H9868 [13NO]
———improve through investment in the public sector, H10396 [18NO]
———national policy priority assignments, H5962-H5968 [29JY], H8581 [29OC], H8671, H8672 [30OC], H9706 [13NO], H10203, H10204 [14NO], H10851, H10853 [22NO]
———privatization, E3025 [12SE]
———strengthen, H1421 [6MR]
———tribute to small businesses, E1674 [9MY]
Education: private industry funded computer access for students in Indiana, H2479 [24AP]
———tribute to Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, E311 [28JA]
Elections: prohibit contributions by multicandidate committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (H.R. 806), H894 [6FE]
Electric power: facilitate powerplant ownership and encourage conservation of electricity (H.R. 2825), H5263-H5265 [27JN]
Employment: affirmative action movement to end hiring preferences, H10729, H10730, H10733, H10734 [21NO]
———assistance to employees subject to layoff because their work is transferred to another country (H.R. 3878), E4115 [26NO]
———education and training practices, E1958 [29MY]
———employer/employee relations, E3166 [26SE]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9722-H9750 [13NO]
———equal opportunity laws, E2706 [25JY]
———establish a Glass Ceiling Commission and an annual award for promoting a more diverse skilled work force at the management level (H.R. 3353), E3085 [18SE]
———exempt certain individuals from child labor laws (H.R. 3144), E2827 [1AU]
———loss of jobs relative to production operations movement to Mexico, E1857 [20MY]
———paid leave for attendance of parent-teacher conferences (H. Con. Res. 215), H7204 [2OC]
———restore certain political rights to workers (H.R. 2915), H8791 [31OC]
Energy strategy: taxation, E671 [28FE]
Environment: tribute to McDonald's Corp. on recycling program, H2592 [30AP], E1612 [6MY]
———tribute to Times Mirror Magazines on Partnership for Environmental Education Program, E1598 [2MY]
EPA: benefit eligibility of individuals or businesses relative to violation of certain environmental laws (H.R. 3271), E2940 [2AU]
Europe: tariff on U.S. semiconductor and computer industry to enter marketplace, H6774 [24SE]
Executive departments: domestic procurement in times of economic recession (H.R. 3690), E3645 [1NO]
Falls Church, VA: closing of the Country Squire Restaurant, E4155 [26NO]
Federal employees: prohibit representation of foreign persons for a certain time period after leaving the Government (H.R. 809), H860 [5FE]
Federal Open Market Advisory Committee: establish (H.R. 3176), E2863, E2870 [2AU]
Financial institutions: bank fees, H9068-H9070 [4NO]
———bank mergers, H6146 [31JY]
———Bank of Glen Burnie, MD, rate discount on loans to purchase domestic automobiles, H10808 [21NO]
———commercial loans, H1459 [7MR]
———enhance competition and enforcement of capital standards for insured depository institutions (H.R. 192), E72 [3JA], E645 [26FE]
———establish the principle of fair trade in financial services (H.R. 3503), E3292 [7OC]
———insurance, H899 [6FE]
———interstate branching system, H9053-H9068 [4NO]
———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (H.R. 1450), H1769 [14MR], H2498 [24AP], E987 [19MR], E1688 [9MY]
———nonbanking companies ownership of financial services, H1289 [28FE]
———protect liquidity of insurance companies (H.R. 3119), H6650 [17SE]
Fish: Federal funding of fish farming facilities, H2502, H2504 [24AP]
Florence, SC: anniversary of du Pont plant, E1760 [14MY]
Florida: tribute to the Guatemala U.S. Trade Association, E3833 [14NO]
Florida International University: tribute to Entrepreneurship Day, E4090 [26NO]
Floridi, Teresa M.: tribute, E2167 [12JN]
Foreign aid: economic assistance for investment in Eastern Europe, H4411-H4414 [12JN]
———reform programs to promote the purchase of U.S. goods and services and democracy in Eastern Europe (H.R. 2137), H2598 [30AP]
Foreign countries: foreign investors purchase of U.S. companies, E1745 [14MY]
———prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (H.R. 2743), E2415 [27JN], E2486 [11JY]
Foreign investments: restrictions on the conduct of hostile takeovers by foreign-based persons (H.R. 3847), E3982 [22NO]
Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (H. Con. Res. 247), E4029 [23NO]
Foreign trade: Bush administration policy, H9404 [6NO]
———Canadian participation in U.S. free trade negotiations with Mexico, H896 [6FE]
———changes in the global market structure, H2808 [7MY]
———deficit, H1793 [19MR], H2115 [10AP], H2145 [11AP], H2397 [22AP], H3042 [15MY], H4280-H4282 [11JN], H4870 [24JN], H5398 [11JY], H7290 [2OC], H7778 [10OC], H10486 [19NO], H10812, H10813 [21NO], H10846 [22NO], H11878 [26NO], E1090 [22MR]
———export promotion program funding, H4454, H4455, H4459 [13JN]
———GATT negotiations, H8183 [22OC], H10736 [21NO]
———illegal trade control, H10485 [19NO]
———impact of Arab boycotts on U.S. businesses (H.R. 4002), E4161 [26NO]
———impact of U.S. policy, H10489 [19NO]
———Japanese investments in the U.S., H3809 [4JN]
———lost revenues from tariffs relative to the North American Free Trade Agreement, H7972 [16OC]
———machine tool voluntary restraint agreements, H9573 [7NO]
———national treatment by foreign countries for U.S. providers of certain financial and communications services (H.R. 1347), E830 [7MR]
———North American Free Trade Agreement, H2185 [15AP]
———policies of Presidential candidates, H8194 [23OC]
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, H2402, H2403 [23AP], H2608 [1MY], H2788 [7MY], H2820 [8MY], H2956 [13MY], H3168 [20MY], H3357-H3366 [21MY], E1220 [11AP], E1911, E1924 [24MY], E1982 [30MY], E2241 [18JN]
———recovery of damages for economic loss caused by the dumping of foreign merchandise into U.S. markets (H.R. 2382), E1824-E1826 [17MY]
———relationship with new democracies of Eastern Europe, H2698 [2MY]
———require reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny fair treatment to U.S. investments (H.R. 1396), E918 [13MR]
———responses to piracy of intellectual property, H3909 [4JN]
———trade barrier negotiations, H9624 [12NO]
———U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, H2185 [15AP], E2781 [31JY]
Forests: ban on harvesting trees in Sierra Nevada pending California spotted owl study, H5304 [10JY]
———protection of non-Federal landowners, H6146 [31JY]
Fort Wayne, IN: tribute to employees of ITT Defense, E1548 [1MY]
Frankenmuth, MI: tribute to Domens-Technikum Brewery, E4127 [26NO]
Fresno, CA: tribute to the Fresno Private Industry Council's Job Training Partnership Act alumni, E3824 [13NO]
Fulton, NY: anniversary of Miller Brewing Co. brewery, E2935 [2AU]
Gary, Antonia: Minority Business Advocate of the Year, E3457
GATT: Uruguay negotiations, H3909 [4JN]
General Electric Medical Systems: Positive Employee Practices Institute Showcase Award recipient, E4201 [26NO]
General Motors Corp.: stock sale by executives, H7318 [3OC]
Georgia: tribute to American Society for Quality Control, E3390 [15OC]
Gerber Products Co.: tribute, E2204 [13JN]
GNP: level of exports, E3294 [7OC]
Government: intrusive regulation, H1790 [19MR]
———taxation and regulation, E2718 [25JY]
Government regulations: effect on job creation, H10283 [18NO]
Green Bay Packaging (company): President's 1991 Environment and Conservation Challenge Award recipient, E3681 [1NO]
Greensburg, PA: establishment of Center for Entrepreneurial Opportunity at Seton Hill College, E3273 [3OC]
Harbison-Walker Refractories: Bessemer Works division recipient of President's ``E'' Award for Excellence in exports, E3921 [19NO]
Hartford, CT: commend Aetna Life & Casualty on ``Family-Friendly'' selection, E4193 [26NO]
Harvey County, KS: tribute to Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service employees, H4226 [11JN]
Haysbert, Raymond V., Sr.: Minority Business Development Agency's National Minority Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient, E3157 [25SE]
Hazardous substances: pollution reduction, E2247 [19JN]
Health: Government involvement, E1316 [18AP]
Hudson, NH: tribute to Test Systems, Inc., for development of military materials for use in Persian Gulf, E913 [13MR]
Immigration: economic impact of illegal aliens on State and local governments, E3606 [30OC]
Income: executive salaries, H3288 [21MY]
———treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (H.R. 2031), H5458, H5459 [16JY], E1394 [23AP]
India: market reforms, E2797 [1AU]
Indiana: firms making expenditures for pay and benefits to their employees engaged in Operation Desert Storm, H1292 [28FE]
Industrial fasteners: relief for importers, wholesalers, and users (H.R. 1071), E589 [22FE]
Information services: competitiveness and access to markets, H6202 [1AU]
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption applicable to business (H.R. 9), E38 [3JA]
———unfair claims practices (H.R. 1602), E1133 [22MR]
International relations: exchange program with Poland, E2298 [20JN]
———U.S. competitiveness in world economy (H.R. 2523), E2048 [5JN]
International Trade Administration: funding, E3650 [1NO]
Interstate commerce: uniform treatment of selected product liability problems (H.R. 2937), E2597 [18JY]
Iron and steel industry: extend the application of the steel trade liberalization program (H.R. 4051), E4134 [26NO]
———tribute to the Sheet Metal Workers Apprentice Program, E3557 [25OC]
IRS: inspection of tax returns of high-income taxpayers, H4590-H4599 [18JN]
———review of small business pension plans, H4580-H4586 [18JN]
Israel: awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott (H.R. 2874), E2505 [11JY]
———economic reforms, H7320 [3OC]
Japan: economic, social, political, and technological influences in the U.S., H5497 [16JY]
———economic, technological, and industrial influences in the U.S., H10407-H10409 [18NO]
———erosion of U.S. industrial base, H599 [18JA]
———exclusionary and protectionist automotive and auto parts trade practices, H6466 [12SE]
———fair trade agreement, H4566 [18JN]
———influence into U.S. corporate structure, H4948 [25JN]
———investments in U.S., H1549 [7MR], H1660 [12MR], H1680 [13MR]
———reciprocal response to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, E2779 [31JY]
———U.S. investments, H811 [30JA], H1425 [6MR], H2168 [11AP], H5741 [23JY]
Jaswell, Roy and Fred: Rhode Island Small Business Persons of the Year Award recipients, E1558 [2MY]
Jelin, William S.: American Roofing Industries Man of the Year Award recipient, E2300 [20JN]
Kirson Medical Equipment Co.: tribute, E705 [1MR]
Kuwait: awarding of contract money set-aside for the U.S. to a German firm, H8672 [30OC]
———employment of U.S. citizens by U.S. firms awarded reconstruction contracts, H1716-H1721 [13MR]
———involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 95), E851 [8MR], E904 [12MR]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding, H8669 [30OC]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 130), H2379 [18AP], H2480 [24AP]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Con. Res. 99), H1652-H1660 [12MR]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Res. 106), E948 [14MR]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (H. Res. 167), E2067 [6JN]
———U.S. business interests, H2934 [9MY]
Labor: health and safety laws, E2784 [31JY]
———reform protections from unscrupulous contracting practices (H.R. 1987), E1406 [23AP]
Labor unions: International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried Machine, and Furniture Workers Local 463 anniversary, E2170 [12JN]
———labor-management relations, E2302 [20JN]
Land use: land exchange negotiations between Federal Government and Potlatch Corp., E3747 [7NO]
Landmesser, Robert W.: Morris County Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Person of the Year Award recipient, E1772 [15MY]
Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies: tribute, E2638 [22JY]
Lind, Verne: Carmichael, CA, Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year, E1946 [29MY]
