THORNTON, RAY (a Representative from Arkansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H410 [19JA]

Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, H584 [24JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1854, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H7791 [26JY]

———H.R. 1976, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H9328 [20SE]

Articles and editorials

Dr. J.M. Robinson, the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association, and Black Politics in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1928-1952, John Kirk, H2046-H2048 [22FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 53), H230 [11JA]

———require detailed information on spending choices (see H.R. 1109), H2583 [2MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see H.J. Res. 65), H802 [26JA]

Flag—U.S.: prohibit desecration (see H.R. 1926), H6396 [27JN]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 661), H592 [24JA]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 65), H802 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: kiwifruit research and marketing (see H.R. 1486), H4430 [7AP]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H9671 [28SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 49), H231 [11JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H4336 [5AP]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H4336 [5AP]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5367 [18MY]

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H15633 [22DE]

FRS: impact of interest rates on the housing industry (see H. Res. 98), H3417 [21MR]

Harry S Truman (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.R. 445), H1052 [1FE]

Independent counsel: reauthorize (see H.R. 892), H7801 [26JY]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H8536 [4AU]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H14003 [5DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Mississippi: transfer lands for Jamie L. Whitten Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2552), H10994 [26OC]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H8994 [14SE]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H14964 [15DE]

Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H10307 [18OC]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H593 [24JA]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H14173 [6DE]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H5983 [14JN]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H9591 [27SE]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H8598 [6SE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1689 [13FE]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H9132 [18SE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H15575 [21DE]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 1807), H5753 [8JN]

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: transfer management to Oklahoma (see H.R. 1112), H2584 [2MR]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]

Veterans: revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H12506 [15NO]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7313 [20JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 136), H15613 [22DE]

Black History Month: observance, H2045 [22FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H728 [26JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (H. Res. 44), H612 [25JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H612 [25JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: Federal meat inspection funding, H7313 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8348, H8349 [3AU]

Education: national policy to improve system, H8348, H8349 [3AU]

———program funding, H8348 [3AU]

Schedules

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology: capital budgeting, D277 [2MR]

Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag, D796 [27JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]

Tributes

Fulbright, J. William, H1472 [9FE]