Lobbyists: disclosure of details on activities benefiting foreign interests (H.R. 1725), H2169 [11AP]
Madison Heights, MI: tribute to the Business/Education Services and Training Program, E1227 [11AP]
MagneTek Louis Allis Co.: tribute, E3254 [3OC]
Mandel, Morton L.: recipient of the Cleveland, OH Local Business Executive of the Year Award, E575 [22FE]
Manufacturing: facilitating the reuse of idle industrial facilities (H.R. 3790), E3873 [15NO]
Marietta, GA: anniversary of Lockheed Corp. plant, E3788 [8NO]
Marlow Industries: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E3379 [10OC]
McDonnell Douglas Corp.: sale of certain percentage of stock to Taiwan Aerospace Corp., H10609, H10610, H10613, H10704-H10708 [20NO], H11109 [23NO], H11878 [26NO], E4116 [26NO]
McFall, Snowden: SBA National Women in Business Advocate of the Year Award recipient, E1639 [7MY]
Medicare: investigation of health care suppliers relative to medical equipment costs (H. Con. Res. 165), E2184 [13JN]
Merrick & Co.: National Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Award recipient, E1631 [7MY]
Mexico: Ford Motor Co. union elections, H6261 [1AU]
———free trade agreement, H2142 [11AP], E1085 [22MR]
———illegal use of child labor, H2164 [11AP]
Miami, FL: Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Commerce and Industry, E2803 [1AU]
———Latin Business and Professional Woman of the Year Award nominees, E4098 [26NO]
———recognition of Eagle Brands by Hispanic Heritage Council and Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, E3852 [14NO]
———recognition of Northwestern Meat by Hispanic Heritage Council and Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, E3836 [14NO]
———tribute to Capital Bank, E3802 [12NO]
———tribute to CareFlorida, E3728 [6NO]
———tribute to Florida Smoked Fish Co., E3103 [23SE]
———tribute to NE Task Force, E211 [17JA]
———tribute to Precision Trading Corp., E3762 [8NO]
Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce: awards banquet, E1994 [3JN]
Michigan American Automobile Association: anniversary, E2314 [20JN]
Middle East: U.S. companies contracted to rebuild Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, H1583 [12MR]
Middle East Private Investment Corp.: establish (H.R. 3270), E2937 [2AU]
Midway Airlines, Inc.: declaration of bankruptcy, H10705, H10706 [20NO]
Miller Brewing Co.: Fulton, NY, anniversary, E2995 [12SE]
Mobil Corp.: grant for maritime training facility at Seamen's Church Institute, E3935 [21NO]
———scholarship program, E685 [28FE]
Mobil Oil Corp.: tribute, E3872 [15NO]
Monopolies: increase competition in the cable television industry, E229 [20JN]
Motor vehicles: condition of U.S. auto industry, H2696, H2698 [2MY]
———impact of Japanese imports, H2610, H2611 [1MY], H2698 [2MY], H3270, H3271 [20MY], H5669 [23JY], H7985 [17OC], E2229 [17JN]
———limitation on Japanese imports (H.R. 3978), E4099 [26NO]
———status of automobile industry, H2930, H2931 [9MY]
———stimulate economy by offering incentives for the purchase of American made automobiles, H10851 [22NO]
———U.S. companies investment in foreign corporations, E4116 [26NO]
Mullings, Dolores: Chino, CA, Chamber of Commerce's Contribution to Industry Award, E3119 [24SE]
My Pharmacy (drug store): anniversary, E3810 [12NO]
Nassau County, NY: tribute to Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women, E1600 [2MY]
National Business Women's Week: observance, E3361 [10OC], E3399 [15OC], E3559 [25OC]
National Commission on Entrepreneurial Education: establish (H.R. 1459), E964 [14MR]
National defense: revitalize defense industrial base (H.R. 378), E16 [3JA]
———U.S. losses in critical technologies, H3285 [21MY]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (H.J. Res. 133), H1388 [5MR]
National Endowment for Democracy: international conference on democracy, E1743 [14MY]
National Federation of Independent Business: leadership forum, H3998 [5JN]
National Industrial Revitalization Board: establish (H.R. 3987), E4082 [26NO]
National Management Association: designate Management Week in America, E1678 [9MY]
———designate Management Week in Florida, E1395 [23AP]
———Management Week in America observance, E1305 [18AP]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (H.J. Res. 348), E3349 [9OC]
National objectives: enhance competitiveness by improving workforce, E3632 [31OC]
———enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (H.R. 3470), E3231 [3OC]
———enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (H.R. 3507), E3268 [3OC]
National parks: restrict concessionaire contracts (H.R. 571), E216 [18JA]
National parks and recreation areas: foreign ownership of national landmarks (H.R. 3533), H7704 [9OC]
National security: notification of certain defense-related mergers and acquisitions (H.R. 2631), E2272 [19JN]
National Small Business Week: observance, E1667 [9MY]
National Textile Week: observance, H8193 [23OC]
National Volunteer Week: observance, E1171 [10AP]
Native Americans: extend authorization for certain programs (H.R. 2319), E1761 [14MY]
———Indian economic development (H.R. 2317), E1744 [14MY]
———protection from hostile takeovers of Native corporations, H11240-H11242 [25NO]
Natural gas: limited antitrust exemption for certain independent producer cooperatives (H.R. 70), E26 [3JA]
Natural resources: private profitability, E3357 [10OC]
New Brunswick, NJ: commend Johnson & Johnson on ``Family-Friendly'' selection, E4193 [26NO]
New England: economic recession, H8469 [24OC]
Nintendo of America, Inc.: price fixing, H2391 [18AP], E1410 [23AP]
NOAA: contracting mapping services to private sector, H10676-H10678 [20NO]
Nonprofit organizations: treatment of certain games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (H.R. 862), H935 [6FE]
Norfolk, VA: tribute to Cox Cable of Hampton Roads, E3079 [18SE]
North American Free Trade Agreement: impact on employment issues, H8928 [1NO], H9498 [7NO]
Nuclear energy: disposal of certain materials at mill tailings disposal sites (H.R. 3631), E3534 [24OC]
———disposal of certain materials at mill tailings disposal sites (H.R. 3784), E3853 [14NO]
———powerplant licensing reform, E2074 [6JN]
Occupational safety and health: rights of victims (H.R. 3133), E2816 [1AU]
Omaha, NE: tribute to Union Pacific Railroad, E2101 [7JN]
Orange County, CA: Carl's Jr. restaurant anniversary, E2625 [19JY]
Pacific Northwest: enhance economic stability (H.R. 1590), E1081 [22MR]
Pan American World Airways: selling of transatlantic routes, E2558 [16JY]
Panama: tribute to American pharmaceutical companies for refugee relief, E1736 [14MY]
Papua New Guinea: forest industry study (H.J. Res. 204), E1134 [22MR]
Patents: increase fees, H2191 [16AP], H2755-H2761 [2MY]
Pavilack, Myrna: North Miami, FL, Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Woman of 1991, E3559 [25OC]
Pebble Beach Golf Course, CA: Japanese purchase, H2168 [11AP]
Peraica, Anthony J.: Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce's Business Person of the Quarter Award recipient, E2049 [5JN]
Perrysburg, OH: Abbey Etna Machine Co. anniversary, E2072 [6JN]
Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (H.R. 2966), E2631-E2633, E2638, E2639 [22JY]
———impact of Middle East conflict on prices, H608, H610 [22JA]
———impact of Persian Gulf crisis on prices, H716 [29JA]
———opposition to an import fee on crude oil and refined products (H. Res. 10), H35 [3JA]
———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (H.R. 295), H100 [9JA], H755 [29JA]
———reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (H.R. 460), E257 [23JA]
———windfall profit tax on oil companies, H643 [23JA]
Pharmaceuticals: Japanese ownership of companies, H10850 [22NO]
———pricing by manufacturers for drugs purchased by certain entities (H.R. 3405), E3138 [24SE]
Plumbing industry: establish national standards for the manufacture and labeling of plumbing products relative to conservation of water resources (H.R. 843), E467 [7FE]
Poland: foreign debt reduction package, H4129 [6JN]
Pornography: boycott of businesses selling pornographic materials, H11296 [26NO]
Postal Service: privatization, E563 [21FE], E2227 [14JN]
Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (H.R. 1543), H2004-H2007 [21MR]
———encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (H.R. 1418), H1677 [13MR]
———imposition of corporate average fuel economy on U.S. automakers, E956 [14MR]
Precision Optics Corp., Gardner, MA: selection by SBA as New England Subcontractor of the Year, E1715 [9MY]
Private Industry Council: anniversary of the Carson/Lomita/Torrance, CA, branch, E1043 [21MR]
Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.: National Safety Council Award of Honor recipient, E2994 [12SE]
Product safety: limitation on liability actions (H.R. 420), E45 [3JA]
———reduce liability for joint business ventures (H.R. 1604), E1116 [22MR]
Provo, UT: tribute to Geneva Steel, E3943 [21NO]
PSI Bearings: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's President's Award for Excellence recipient, E4090 [26NO]
Puerto Rico: economic development of the Caribbean basin from tax credit funds, E1877 [22MY], E2311 [20JN], E3002 [12SE]
———economic development of the Caribbean basin from tax credit funds granted U.S. businesses, E1184 [10AP]
———sale of frozen poultry products, E1834 [20MY]
Reading, PA: tribute to National American Business Clubs chapter, E4199 [26NO]
Real property: tax treatment of certain property of international organizations (H.R. 3266), E2885 [2AU]
Recycling: plastic bottles, H1679 [13MR]
Regulations, H9405 [6NO]
Republic Engineered Steels Inc.: Dept. of Labor LIFT America Award recipient, E3045 [16SE]
Research: encourage joint ventures between private industry and Government, E3705 [5NO]
Resolution Trust Corp.: funding, E2595 [18JY]
Reynolds Metals Co.: tribute, E1489 [29AP]
Rhode Island: emergency assistance to stabilize the banking industry (H.R. 2610), E2156 [11JN]
Roads and highways: authorization of improvement funds relative to U.S. international business competitiveness (H.R. 2033), E1380 [23AP]
———limit advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid highways (H.R. 1344), E851 [8MR]
Rochester, NY: commend IBM Corp. on ``Family-Friendly'' selection, E4193 [26NO]
Rural areas: establish development investment zones (H.R. 1445), E964 [14MR]
Rural Electrification Administration: allocation of funds, E2243 [18JN]
Sacramento, CA: tribute to Cal Central Press, E387 [4FE]
San Diego, CA: tribute to recipients of Women in Business Advocate of the Year award, E1524 [1MY]
San Jose, CA: Solectron Corp., Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E3612 [30OC]
Satellite Transmission Systems, Inc.: tribute, E2353 [25JN]
Saudi Arabia: negotiation of commercial treaty with the U.S. relative to continued arms sales (H.R. 3105), E2786 [31JY]
Savings and loan associations: economic impact of defaults, H7102-H7105 [30SE]
SBA: disaster assistance to greenhouses and nurseries, H2071 [22MR]
———tribute, H10483 [19NO]
SEC: financial reporting requirements, H5404 [11JY]
Securities: disclosure of information concerning international structure and competitiveness (H.R. 3637), E3546 [25OC]
———equalize the regulatory treatment of participants in the securities industry (H.R. 797), E414 [5FE]
———protect investors in limited partnerships in rollup transactions (H.R. 1885), H9354-H9358 [5NO], E1315, E1328 [18AP]
———reporting obligations of registered companies and their auditors (H.R. 3159), E2840 [2AU]
Shelbyville, TN: production of world's longest pencils for charitable campaign, E3080 [18SE]
Shipping: Federal subsidies, E2416 [27JN]
Ships and vessels: allow emergency repairs in foreign shipyards of vessels engaged in coastwise trade, H1792 [19MR]
Small business: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 902), H1819-H1824 [19MR], E448 [7FE], E1041 [21MR]
———child care incentives, H6882 [26SE]
———Dept. of Defense contracts, H7324 [3OC]
———development of microenterprises (H.R. 288), H7975-H7979 [16OC]
———economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (H.R. 3471), H7297 [2OC], H7322 [3OC], H8925 [1NO]
———encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (H.R. 1278), E780 [6MR]
———enhance economic opportunities, H5603 [18JY]
———establish programs to assist veterans (H.R. 1404), E908 [13MR]
———facilitate loan capital and investments (H.R. 1823), H2247 [16AP]
———Government regulation, H6200 [1AU]
———health benefit plans (H.R. 2453), E1924 [24MY]
———impact of government regulations, H9047 [4NO]
———impact of IRS independent contract rules, H5985 [30JY]
———loan funding to support research, development on, and demonstration of commercial feasibility of advanced technologies and products in certain fields, H5471-H5480 [16JY]
———loans to community-based organizations to expand microenterprises (H.R. 4017), E4186 [26NO]
———national objectives, H3167 [20MY]
———revise and amend Federal programs (H.R. 345), E65 [3JA]
———taxation and regulation, H5919 [29JY]
Small Business Innovation Research Program: funding, H7660 [9OC]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 1150), E690 [28FE]
Small Business Stock Exchange of America: establish, E4166 [26NO]
Small Business Week: observance, H2890-H2896 [8MY], E1806 [16MY]
Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act: technical corrections (H.R. 929), E489 [7FE]
Solectron Corp.: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, E3558 [25OC]
Sollosy, Sheldon S.: Providence Rotary Club's Rhode Island Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E2012 [4JN]
Sound recording and reproducing: protections regarding digital audio recording (H.R. 3204), H6263 [1AU]
Soviet Union: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 346), H10635-H10641 [20NO], E3961 [22NO]
———provide the expertise of U.S. businesses to the Republics (H.R. 3612), E3501 [22OC]
Space policy: development of commercial space activities (H.R. 3848), E3954 [21NO], E3969 [22NO]
———launching of Government satellites, H2716, H2717 [2MY]
Spartanburg, SC: Clifdale Elementary School winner of Concerned Businessmen's Association of America's Set a Good Example antidrug contest, E1975 [30MY]
Sports: financial competition of major league baseball teams in smaller markets (H.R. 3368), E3094 [19SE]
———professional baseball in south Florida, E1068 [22MR]
``State Economic Development Case Studies—Recent Changes'': release, E2270 [19JN]
States: taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (H.R. 2913), E2552 [16JY]
Strategic materials: uranium enrichment industry, H2097 [9AP]
Superfund Program: impact of industrial pollution, E3117 [24SE]
Surety bonds: small business acquisitions (H.R. 3536), E3347 [9OC]
———treatment of discriminatory transactions (H.R. 3534), E3347 [9OC]
Task Force on International Development And Environmental Security: recommendations, H4542-H4547 [13JN]
Tax Reform Act: impact, H8129 [22OC]
Taxation: allow certain corporations to have foreign sales corporations as subsidiaries (H.R. 825), E428 [5FE]
———allow charitable contributions to private businesses in Eastern Europe (H.R. 2649), H4537 [13JN]
———allow small commercial finance companies to use the reserve method in accounting for bad debts (H.R. 1224), E751 [4MR]
———amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles (H. Res. 292), H11317 [26NO]
———capital gains, H785, H790 [30JA], H1572 [11MR], H5602 [18JY], H5668 [23JY], H6679 [19SE], H8124 [22OC], H8362 [23OC], H8671 [30OC], H8929 [1NO], H10283 [18NO], H11036 [23NO], E3900 [19NO]
———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (H.R. 1194), E722 [1MR]
———capital gains (H.R. 1721), E1222 [11AP]
———capital gains (H.R. 2958), E2624 [19JY]
———capital gains (H.R. 3128), H6144 [31JY], H6198 [1AU], H7556 [8OC]
———capital gains (H.R. 3741), E3766, E3769, E3777 [8NO]
———capital gains (H.R. 3859), E4132 [26NO]
———capital gains (H.R. 3875), H10851 [22NO]
———clarify amounts paid to acquire certain intangible items are treated as being paid for goodwill (H.R. 563), E218 [18JA]
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (H.R. 1456), E969 [18MR]
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (H.R. 3035), H10998 [22NO], E2706 [25JY]
———corporate tax system, H5747 [24JY]
———deny certain benefits relative to buildings constructed by Japanese companies (H.R. 2129), E1485 [29AP], E1634 [7MY]
———deny Puerto Rico and possession tax credit benefits relative to runaway plants (H.R. 2632), E2175, E2177 [13JN]
———election of taxable years by certain entities (H.R. 3943), E4198 [26NO]
———employee benefit plans (H.R. 2742), E2363 [25JN]
———employee leasing rules (H.R. 3602), E3491 [22OC]
———employer's cost of providing employee medical benefits (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]
———establish enterprise zones (H.R. 11), E68 [3JA]
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (H.R. 1145), E692 [28FE]
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (H.R. 1513), E1036 [21MR]
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (H.R. 572), E221 [18JA]
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (H.R. 200), E71 [3JA]
———extension of gasoline tax, H8673 [30OC]
———gross income limitation applicability to regulated investment companies (H.R. 2735), E2323 [24JN]
———health care provisions for coal industry retirees (H.R. 4013), H11457 [26NO], E4079 [26NO]
———impact of luxury tax, H5376-H5390 [10JY], H5398 [11JY]
———impact of luxury taxes on boating and related industries, H4443 [13JN], H4561, H4565 [18JN]
———impact of luxury taxes on boating and related industries (H.R. 951), E2178 [13JN]
———impose an excise tax on certain financial restructuring methods (H.R. 2028), E1385 [23AP]
———impose occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases (H.R. 698), E390 [4FE]
———impose occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases (H.R. 699), H758 [29JA], E390 [4FE]
———improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (H.R. 3170), H9503 [7NO], E2848, E2903 [2AU]
———incentives for establishing businesses within closed military bases and hiring displaced employees (H.R. 3112), E2762 [30JY]
———income from discharge of qualified real property business indebtedness (H.R. 3651), E3578 [29OC]
———investment tax credit relative to the investment in new manufacturing equipment (H.R. 3810), E3905, E3907 [19NO]
———partnership allocation rules of certain nonrecourse financing qualifying under the at-risk rules (H.R. 2978), E2662 [23JY]
———prior law treatment of corporate reorganizations through the exchange of debt instruments (H.R. 3262), E2883 [2AU]
———rates, E2798 [1AU]
———real estate activities under the passive loss rules and capital gains preference (H.R. 3652), E3575 [29OC]
———recomputations of depreciation determined under the income forecast method (H.R. 2748), E2349 [25JN], E3870 [15NO]
———reform tax laws, H9397 [6NO]
———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (H.R. 2359), H3042 [15MY], H8671 [30OC]
———repeal provisions that provide that the accumulated earnings tax be applied without regard to the number of shareholders in a corporation (H.R. 306), E47 [3JA]
———repeal the 30% gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 1597), E1125 [22MR]
———research and experimental expenditures of publishers of instructional materials (H.R. 1419), E933 [14MR]
———tax enterprise zones (H.R. 4022), E4124 [26NO]
———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (H.R. 1860), E1308 [18AP]
———treatment of duplicative medications and excessively priced new therapeutic medications (H.R. 3823), H10598 [19NO]
———treatment of employer deductions for payments of excessive compensation (H.R. 3056), E2727 [25JY]
———treatment of employer-provided education assistance (H.R. 24), E313 [28JA]
———treatment of indirect expenses of in-home child care service businesses (H.R. 3557), H7819 [15OC], E3400 [15OC]
———treatment of interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile business takeovers (H.R. 1554), E1069 [22MR]
———treatment of personal service corporations relative to periodic compensation payable to owner-employees (H.R. 3788), E3871 [15NO]
———treatment of sales of assets of medical service organizations to managers of such organizations (H.R. 4042), E4183 [26NO]
———treatment of small builders' income from the sale of certain residential real property (H.R. 1864), E1320 [18AP]
———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (H.R. 2768), E2350, E2360 [25JN]
———treatment of the deduction for State and local income and franchise taxes (H.R. 1429), E943 [14MR]
———treatment of U.S. owned businesses operating in the EEC (H.R. 2277), E1702 [9MY]
Technology: design, development, and manufacture of high-definition television, H6927 [26SE]
———development of a national strategy for advanced materials processing (H.R. 3001), E2659 [23JY]
Telecommunications: competition in electronic information sources and services (H.R. 3515), E3308 [8OC]
———foreign ownership of broadcasting companies, H6202 [1AU]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (H.R. 1523), H1852 [20MR], E1336 [18AP]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (H.R. 1527), H4141 [7JN], H11044 [23NO], E1022 [20MR], E1601 [2MY], E1853 [20MY], E2233 [17JN], E2626 [19JY], E2915 [2AU], E3480 [22OC], E3566 [28OC]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), E1366 [22AP], E2053 [5JN]
———sale of certain equipment manufactured by former Bell operating companies (H.R. 452), E15 [3JA]
Telephones: consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), H11307-H11315 [26NO]
———procurement from minority-owned businesses by holding companies of local carriers (H.R. 3107), E2816 [1AU]
———regulate use for making commercial solicitations (H.R. 1304), H10339, H10341-H10344 [18NO], E793 [6MR], E3940 [21NO]
Television: design, development, and manufacture of high-definition technology, H4280-H4282 [11JN]
———licensing of cable service providers providing adequate carriage of local broadcast signals (H.R. 2043), E1421 [24AP]
———regulation of cable industry, H2968 [14MY]
Texaco, Inc.: Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce's Multinational Company of the Year Award recipient, E1769 [15MY]
Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (H.R. 713), H843 [4FE], E359 [30JA], E1715 [9MY]
Tobacco products: restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (H.R. 2781), E2381 [26JN]
Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (H.R. 418), E1713 [9MY]
———impact on U.S. economy (H. Res. 209), E2905 [2AU]
———international travel and tourism in the U.S. (H.R. 3645), H11045, H11049-H11053 [23NO], E3590 [30OC]
———promote (S. 680), H11053, H11056 [23NO]
Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (H. Con. Res. 129), E1297 [17AP]
Treaties: North American Free Trade Agreement, H2195 [16AP]
United Parcel Service: tribute, E3007 [12SE]
Veterans: private sector program to assist small business startups, H10612 [20NO]
———tribute to the veterans transition franchise initiative, E4143 [26NO]
Wallace, Robert and Ellen: Arizona Small Business of the Year Award recipients, E1902 [23MY]
Water: develop U.S. market (H.R. 2687), H4562 [18JN]
West Virginia: tribute to business owners who took part in Desert Storm Discount program, E2043 [5JN]
Whirlpool Corp.: tribute, E1552 [1MY]
Whitaker, Lucius M. (Buzz): Farmington's Business Leader of the Year Award recipient, E1440 [24AP]
Whitman's Chocolate Co.: anniversary, E3847 [14NO]
Wilkes-Barre, PA: tribute to Friedman's Express, Inc., E4031 [23NO]
Wolf Computer (company): Los Gatos, CA, Top Cat Award recipient, E4221 [26NO]
Women: assistance to business enterprises (H.R. 296), E50 [3JA]
———ensure economic equity (H.R. 3526), H7656, H7658, H7659, H7661, H7664, H7665, H7713 [9OC], E3340, E3342 [9OC]
———opportunities in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations (H.R. 3475), H7207 [2OC], E3246 [3OC]
World Trade Club of Westchester: Dept. of Commerce President's Excellence in Export Service Award recipient, E2316 [20JN]
Zenith Corp.: movement of manufacturing plant to Mexico, H8927 [1NO]
Remarks in Senate
Aeronautics: competition among commercial air carriers (S. 1628), S12186, S12189 [2AU]
———establish a commission to analyze the economic state of the air passenger industry (S. 1998), S17255 [20NO]
———foreign investment in U.S. air carriers (S. 1977), S16851 [15NO]
———foreign investment in U.S. air carriers (S. 1980), S16876 [15NO]
———impact of airline deregulation, S9109 [28JN]
———Montreal Protocols involving international liability standards for international aviation, S9216-S9226 [28JN]
AFDC: encourage self-sufficiency of recipients through microenterprises (S. 1860), S15072 [23OC]
Agriculture: disaster assistance for fruit and vegetable producers (S. 1555), S10785, S10789 [24JY]
———inspection of egg products (S. 1465), S9881 [11JY]
Air pollution: clean air standards, S5325 [25AP], S16447 [12NO]
———control acid rain, S16447 [12NO]
American Airlines, Inc.: recognition for commitment to safety, S7597 [12JN]
Antitrust policy: assure fairness in the allocation and award of damages (S. 356), S1596 [5FE]
———foreign companies, S18070 [25NO]
———promote competition in the retail gasoline market (S. 790), S4241 [9AP]
Arab countries: secondary and tertiary boycotts of businesses dealing with Israel, S10314 [18JY], S11138 [29JY]
———secondary and tertiary boycotts of businesses dealing with Israel (S. 1147), S6658, S6659 [23MY]
———trade information regarding the impact of boycotts on certain U.S. businesses (S. 1817), S14589 [8OC]
Armed Forces: business development assistance to reservists' small businesses, S3342-S3345 [14MR]
Arms sales: Dept. of State's export financing assistance program, S18116 [25NO]
Association of Transportation Practitioners: tribute, S12368 [2AU]
Bank of Credit and Commerce International: investigation, S11706 [1AU], S17349 [21NO]
Bankruptcy: establish a commission to review the Bankruptcy Code (S. 1985), S17047, S17056, S17057 [19NO]
———exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (S. 580), S2837, S2838 [6MR]
———payment of expenses incurred by official creditors' and equity security holders' committees (S. 1588), S11372 [30JY]
Baxter International Inc.: cancellation of plans to build factory for Syrian military, S7717 [13JN]
Bell Telephone Cos.: access to information on transactions with manufacturing affiliates, S7076-S7080 [5JN]
———allow manufacture of telecommunications equipment with certain limitations on foreign parts content, S7094-S7098, S7105 [5JN]
Boeing Co.: anniversary, S9974 [15JY]
Canada: financial assistance toward building of Saferco Fertilizer Plant, S12366 [2AU]
Carl Karcher Enterprises: anniversary, S10060 [15JY]
Central America: foreign assistance to support development and democracy (S. Con. Res. 47), S7919 [17JN]
Children: enforcement of child labor laws (S. 600), S2956, S2958 [7MR]
China, People's Republic of: prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (H. Con. Res. 216), S17506 [21NO]
———prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (S. 1366), S8607 [25JN]
Civil rights: Business Roundtable negotiations of legislation, S5056 [25AP]
Clean Air Act: anniversary of implementation of certain amendments, S16743 [14NO]
———suspend implementation, S16889 [18NO]
Climate: effects of global warming, S15768-S15770 [1NO]
———use of market place to solve effects of global warming, S5362 [7MY]
Commercial banks: establishment of interstate branches (S. 1092), S6056 [16MY]
———establishment of interstate branches (S. 696), S3713 [20MR]
Community development: economic assistance (S. 1866), S15171 [24OC]
Competitive Policy Council: funding, S6896 [24MY]
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (H.R. 656), S12746-S12751 [11SE]
———coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 272), S1198, S1202 [24JA], S12734-S12746 [11SE], S12996 [13SE], S17732-S17737 [22NO], S17894-S17896 [23NO]
———coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (S. 343), S1559-S1564 [5FE], S12742 [11SE]
———criminal punishment for intentional abuse, S9330 [9JY]
———violations of software copyrights, S8885 [27JN]
Construction industries: use of semi-skilled labor under Federal contracts (S. 1658), S12228 [2AU]
Contracts: prohibit contracting with country supporting the Arab boycott of Israel, S13776 [26SE]
Corporations: stockholder role in determination of income of certain executive officers (S. 1198), S6997 [4JN]
Council on Competitiveness: allegations of conflict-of-interest by Director Alan Hubbard, S17287 [21NO]
———efforts to reduce regulations and redtape, S7597 [12JN]
———tribute, S15103 [24OC]
Courts: foreign records of regularly conducted activity (S. 1316), S8023 [18JN]
———impact of lawsuits on business and economic growth, S16602-S16604 [13NO]
———reform tort law doctrine of joint and several liability (S. 195), S897 [14JA]
Crime: private rights of action to stop customs fraud, S5121-S5123 [25AP]
Defense industries: assist transition of industries, communities, and workers effected by reduced defense spending (S. 2075), S18385 [26NO]
———assist transition of industries, communities, and workers effected by reduced defense spending (S. 2133), S18705 [27NO]
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict, S11505 [31JY]
Defense Production Act: retain provisions relative to foreign business activities threatening national security (S. 126), S767 [14JA]
Dept. of Defense: base closures, S7889-S7892 [17JN]
———critical technology application centers program, S13823, S13824 [26SE]
———establish Regional Center for Software Engineering, Manufacturing and Management Technology, S17792 [23NO]
———prohibit contracting with country supporting the Arab boycott of Israel, S13767-S13774 [26SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: proposed regulations on stock requirements, S1852 [7FE]
Detroit, MI: anniversary of Eastern Market, S6927 [3JN]
Developing countries: encourage acceleration of economic growth relative to creation of new U.S. export markets (S. Con. Res. 15), S2684 [5MR]
———encourage growth to create new markets for U.S. products and services, S11004 [26JY]
———microenterprise development, S11007 [26JY]
———promote development of microenterprises (S. 971), S5251 [25AP]
Disabled: establish blind vending facilities at Honolulu International Airport, HI, S12893, S12894 [12SE]
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program: study, S7571 [12JN]
Disasters: chemical plant accidents, S8235 [20JN]
Drought: relief for Western States, S3691, S3692, S3693 [20MR]
Drug abuse: quality assurance in private sector drug testing programs (S. 2008), S17440-S17442, S17445 [21NO]
Drugs: prohibit illegal advertising, S8897 [27JN]
Eastern European countries: transition to free market economies, S7702 [12JN]
Ecology and environment: economic development of forest lands in New England, S18166 [26NO]
———international efforts to control pollution, S14099 [1OC]
———protection of forests and rural communities in the Pacific Northwest, S18167, S18168 [26NO]
———source reduction in packaging (S. Res. 40), S1622 [5FE]
———tribute to the 1991 Wisconsin Business Friend of the Environment Award recipients, S9112 [28JN]
Economic growth: national objectives, S3126 [13MR]
Economy: business and education partnerships to revitalize (S. 364), S1704 [6FE], S3118 [12MR]
———national policy priority assignments, S16005 [6NO], S18298-S18304 [26NO]
———provide growth and industrial revitalization (S. 940), S5142 [25AP]
Education: business involvement, S6008 [16MY]
———provide Soviet graduate students with scholarships to study in the U.S. (S. 1399), S8953-S8956 [27JN]
EEC: barriers inhibiting competitiveness of U.S. businesses (S. 1653), S12218 [2AU]
Elections: deny tax status to certain organizations participating in campaigns, S6504 [23MY]
———disclosure of information on the expenditure of funds from certain organizations, S6513-S6520 [23MY]
Employment: affirmative action movement to end hiring preferences, S17291, S17302 [21NO]
———establish youth apprenticeship demonstration programs (S. 2059), S18365 [26NO]
———growth in the service industry, S13355 [19SE]
———guarantee work opportunity for all Americans (S. 666), S3397 [14MR]
———immigration-related practices of employers (S. 1734), S13418, S13419, S13420, S13430 [20SE]
———paid leave for attendance of parent-teacher conferences (S. Con. Res. 68), S14227 [2OC]
———pattern of few immigrants promoted to upper-management levels, S8513 [24JN]
———preferential hiring practices on basis of race, S8560-S8570 [25JN], S8676-S8689, S8695, S8728-S8731 [26JN]
Energy and Environment Study Institute: global economic development, S12374 [2AU], S12574, S12575, S12576 [15AU]
EPA: establish an additional regional office in Alaska, S10370 [18JY]
Executive departments: acquisition of nondevelopmental items (S. 260), S1159 [24JA]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage (S. 349), S1584-S1586 [5FE], S2241 [21FE]
Families and domestic relations: medical, parental, and family leave issues, S13251 [19SE]
FCC: enforcement of competition, S7066-S7068 [5JN]
———frequency allocation for microwave communications systems, S18331 [26NO]
———penalties for failure to maintain records, S7073 [5JN]
Federal Prison Industries: govern participation in Federal procurement (S. 1691), S12294, S12301-S12303 [2AU]
FERC: operation of the natural gas industry, S17721 [22NO]
Financial institutions: recordkeeping and reporting requirements for certain regulated institutions (S. 1420), S9116 [28JN]
———sanction foreign banks involved in financing Chinese slave labor-produced goods, S17367, S17368 [21NO]
———SBA participation in the purchase of certain eligible securities, S17337-S17340 [21NO]
Financial services: competition, S17375 [21NO]
Fish and fisheries: provide economic relief to shrimp fishermen relative to mandatory use of turtle excluder devices (S. 47), S681 [14JA]
Foreign Agents Restoration Act: disclosure of foreign lobbying activities (S. 346), S1565-S1570 [5FE]
Foreign aid: reform programs to promote the purchase of U.S. goods and services and democracy in Eastern Europe (S. 571), S2760, S2761, S2807, S2814 [6MR]
———tied aid credit programs (S. 1161), S6691 [23MY]
Foreign banks: Federal regulation of operations in the U.S., S18812-S18814 [18DE]
———strengthen Federal regulation of operations in the U.S. (S. 1019), S5616-S5618, S5629 [9MY]
Foreign countries: develop an index of economic freedom, S11003 [26JY]
———prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (S. 1365), S8607 [25JN]
Foreign policy: support democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe (S. 1262), S7473-S7478 [11JN]
Foreign trade: assistance to democratic governments, S11177 [29JY]
———commodity classification fees, S11350 [30JY]
———deficit, S4412 [16AP], S11706 [1AU], S13516 [24SE], S16970, S16976 [19NO]
———development of export programs (S. 2056), S18359 [26NO]
———European airbus subsidies, S14926 [17OC]
———Japan, S8052 [18JN]
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, S3823-S3825, S3828, S3835 [21MR], S4160 [9AP], S5369 [7MY]
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (S. 625), S3084 [12MR]
———reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment (S. 650), S3277, S3278 [13MR], S12119, S12333 [2AU]
———responses to piracy of intellectual property, S3473 [19MR]
———trade adjustment for firms program, S11349 [30JY]
———U.S. competitiveness in emerging markets, S11606 [31JY]
Forests: ecosystem conservation of Pacific Northwest Federal lands (S. 1536), S10773 [24JY]
———impact of endangered species protection on the timber industry, S13216, S13217 [18SE]
———international competitiveness of the forest products industries (S. 1927), S16213 [7NO]
Franchises, S4084 [21MR]
GATT: enforcement of oilseeds panel ruling against EEC (S. Res. 201), S15017-S15020 [22OC], S15512-S15515 [30OC]
General Electric Co.: partnership with Hungarian lighting manufacturer, Tungsram Co., S9736 [11JY]
General Electric Medical Systems: Positive Employee Practices Institute's PEPI Showcase Award recipient, S18314 [26NO]
Government: require regulatory authorities to consider effects on the workforce of any mergers or acquisitions prior to approval, S16918-S16921, S16922 [18NO]
———supervision of Government sponsored enterprises (S. 1897), S15530 [30OC]
Graham Manufacturing Corp.: recipient of the Firm of the Year award from the Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry, S4647 [17AP]
Greenville Machinery Corp.: award recipient, S13213 [18SE]
Hampden Watch Corp.: reissue a production incentive certificate (S. 991), S5410 [7MY]
Hazardous substances: reduction of metals in packaging (S. 730), S3955, S3957 [21MR]
Health care facilities: regulation of auditors and revenue recovery firms (S. 370), S1712 [6FE]
Housing: construction, S17103 [20NO]
Illinois: Women's Business Bank Loan Program, S1746 [6FE]
Income: treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (H.R. 2031), S10767 [24JY]
India: economic reform, S10980 [25JY]
Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation: establish, S10737-S10741 [24JY]
———establish (S. 637), S3252 [13MR]
Industrial recapitalization funds: establish (S. 1285), S7809 [13JN]
Insurance: awarding of contracts on certain Government-supported exports (S. 1428), S9129 [28JN]
International Game Technology: Japanese slot machine market, S11706 [1AU]
International Labor Organization: effect on U.S. labor law, S10760 [24JY]
Investments: limited partnership rollups (S. 1423), S9121, S9125 [28JN]
Ireland, Northern: prevent discrimination in the workplace of U.S. companies (S. 449), S2026 [20FE]
Iron and steel industry: voluntary restraint agreements, S6954 [4JN]
Israel: awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott, S12074, S12075 [2AU]
———awarding of U.S. Government contracts relative to participation in Arab boycott (S. 1453), S9865-S9867 [11JY]
ITC: unfair trade cases, S14713 [15OC]
Japan: authorize grants to train U.S. scientists, engineers, and managers in Japanese language and culture (S. 1417), S9004 [27JN]
———economic, social, political, and technological influences in the U.S., S11610 [31JY]
———study of the structure and operation of capital and securities markets (S. 1861), S15073 [23OC]
Job Corps: youth employment training program, S12894 [12SE]
John Carroll University: education program for Czech and Slovak business managers, S11347 [30JY]
Kansas City, MO, Life Underwriters: recipients of Daily Point of Light Award, S12334 [2AU]
Korea, Republic of: production of aerospace planes, S4384 [11AP]
Kuwait: awarding of reconstruction contracts based on U.S. military and economic support, S11152, S11153 [29JY]
———awarding of reconstruction contracts based on U.S. military and economic support (S. Con. Res. 35), S5674 [9MY]
———involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (S. Res. 72), S2690 [5MR]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding, S11001, S11080 [26JY]
———involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding (S. Con. Res. 48), S7919 [17JN]
Long-Term, Investment, Competitiveness, Pension Protection and Corporate Takeover Reform Act: enact (S. 1679), S12266 [2AU]
Machine tool industry: voluntary restraint agreements, S16974, S17084 [19NO]
———voluntary restraint agreements (S. Res. 230), S17696 [22NO]
Mandel Co.: tribute, S17085 [19NO]
Micro-enterprises: development (S. 1395), S8808 [26JN], S9203 [28JN]
Middle East: contributions of defense industries to Operation Desert Shield (S. Res. 103), S4494 [16AP]
Military bases: minimize impact of closures on local communities (S. 1300), S7869 [14JN]
Miller Brewing Co.: Fulton, NY brewery anniversary, S11388 [30JY]
Mining: assistance to small surface coal mine operators (S. 528), S2518 [28FE]
———establish a commission to study laws and procedures (S. 785), S4236 [9AP]
Minorities: diversified skilled work force at management and decisionmaking levels (S. 1711), S13057, S13059, S13060 [16SE]
———strengthen civil rights laws, S2136 [21FE]
Minority Business Month: observance in Michigan, S14098 [1OC]
Monopolies: antitrust exemptions applicable to the insurance industry (S. 430), S1933, S2010 [20FE]
———consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S1933, S2006-S2010, S2043 [20FE], S2241 [21FE], S5337-S5346, S5348-S5350 [6MY], S5376-S5378, S5379, S5380, S5402 [7MY], S5461-S5490 [8MY], S5591, S5599, S5601-S5605 [9MY]
———consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), motion to proceed to consideration, S5121 [25AP]
———increase competition in the cable television industry (S. 431), S1933, S2011-S2013 [20FE]
———protection of cable television subscribers (S. 432), S1933 [20FE]
Montgomery Ward & Co.: tribute, S2691 [5MR]
Morgantown, KY: economic conditions, S9719 [10JY]
Motor vehicles: condition of U.S. auto makers, S8045 [18JN]
———corporate average fuel economy standards, S10982 [25JY]
———impact of Japanese imports, S8877 [27JN]
———require new standards for corporate average fuel economy, S15753 [1NO]
———require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (S. 279), S1228-S1235, S1245 [29JA]
———require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (S. 279), star print, S5441 [7MY]
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.: executive severance package, S10696 [23JY]
NASA: waterjet technology, S14209 [2OC]
National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program: funding, S10368 [18JY]
National Customer Service Week: designate (S.J. Res. 166), S8352 [20JN]
National defense: impact of the machine tool industry on the defense industrial base, S17083 [19NO]
———Presidential authority to prevent foreign takeovers that could threaten national security, S2107 [21FE]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (H.J. Res. 133), S3465 [14MR]
National Grocers Association: Grocers Care Award honorees, S11921 [1AU]
National Grocers Week: observance, S8221 [19JN], S8477 [21JN], S8512 [24JN], S8526 [25JN]
National Manufacturing Week: designate (S.J. Res. 104), S4061 [21MR]
———designate (S.J. Res. 228), S16281 [7NO]
National objectives: enhance competitiveness by improving workforce (S. 1790), S14063, S14075 [1OC]
———productivity, trade, and technological leadership (S. 1163), S6694 [23MY]
National parks: regulation of management and ownership of concessions (S. 1252), S7383 [6JN]
National security: submarine industrial base and procurement of weapons systems, S3836, S3838, S3898 [21MR]
Native American Programs Act: reauthorize (S. 1717), S13062 [16SE]
Native Americans: land rights and land exchanges for Native Corporations, S18655 [27NO]
New York: tribute to agriculture industry (S. Res. 200), S14922 [17OC]
Nuclear weapons: production of nuclear weapons materials (S. 1576), S11075 [26JY]
NYNEX Information Resources Co.: tribute, S14853 [16OC]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: global economy, S14368 [3OC]
OSHA: improve health and safety of employees (S. 1622), S11833, S11844 [1AU]
Oshkosh Truck Co.: development of heavy expanded mobility tactical truck for Dept. of Defense, S2855 [6MR]
Pacific Northwest: protection of old-growth forests and the spotted owl, S15422 [29OC], S15544-S15546 [30OC]
Papua New Guinea: forest industry study (S.J. Res. 101), S4058 [21MR]
Petroleum: gasoline pricing practices of major oil companies relative to the type of customer (S. 2041), S18096 [25NO]
———gasoline pricing practices of major oil companies relative to the type of customer (S. 2043), S18097 [25NO]
———oil companies' pricing of fuel sold to affiliate service stations, S9963 [15JY]
Pharmaceuticals: containment of prescription drug prices (S. 2000), S17291-S17302 [21NO]
———pricing by manufacturers for drugs purchased by certain entities (S. 1729), S13333, S13335 [19SE]
———pricing policies, S12617 [10SE]
Phoenix, AZ: tribute, S15300 [28OC]
Power resources: oil company profiteering, S938, S939 [16JA]
———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (S. 1351), S8460 [21JN]
Prisons: fair competition between the private sector and the Federal Prison Industries (S. 183), S876 [14JA]
Product safety: establish uniform product liability laws (S. 640), S3255, S3260-S3263 [13MR], S8237 [20JN]
Quaker Oats Co.: tribute to civic affairs program, S9775 [11JY]
Racine, WI: small business development centers, S5358 [6MY]
Railroads: dispute between labor and management, S11110 [26JY]
———review of strike settlement recommendations, S11266 [30JY]
Research: stimulate trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 479), S2263 [22FE]
Rhode Island: emergency assistance to stabilize the banking industry (S. 1347), S8350 [20JN]
SBA: certificate of competency program, S12081 [2AU]
Schneider Communications, Inc.: tribute, S5359 [6MY]
Science: enhance technology transfers (S. 1581), S11223 [29JY]
Securities: confidentiality in the granting and voting of proxies (S. 2030), S17691 [22NO]
———regulation of Government auctions (S. 1699), S12671, S12672, S12673 [10SE]
———remove prohibition on broker-dealer transactions for certain potential conflict-of-interest accounts (S. 577), S2826 [6MR]
Sematech: Government-sponsored research for increasing semiconductor production capability, S7447-S7449 [11JN]
Shipping Act: congressional review, S7714 [13JN]
Ships and vessels: remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (S. 1361), S8525, S8593 [25JN]
Sima Products Corp.: anniversary of Filmshield, S12332 [2AU]
Sioux Manufacturing Corp.: tribute, S4910 [23AP]
Small business: access to credit, S15535 [30OC]
———disaster loan assistance in States having certain closures of financial institutions (S. 345), S1565 [5FE]
———economic opportunities of startup and newly established concerns (S. 1426), S9127, S9128, S9203 [28JN], S10839 [25JY]
———exports, S14096 [1OC]
———financial development assistance to military reservists' businesses (S. 360), S1700, S1701 [6FE]
———health benefit plans (S. 1229), S7302 [6JN]
Small Business Development Center, Superior, WI: tribute, S5050 [24AP]
South Africa: economic sanctions, S11105 [26JY]
———U.S. policy toward apartheid, S7923-S7931 [18JN]
Soviet Union: credit for purchases of U.S. products, S18142 [25NO]
———establish limitations and conditions on U.S. assistance, S10735-S10737 [24JY]
———establishment of U.S. business assistance centers, S10902-S10904 [25JY], S11146 [29JY]
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 346), S18066-S18069 [25NO]
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 346), unanimous-consent agreement, S17900 [23NO]
———opening of Moscow branch of Touro College, S4422 [16AP]
———political reform, S8473 [21JN]
———provide the expertise of U.S. businesses to the Republics (S. 1851), S15006 [22OC]
———social and political reform, S6833 [24MY], S7285-S7289 [6JN]
———U.S. programs for Baltic and Soviet Republics to support democracy and free markets, S10733, S10734 [24JY]
Space policy: commercial markets, S10390 [18JY]
Spanish Foods, Inc.: Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce Company of the Year, S7393 [6JN]
Sports: antitrust exemptions accorded professional leagues (S. Res. 172), S12317 [2AU]
———financial competition of major league baseball teams in smaller markets (S. 1727), S13332, S13353 [19SE]
———protect service marks of professional and amateur organizations from misappropriation by State lotteries (S. 473), S2256 [22FE]
St. Louis Agri-Business Club, MO: tribute, S4906 [23AP]
States: taxation of mail order companies (S. Res. 123), S5676 [9MY]
Tariff: treatment of semiconductors relative to country-of-origin requirements (S. 1767), S13926 [27SE]
Taxation: acquisition of partnerships without dissenters' rights (S. 1393), S8751 [26JN]
———apply accumulated earnings tax without regard to the number of shareholders in the corporation (S. 1615), S11813 [1AU]
———capital gains, S3128-S3130 [13MR], S13952 [30SE], S14860 [17OC], S16507, S16508 [13NO], S16886 [18NO]
———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (S. 467), S2184 [21FE]
———capital gains for small and high-risk business stock (S. 697), S3714 [20MR]
———capital gains (S. 656), S3263, S3287 [13MR], S3460 [14MR]
———capital gains (S. 698), S3717 [20MR]
———capital gains (S. 1857), S14942 [22OC]
———capital gains tax differential for investments in start-up and other small enterprises (S. 1932), S16217-S16219, S16224, S16225 [7NO]
———charitable deduction for certain contributions of business equipment (S. 1604), S11571 [31JY]
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (S. 1245), S7327-S7329 [6JN]
———credit for investment in new manufacturing and other productive equipment (S. 1831), S14708 [15OC]
———definition of passive foreign investment company (S. 1654), S12219, S12220 [2AU]
———deposit requirements for payroll taxes (S. 1610), S11807 [1AU]
———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (S. 1786), S14049-S14052 [1OC]
———disallow deductions for advertising expenses for tobacco products (S. 557), S2669 [5MR]
———establish enterprise zones (S. 686), S3578 [19MR]
———establish enterprise zones (S. 1032), S5636, S5643-S5645 [9MY], S9721 [10JY]
———estate tax rules for noncitizen employees of international organizations (S. 1688), S12289 [2AU]
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (S. 129), S814 [14JA]
———exclude price of certain transit passes from income (S. 26), S643, S644 [14JA]
———exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements (S. 200), S2595 [5MR]
———foreign insurance company regulations (S. 1911), S15808 [1NO]
———foreign tax simplification (S. 936), S5140 [25AP]
———health care for coal industry retirees (S. 1989), S17061, S17071-S17073 [19NO]
———impact of luxury taxes on recreational boating industry, S7460 [11JN]
———impose a tax on excess profits of large oil companies (S. 340), S1506-S1509 [5FE]
———incentives for establishing enterprise zones on Indian reservations (S. 383), S1726 [6FE]
———increase research activity tax credits (S. 416), S1831, S1832 [7FE]
———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (S. 451), S2028, S2029 [20FE]
———method of election of taxable years (S. 2109), S18433, S18434 [26NO]
———occupational taxes on retail dealers in liquors and beer (S. 1452), S9865 [11JY]
———promote economic growth and jobs creation by reducing certain taxes (S. 381), S1719 [6FE]
———provide for employees of small employers a private retirement incentive matched by employers (S. 318), S1335 [30JA], S1390, S1392 [31JA]
———regulated investment companies (S. 1748), S13583 [24SE]
———reinstatement of regular investment tax credit (S. 2051), S18336 [26NO]
———repeal of gross income limitation on regulated investment companies (S. 530), S2521 [28FE]
———require that a subchapter S corporation have only 1 class of stock (S. 722), S3941 [21MR]
———S corporation sponsorship of employee stock ownership plans (S. 1888), S15401 [29OC]
———State treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (S. 1775), S13980 [30SE]
———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (S. 700), S3727, S3732 [20MR], S12010 [2AU]
———treatment of interest income and rental expense relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (S. 873), S4764 [18AP]
———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (S. 1314), S8017 [18JN]
———treatment of telephone cooperatives (S. 879), S4837, S4838 [23AP]
———treatment of travel on company aircraft (S. 1346), S8349 [20JN]
Tax-exempt organizations: treatment of certain amateur athletic events relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (S. 866), S4752 [18AP]
———treatment of certain games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization (S. 624), S3083, S3084 [12MR]
Technology: enhance domestic by applying the results of Federal research and development (S. 1034), S5646-S5648 [9MY], S18761-S18776 [27NO]
———national objectives, S10763 [24JY]
———research and development of manufacturing technologies (S. 1328), S8184-S8187 [19JN], S8231-S8235, S8237-S8240 [20JN], S12101 [2AU]
———research and development of manufacturing technologies (S. 1330), S8195, S8202 [19JN], S8231-S8235, S8237-S8240 [20JN]
Telecommunications: national objectives, S5057-S5059 [25AP]
———promote development of new technologies (S. 218), S571 [15JA], S8390 [21JN]
———reassignment of radio band frequencies currently in use by police, fire and emergency services, S11346, S11348 [30JY]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), S868 [14JA], S6438 [22MY], S6891 [24MY], S6910, S6911-S6917 [3JN], S6959-S6971, S6975-S6987, S6989 [4JN], S7065-S7085, S7088-S7106 [5JN], S7264 [6JN]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), consideration, S6764 [23MY]
———research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (S. 173), unanimous-consent agreement, S7094 [5JN]
Telephones: billing for long-distance service (S. 857), S4746 [18AP]
———consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1410), S8991 [27JN], S16200-S16204 [7NO], S16809 [15NO]
———consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1442), S9497 [10JY]
———consumer rights relative to telephone advertising (S. 1462), S9874 [11JY], S16204-S16208 [7NO], S18317 [26NO], S18781-S18786 [27NO]
———regulation of certain providers of 900 services (S. 471), S2189 [21FE]
Textile industry: apply tariff revenues toward modernization (S. 665), S3396 [14MR]
———customs fraud, S4072 [21MR]
Thiokol Corp.: recipient of George M. Low Trophy from NASA, S18516 [26NO]
Timber: cost recovery on sale of timber on national forest lands (S. 1334), S8212 [19JN]
———stability of communities dependent on outputs from national forests and public lands (S. 1363), S8595, S8596 [25JN]
Tourist trade: promote (S. 680), S3428, S3432 [14MR], S15144-S15154 [24OC]
Trademarks: protection (S. 894), S4863 [23AP]
Transportation: establish a national electric vehicle research, demonstration, and commercialization program (S. 768), S4117 [22MR]
———grants to nonprofit organizations for expenses relative to services for senior citizens and the disabled (S. 1067), S5784 [14MY]
———reuse of abandoned manufacturing facilities by the Dept. of Transportation, S8114 [19JN]
Travel: resume normal business and tourist travel (S. Con. Res. 33), S5310 [25AP]
Treaties: North American Free Trade Agreement, S3002 [12MR]
Unemployment: economic crisis, S13742 [26SE]
United Parcel Service: anniversary of Tennessee plant, S12685 [10SE]
Venezuela: economic restructuring, S14366 [3OC]
Veterans: tax incentives for employers to hire Persian Gulf veterans (S. 582), S2838 [6MR]
Water pollution: global environmental protection incentives and enhanced competiveness of domestic business (S. 1965), S16747 [14NO]
Workers Memorial Day: observance, S5064 [25AP]
World Consumer Rights Day: observance, S3459 [14MR]
Reports
German Companies Participation in Arms Supply and Export of Technologies Pertaining to Armaments to Iraq: German Government, S1028 [22JA]
IRS Takes Aim at Assumptions in Rich Doctor Pension Plans: Mel J. Massey, Jr., H4584 [18JN]
Issues Concerning Five Weapon Systems Provided or Developed by McDonnell Douglas Corp.: GAO, S14719-S14721 [15OC]
Middle East Conflict: 16th District Student Congressional Council, E1671 [9MY]
North American Free Trade Agreement—Too Fast a Track? Committee on Foreign Affairs, E1893 [23MY]
There They Go Again—Defective CBO Data Rehashed Yet Again to Support Class Warfare: Republican Conference Task Force on Economic Growth and Job Creation, S13724 [25SE]
Reports filed
Acquisition of Nondevelopmental Items for Executive Departments: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 260) (S. Rept. 102-137), S12180 [2AU]
Amending Provisions of Law Relative to Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1717) (H. Rept. 102-312), H9757 [13NO]
Amortization of Goodwill and Certain Other Intangibles: Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 292) (H. Rept. 102-376), H11287 [25NO]
Assistance in Growth of International Travel and Tourism Into the U.S.: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 680) (S. Rept. 102-150), S12983 [13SE]
CFTC Appropriations: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 707) (H. Rept. 102-6), H1341 [4MR]
Clarification and Strengthening of Provisions Pertaining to National Security Takeovers: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2624) (H. Rept. 102-399), H11885 [26NO]
Consideration of H.R. 656, Coordinated Federal Research Program To Ensure U.S. Leadership in High-Performance Computing: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 191) (H. Rept. 102-148), H5339, H5370 [10JY]
Coordinated Federal Research Program To Ensure U.S. Leadership in High-Performance Computing: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 272) (S. Rept. 102-57), S6034 [16MY]
———Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 656) (H. Rept. 102-66), H3493 [22MY]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 343) (S. Rept. 102-64), S6652 [23MY]
———Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 656) (H. Rept. 102-66), H3148 [15MY]
Enhancement of Industrial Productivity and Competitiveness Through Development of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1330) (S. Rept. 102-226), S17433 [21NO]
Enhancement of Technology Transfers for Works Prepared Under Certain Cooperative Research and Development: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1581) (S. Rept. 102-254), S18334 [26NO], S18688 [27NO]
Equal Treatment of Telephone and Electric Cooperative Pension Plans: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2031) (H. Rept. 102-150), H5450 [15JY]
Establishment of a National Electric Vehicle Research, Demonstration, and Commercialization Program: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 1538) (H. Rept. 102-217), H6797 [24SE]
Extension of Most-Favored-Nation Status to the People's Republic of China: Committee on Finance (S.J. Res. 153) (S. Rept. 102-102), S9362 [9JY]
Fast-Track Procedures for Implementing Trade Agreements: Committee on Ways and Means (H. Res. 101) (H. Rept. 102-63), H3159 [16MY]
Financial Development Assistance to Military Reservists' Businesses: Committee on Small Business (S. 360), S2507 [28FE]
Legislative Activities of the Committee on Small Business During 101st Congress: Committee on Small Business (S. Rept. 102-35), S4229 [9AP]
Native American Programs Act Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs (Select) (S. 1717) (S. Rept. 102-158), S13577 [24SE]
New Standards for Corporate Average Fuel Economy for Motor Vehicles: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 279) (S. Rept. 102-48), S5135 [25AP]
Prohibiting Certain Practices Involving the Use of Telephone Equipment for Advertising and Solicitation Purposes: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1462) (S. Rept. 102-178), S14587 [8OC]
Promotion of a Skilled Work Force and Industrial Competitiveness: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (H.R. 3507) (H. Rept. 102-418), H12055 [18DE]
Promotion of Growth of International Travel and Tourism in the U.S.: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3645) (H. Rept. 102-355), H10929 [22NO]
Protection of Investors in Limited Partnerships in Rollup Transactions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1885) (H. Rept. 102-254), H7980 [16OC]
Regulate Use of Telephones in Making Commercial Solicitations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1304) (H. Rept. 102-317), H10280 [15NO]
Regulation of Interstate Commerce Through Establishing Uniform Product Liability Laws: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 640) (S. Rept. 102-215), S16746 [14NO]
Restriction of the Authority of Newly Established Government Related Corporations To Borrow From the Treasury: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3365) (H. Rept. 102-224), H6939 [26SE]
Rights of Consumers Relative to Telephone Advertising: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1410) (S. Rept. 102-177), S14587 [8OC]
Scourge of Telemarketing Fraud—What Can Be Done About It?: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-421), H12055 [18DE]
Soviet Union Most-Favored-Nation Status: Committee on Ways and Means (H.J. Res. 346) (H. Rept. 102-338), H10543 [19NO]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Lee H.: Tropical Deforestation, E2288 [19JN]
Resolutions by organizations
Research, design, and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment by the Bell Telephone Cos.: American Legislative Exchange Council, E1922 [24MY]
Research, design, and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment: National Association of Counties, E1024 [20MR]
Resumes
California Public Radio Association Award Nominees, E1111 [22MR]
Remarks in Senate
Employment: affirmative action movement to end hiring preferences, H10730 [21NO]
Statements
Antitrust Laws on Insurance Companies: ABA, S2010 [20FE]
———Franklin D. Roosevelt, S2010 [20FE]
———National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures (sundry), S2010, S2011 [20FE]
Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: Senator Specter, S5469 [8MY]
Contract Claims of Sanderson and Porter Co. Against Saudi Arabia, H3355 [21MY]
Contracting With Country Supporting the Arab Boycott of Israel: Dept. of Defense, S13771 [26SE]
———Joint Chiefs of Staff, S13771 [26SE]
Designation of EEC as ``Priority Country'' Based on Restrictive Quota: Motion Picture Export Association of America, S3474 [19MR]
Economic Growth: John F. Kennedy, S5644 [9MY]
Effect of Clean Air and Fuel Economy Standards on Automobile Sizes: Ford Motor Co., S1233 [29JA]
Extension of Presidential Fast-Track Negotiating Authority: Peter Morici, S6776 [24MY]
Fair Competition Between the Federal Prison Industries and the Private Sector: John Sloan, S877 [14JA]
Federal Regulation of Foreign Bank Operations in the U.S.: FDIC, S18815 [18DE]
Fulton's 15th Anniversary: Miller Brewing Co., E2995 [12SE]
Impact of North American Free Trade Agreement: Robert Cohen, H5219 [27JN]
Minority Business Participation in Reconstruction Projects in Kuwait: Representative Towns, H1657 [12MR]
National Park Concessioners: Campsen & Campsen (law firm), S7385-S7387 [6JN]
Naval Defense Maintenance Estimates: Robert Finley, S3836 [21MR]
Opening of Moscow Branch of Touro College: Bernard Lander, S4423 [16AP]
———Thomas R. Pickering, S4422 [16AP]
———Yuli M. Vorontsov, S4422 [16AP]
Small Business Angle: John Sloan, S12302 [2AU]
Small Businesses Helped Build Our Nation: President Bush, H10483 [19NO]
Telecommunications Equipment Industry: Deborah Kaplan, S6916 [3JN]
———Dept. of Commerce, S6916 [3JN]
———Harold H. Greene, S7092 [5JN]
———Senator Pressler, S7074 [5JN]
U.S. Competitiveness: Representative Michel, H4644 [18JN]
U.S. International Competitiveness: National Alliance of Business, H5659 [22JY]
U.S. Investments in Japan: Hideo Ishihara, H811 [30JA]
Studies
Foreign Firms Reportedly Engaged in Nuclear Weapons-Related Trade: Monterey Institute for International Studies, E2552 [16JY]
Health Risks of Mexican Workers: National State Workplace Institute, S6775 [24MY]
How Tax Policy Compounded the S&L Crisis: Institute for Policy Innovation, S3265 [13MR], S3461 [14MR]
Impact of Environmental Legislation on U.S. Economic Growth, Investment, and Capital Costs: Dale W. Jorgenson and Peter J. Wilcoxen, S16891-S16898 [18NO]
International Financing Programs and U.S. International Economic Competitiveness: Dept. of Commerce, S2761 [6MR]
Life After the Voluntary Restraint Agreements—Steel's Quest for Fair Trade: Cold Finished Steel Bar Institute, S6955 [4JN]
Mexican Economy: Harley Shaiken, S6773 [24MY]
Preserving the Defense Industrial Base: CBO, S17816 [23NO]
Tax Fairness—Myths and Reality: National Center for Policy Analysis, S3264 [13MR], S3460 [14MR]
Summaries
Aid for Trade Act (S. 571), S2810 [6MR]
Airline Competition and Passenger Protection Act (H.R. 2037), H2492 [24AP]
Ancient Forest Act (H.R. 1590), E1081 [22MR]
Call To Action for Civil Liberties in the Workplace: ACLU, E3166 [26SE]
Capital Gains Tax (H.R. 3875), H10851 [22NO]
Commercial Space Competitiveness Act (H.R. 3848), E3970 [22NO]
Comprehensive Energy Policy Act (H.R. 1543), H2005-H2007 [21MR]
Corporate Pay Responsibility Act (H.R. 2522), E2032 [5JN]
Corporate Pay Responsibility Act (S. 1198), S6999 [4JN]
Corrections to H.R. 192, Financial Reform and Capital Enforcement Act, E645 [26FE]
Domestic Procurement of Federal Funds in Times of Recession (H.R. 3690), E3646 [1NO]
Economic Development for Native Americans (H.R. 2317), E1745 [14MY]
Economic Growth Act (S. 940), S5150 [25AP]
Employer's Cost of Providing Employee Medical Benefits (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]
Enforcement of Child Labor Laws (S. 600), S2957 [7MR]
Examples of Foreign Company Activity in U.S. Markets Closed to the Bell Holding Companies, S6962 [4JN]
Extension of Presidential Fast-Track Negotiating Authority, H3365 [21MY], H3567-H3570 [23MY]
Foreign Companies Are Doing What American Companies Cannot, S6960-S6962 [4JN]
High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act (S. 1790), S14073-S14075 [1OC]
High-Performance Computing Act (S. 272), S1202 [24JA]
Indian Economic Development Act (S. 383), S1733 [6FE]
Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation (S. 637), S3254 [13MR]
Industrial Diversification and Economic Adjustment Act (S. 2075), S18386 [26NO]
Investment Competitiveness Act (S. 1748), S13586 [24SE]
Manufacturing Strategy Act (S. 1330), S8202 [19JN]
National Small Business Subcontractor of the Year Nomination—Merrick & Co., E1632 [7MY]
Only 1 Class of Stock Requirement for Subchapter S Corporation (S. 722), S3942 [21MR]
Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act (S. 2000), S17298 [21NO]
Private Retirement Incentives Matched by Employers Retirement Account Act (S. 318), S1392 [31JA]
Product Liability Fairness Act (S. 640), S3260 [13MR]
Project 88/Round II Study, S5363-S5369 [7MY]
Reform Protections from Unscrupulous Contracting Practices (H.R. 1987), E1406 [23AP]
Reinstate the Windfall Profit Tax on Domestic Crude Oil (H.R. 460), E257 [23JA]
Rural Development Investment Zone Act (H.R. 1445), E964 [14MR]
Small Business Loan Capital and Investment Facilitation (H.R. 1823), H2248
Task Force on International Development And Environmental Security Report, H4543 [13JN]
Taxation of Charitable Contributions to Private Businesses in Eastern Europe (H.R. 2649), H4538 [13JN]
Telecommunications Competition in Electronic Information Sources and Services (H.R. 3515), E3309 [8OC]
U.S. Competitiveness in World Economy (H.R. 2523), E2048 [5JN]
Surveys
Health and Safety in the Workplace: National Safe Workplace Institute, E2817 [1AU]
Tables
America's fifty biggest exporters, S6785 [24MY]
Army Corps of Engineers contract awards for the restoration of infrastructure in Kuwait, H1659 [12MR]
Capital and liquidity of major nonbanking companies already engaged in financial services, H1289 [28FE]
Capital of 10 largest U.S. banks, H1289 [28FE]
Conditions for lifting sanctions against South Africa, S7927 [18JN]
Corporate tax incidence, E2799 [1AU]
Customs Service fraud investigations and seizures, S5123 [25AP]
Distributional effect of the administration's capital gains proposal, H8363 [23OC]
Enterprise zones comparison of Rostenkowski and administration proposals, S5642 [9MY]
Estimated revenue effects of certain provisions of Economic Growth Act (H.R. 3130), H8363 [23OC]
Foreign trade deficit, 1981-90, H11478 [26NO]
Industrial preparedness planning statistics, H6364 [2AU]
Inquiries concerning large Iraqi projects, H2556 [25AP]
National economic data, S17104 [20NO]
New privately owned housing units, S17105, S17106 [20NO]
Ownership source for timber exported from Washington, S10774 [24JY]
Patent activity, H2761 [2MY]
Risk analysis for attaining the objective of retaining community, social, and economic viability, S13219 [18SE]
Scale for rating the probability of attaining the objective of community, social and economic viability, compared to 1985-1989 harvest base, S13219 [18SE]
Selected agents of Japanese entities, S1568 [5FE]
Top U.S. trading markets, H3582 [23MY]
Washington log exports, S10774 [24JY]
Wisconsin firms in Mexico, E2954 [2AU]
Telegrams
Poultry trade with the Soviet Union: VVO Prodinatorg (company), S5405 [7MY]
Testimonies
Economic Growth: Lawrence A. Kudlow, S15060-S15062 [23OC]
Education and Child Development: James Renier, E2017 [4JN]
North American Free Trade Agreement: Senator Baucus, S3003 [12MR]
Telecommunications Equipment Industry: James Rill, S6915 [3JN]
Trade Imbalance With Japan: R.K. Morris, S4414-S4416 [16AP]
Transnational Mergers: Theodore H. Moran, E2273 [19JN]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 99, participation of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding of Kuwait, H1659 [12MR]
H. Con. Res. 216, prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor from the People's Republic of China, H10561 [19NO]
H. Res. 191, consideration of H.R. 656, coordination of Federal research programs to ensure leadership in high-performance computing, H5405 [11JY]
H. Res. 292, amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles for taxpayers, H11317 [26NO]
H.J. Res. 133, National Employ the Older Worker Week, H1389 [5MR]
H.J. Res. 346, most-favored-nation status for the Soviet Union, H10635 [20NO]
H.R. 2, Family and Medical Leave Act, H9750-H9756 [13NO]
H.R. 70, limited antitrust exemption for certain independent natural gas producer cooperatives, E26 [3JA]
H.R. 101, excess profits tax on petroleum producers, E60 [3JA]
H.R. 452, Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Stimulation Act, E15 [3JA]
H.R. 656, coordination of Federal research programs to ensure leadership in high-performance computing, H5419-H5421 [11JY]
H.R. 656, High-Performance Computing and National Research and Education Network Act, S12748-S12750 [11SE]
H.R. 699, occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases, H759 [29JA]
H.R. 707, Commodity Futures Improvements Act, H1350-H1356 [5MR]
H.R. 902, Small Business Desert Storm Loan Relief Act, H1819 [19MR], E448 [7FE]
H.R. 940, full-funding limitation of multiemployer pension plans, E432 [6FE]
H.R. 1304, Telephone Advertising Consumer Rights Act, H10339-H10341 [18NO]
H.R. 1450, liability limit on financial institutions having holdings in violation of certain environmental laws, E987 [19MR]
H.R. 1527, Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act, E3567 [28OC]
H.R. 1550, Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act, H2009 [21MR]
H.R. 1721, Capital Gains Tax Fairness Act, E1222-E1224 [11AP]
H.R. 1860, clarify treatment of amounts received by cooperative companies indirectly from their members, E1309 [18AP]
H.R. 1885, Limited Partnership Rollup Reform Act, H9354 [5NO]
H.R. 2028, excise tax on certain financial restructuring methods, E1386 [23AP]
H.R. 2031, treatment of telephone and electric cooperative pension plans (H.R. 2031), H5458 [16JY]
H.R. 2043, Cable Subscriber Protection Act, E1422 [24AP]
H.R. 2129, deny certain benefits relative to buildings constructed by Japanese companies, E1486 [29AP]
H.R. 2308, reimbursement of Dept. of Defense contractors for severance cost incurred because of U.S. or host country action, E1695 [9MY]
H.R. 2522, Corporate Pay Responsibility Act, E2032 [5JN]
H.R. 2632, deny Puerto Rico and possession tax credit benefits relative to runaway plants, E2176 [13JN]
H.R. 2743, Anti-Forced Labor Act, E2415 [27JN]
H.R. 2744, prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor (H.R. 2744), E2415 [27JN]
H.R. 2748, recomputations of taxable depreciation under the income forecast method, E2350 [25JN]
H.R. 3119, Federal Reserve Liquidity Assistance Act, H6652 [17SE]
H.R. 3365, Federal Debt Management Responsibility Act, H6680 [19SE], H11029 [23NO]
H.R. 3533, foreign ownership of national landmarks, H7704 [9OC]
H.R. 3612, provide the expertise of U.S. businesses to the Soviet Union's Republics, E3501 [22OC]
H.R. 3645, international travel and tourism in the U.S., H11045-H11049 [23NO]
H.R. 3651, taxing income relative to discharge of business indebted real property, E3578 [29OC]
H.R. 3652, real estate activities in relation to passive loss rules and preferential capital gains, E3576 [29OC]
H.R. 3926, Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act, E4057 [25NO]
H.R. 3978, limitation on Japanese motor vehicle imports, E4099 [26NO]
S. 26, exclude price of certain transit passes from gross income taxation, S644 [14JA]
S. 129, exclude price of certain transit passes from taxable income, S814 [14JA]
S. 173, Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act, S6911 [3JN], S7106-S7108 [5JN]
S. 183, Federal Prison Industries Reform Act, S877 [14JA]
S. 195, reform tort law doctrine of joint and several liability, S897 [14JA]
S. 200, exclude small transactions from broker reporting requirements, S2595 [5MR]
S. 218, promote development of new telecommunications technologies, S571-S573 [15JA]
S. 260, Nondevelopmental Items Acquisition Act, S12970-S12973 [13SE]
S. 272, coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing, S1200-S1202 [24JA]
S. 272, High-Performance Computing Act, S12744-S12746 [11SE], S17729-S17732 [22NO], H10691-H10693 [20NO]
S. 318, Private Retirement Incentives Matched by Employers Retirement Account Act, S1391 [31JA]
S. 340, Excess Oil Profits Tax Act, S1508 [5FE]
S. 343, Dept. of Energy High-Performance Computing Act, S1561 [5FE]
S. 345, disaster loan assistance to small businesses in States having certain closures of financial institutions, S1565 [5FE]
S. 346, amend Foreign Agents Restoration Act relative to disclosure of foreign lobbying activities, S1568 [5FE]
S. 349, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to exemption for small businesses from Federal minimum wage coverage, S1585 [5FE]
S. 356, Antitrust Claim Reduction Act, S1596 [5FE]
S. 360, Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act, S1701 [6FE]
S. 364, Business and Education Partnership Act, S1705 [6FE]
S. 381, Economic Growth and Jobs Creation Act, S1720-S1725 [6FE]
S. 383, Indian Economic Development Act, S1727, S1733 [6FE]
S. 416, increase research activity tax credits, S1832 [7FE]
S. 429, Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act, S2007 [20FE], S5605 [9MY], H7756 [10OC]
S. 430, Insurance Competitive Pricing Act, S2011 [20FE]
S. 431, Competition in Cable Act, S2013 [20FE]
S. 449, Northern Ireland Fair Employment Practices Act, S2027 [20FE]
S. 467, Small and High-Risk Business Investment Act, S2185 [21FE]
S. 473, Sports Service Mark Protection Act, S2257 [22FE]
S. 479, stimulate trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S., S2264 [22FE]
S. 530, repeal of gross income limitation on regulated investment companies, S2521 [28FE]
S. 571, Aid for Trade Act, S2809 [6MR]
S. 580, exclude from the estate of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, S2838 [6MR]
S. 582, tax incentives for employers to hire Persian Gulf veterans, S2839 [6MR]
S. 600, enforcement of child labor laws, S2956 [7MR]
S. 624, tax-exempt organizations games of chance relative to unrelated trade or business of such organization, S3084 [12MR]
S. 637, establish the Industrial Development for Eastern Europe Foundation, S3253 [13MR]
S. 640, Product Liability Fairness Act, S3256-S3260 [13MR]
S. 650, reciprocal responses to foreign practices that deny national treatment to U.S. investment, S3277 [13MR]
S. 656, Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act, S3287-S3289 [13MR]
S. 665, apply textile tariff revenues toward industry modernization, S3396 [14MR]
S. 666, Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act, S3398 [14MR]
S. 680, promote tourist trade, S3429 [14MR]
S. 680, Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act, S15145-S15148, S15150-S15154 [24OC], H11053-H11056 [23NO]
S. 686, Rural Business Revitalization Act, S3578-S3582 [19MR]
S. 696, establishment of interstate branches of commercial banks, S3713 [20MR]
S. 697, tax treatment of capital gains for small and high-risk business stock, S3715-S3717 [20MR]
S. 698, capital gains tax treatment, S3718 [20MR]
S. 700, American Health Security Act, S3729-S3731 [20MR]
S. 722, require that a subchapter S corporation have only 1 class of stock, S3942 [21MR]
S. 730, Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act, S3955 [21MR]
S. 790, Motor Fuel Consumer Protection Act, S4242 [9AP]
S. 857, billing for long-distance telephone service, S4746 [18AP]
S. 873, tax treatment of interest income and rental expense relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives, S4764 [18AP]
S. 879, tax treatment of telephone cooperatives, S4838 [23AP]
S. 894, Trademark Protection Act, S4864 [23AP]
S. 936, foreign tax simplification, S5141 [25AP]
S. 940, economic growth and industrial revitalization, S5143-S5150 [25AP]
S. 971, Microenterprise Development Act, S5252 [25AP]
S. 991, reissue production incentive certificate to the Hampden Watch Corp., S5410 [7MY]
S. 1019, Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act, S5618-S5622 [9MY]
S. 1032, Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act, S5636-S5641 [9MY]
S. 1034, American Technology Preeminence Act, S18761-S18767 [27NO]
S. 1067, Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Improvement Act, S5784 [14MY]
S. 1147, Procompetitiveness and Antiboycott Act, S6658 [23MY]
S. 1161, Tied Aid Credit Reduction Act, S6692 [23MY]
S. 1198, Corporate Pay Responsibility Act, S6999 [4JN]
S. 1229, Small Employer Health Insurance Incentive Act, S7303 [6JN]
S. 1262, support democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe, S7474 [11JN]
S. 1285, establish industrial recapitalization funds, S7810-S7812 [13JN]
S. 1300, Impacted Communities Assistance Act, S7869 [14JN]
S. 1314, Small Property and Casualty Insurance Company Equity Act, S8018 [18JN]
S. 1316, admissibility in court as evidence of foreign records of regularly conducted activity, S8024 [18JN]
S. 1328, Advanced Manufacturing Technology Act, S8187-S8195 [19JN]
S. 1330, Manufacturing Strategy Act, S8198-S8202 [19JN]
S. 1347, Rhode Island Emergency Assistance Act, S8351 [20JN]
S. 1363, Community Stability Act, S8595 [25JN]
S. 1365, Anti-Forced Labor Act, S8607 [25JN]
S. 1366, prohibit importation of goods made with forced labor from the People's Republic of China, S8609 [25JN]
S. 1393, taxation of acquisition of partnerships without dissenters' rights, S8752 [26JN]
S. 1395, Act for Micro-Enterprise, S8809 [26JN]
S. 1399, provide Soviet graduate students with scholarships to study in the U.S., S8954 [27JN]
S. 1410, Telephone Advertising Consumer Rights Act, S8992 [27JN], S16200 [7NO], S16781 [14NO]
S. 1417, United States-Japan Industry and Technology Management Training Act, S9004 [27JN]
S. 1420, Small Bank Paperwork Reduction Act, S9117-S9119 [28JN]
S. 1423, Limited Partnership Rollup Reform Act, S9122 [28JN]
S. 1428, awarding of insurance contracts on certain Government-supported exports, S9130 [28JN]
S. 1452, occupational taxes on retail dealers in liquors and beer, S9865 [11JY]
S. 1462, Automated Telephone Consumer Protection Act, S16204 [7NO], S16779-S16781 [14NO]
S. 1462, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, S18781-S18784 [27NO], H11307-H11310 [26NO]
S. 1522, tax treatment of gains or losses from sale of assets by farmer cooperatives, S10570 [22JY]
S. 1555, Fruit and Vegetable Producers Emergency Assistance Act, S10786-S10788 [24JY]
S. 1588, payment of expenses incurred by official creditors' and equity security holders' committees in bankruptcy cases, S11373 [30JY]
S. 1610, deposit requirements for payroll taxes, S11808 [1AU]
S. 1622, Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S11833-S11841 [1AU]
S. 1628, Airline Competition Equity Act, S12186-S12189 [2AU]
S. 1653, EEC barriers inhibiting competitiveness of U.S. businesses, S12219 [2AU]
S. 1654, definition of passive foreign investment company, S12220 [2AU]
S. 1691, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, S12295-S12297 [2AU]
S. 1699, Government Securities Offering Enforcement Act, S12672 [10SE]
S. 1711, Glass Ceiling Act, S13057-S13059 [16SE]
S. 1717, reauthorize the Native American Programs Act, S13062 [16SE]
S. 1727, Major League Baseball Equity Act, S13332 [19SE]
S. 1729, Public Health Clinic Prudent Pharmaceutical Purchasing Act, S13334 [19SE]
S. 1748, Investment Competitiveness Act, S13584-S13586 [24SE]
S. 1767, treatment of semiconductors relative to country-of-origin requirements, S13926 [27SE]
S. 1775, Domestic Corporation Taxation Equality Act, S13980 [30SE]
S. 1790, High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act, S14064-S14073 [1OC]
S. 1817, trade information on the impact of Arab League boycotts on certain U.S. businesses, S14589 [8OC]
S. 1831, tax credit for investment in new manufacturing and other productive equipment, S14709 [15OC]
S. 1851, Management Corps Act, S15007 [22OC]
S. 1860, encourage self-sufficiency of AFDC recipients through microenterprises, S15072 [23OC]
S. 1866, National Community Economic Partnership Act, S15172-S15175 [24OC]
S. 1927, Wood Products Export Act, S16214 [7NO]
S. 1965, Global Clean Water Incentive Act, S16748 [14NO]
S. 1985, establish a commission to review the Bankruptcy Code, S17048-S17056 [19NO]
S. 1989, Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act, S17063-S17071 [19NO]
S. 1998, Airline Consumer Protection and Competition Emergency Commission Act, S17255 [20NO]
S. 2000, Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act, S17292-S17295 [21NO]
S. 2008, Quality Assurance in the Private Sector Drug Testing Act, S17442-S17445 [21NO]
S. 2051, reinstatement of regular investment tax credit, S18336 [26NO]
S. Con. Res. 15, encourage acceleration of developing countries' economic growth relative to creation of new U.S. export markets, S2684 [5MR]
S. Con. Res. 33, support return to normal business and tourist travel, S5310 [25AP]
S. Con. Res. 35, awarding of reconstruction contracts in Kuwait based on U.S. military and economic support, S5674 [9MY]
S. Con. Res. 47, foreign assistance to support development and democracy in Central America, S7919 [17JN]
S. Con. Res. 48, involvement of U.S. workers, firms, and products in rebuilding of Kuwait, S7919 [17JN]
S. Con. Res. 68, paid leave for employee attendance of parent-teacher conferences, S14227 [2OC]
S. Res. 40, source reduction in packaging to aid environment, S1622 [5FE]
S. Res. 72, involvement of U.S. small business in rebuilding Kuwait, S2690 [5MR]
S. Res. 103, contributions of defense industries to Operation Desert Shield, S4494 [16AP]
S. Res. 123, State taxation of mail order companies, S5676 [9MY]
S. Res. 172, antitrust exemptions accorded professional sports leagues, S12317 [2AU]
S. Res. 200, tribute to agriculture industry in New York, S14921 [17OC]
S. Res. 201, enforcement of GATT oilseeds panel ruling against EEC, S15017 [22OC], S15514 [30OC]
S. Res. 230, voluntary restraint agreements on machine tools, S17695 [22NO]
S.J. Res. 101, forest industry study in Papua New Guinea, S4059 [21MR]
S.J. Res. 104, National Manufacturing Week, S4061 [21MR]
S.J. Res. 166, National Customer Service Week, S8352 [20JN]
S.J. Res. 228, National Manufacturing Week, S16281 [7NO]
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National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program: 60 Minutes (television program), E168 [15JA]