BALLENGER, CASS (a Representative from North Carolina)
Amendments offered by, to
National Labor Relations Act: collective bargaining in building and construction industry (H.R. 281), 16291 [16JN], 16540 [17JN]
Appointments
Committee on Education and Labor (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Articles and editorials
FBI Agent—Official Took Roofer Cash, Emilie Lounsberry, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 16542 [17JN]
Former Official's Statement Allowed in Bribery Trial, Emilie Lounsberry, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 16540 [17JN]
OSHA Chief Removed in Roofers Union Probe, Huntly Collins and William K. Marimow, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 16541 [17JN]
Tracking the Roofers Probe—5 Areas of Focus, William K. Marimow, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, 16541 [17JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: deny personal exemption for child living temporarily after (see H.R. 786), 4919 [5MR]
———Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 14059 [28MY]
Aeronautics: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 13433 [21MY]
———ensure equitable user treatment, and development of the Airport and Airway System (see H.R. 8), 6776 [25MR]
AFDC: require State workfare programs (see H.R. 916), 22798 [6AU]
Airlines: drug testing of pilots (see H.R. 693), 2740 [4FE]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto authority (see H.J. Res. 8), 2070 [28JA]
———require majority vote of both Houses making continuing (see H.R. 3199), 23877 [14SE]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 10586 [29AP]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: amend (see H.R. 33), 3461 [18FE]
Bank Holding Company Act: amend relative to treatment of developing country debt (see H.R. 2556), 17103 [23JN]
Barnhart, Ray A.: commend efforts to improve Federal-aid highway system (see H.R. 3734), 35576 [14DE]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23877 [14SE]
Berlin Wall: repeal shoot to kill order (see H. Con. Res. 186), 24678 [21SE]
Broadcasting: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 12135 [12MY]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143), 7240 [30MR]
———limit to percentage of GNP (see H.J. Res. 143), 7240 [30MR]
———process (see H.R. 2232), 14779 [4JN]
Canada: promote expansion of trade (see H.R. 2602), 14777 [4JN]
Children: quality physical education programs in schools (see H. Con. Res. 97), 23650 [9SE]
Commission on Review of House Ethics: establish (see H. Res. 252), 22798 [6AU]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 22127 [3AU]
Consumer Product Safety Act: establish uniform standards (see H.R. 1115), 20780 [22JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: maintain Soil Conservation Service funding in budget (see H. Res. 68), 6286 [19MR]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit upgrading of Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 302), 14579 [3JN]
Drug abuse: testing of train operators and aircraft pilots (see H.R. 693), 2740 [4FE]
Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]
Education: budget funding for vocational education programs (see H. Res. 146), 11265 [5MY]
———voluntary school prayer (see H.R. 103), 7239 [30MR]
Education Day U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 7729 [1AP]
EEC: opposition to tax on certain U.S. products and commodities (see H. Con. Res. 51), 4920 [5MR]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 34287 [7DE]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 14953 [9JN]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 19136 [9JY]
English: establish as official language (see H.J. Res. 83), 2520 [3FE]
EPA: data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (see H.R. 2800), 33776 [2DE]
FAA: development of collision avoidance systems (see H.R. 1517), 11721 [7MY]
Federal Fiscal Procedures Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 2733), 19564 [13JY]
Flight Service Station Operation Act: enact (see H.R. 2924), 28619 [21OC]
Food: labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 13827 [27MY]
Foreign relations: negotiations with participating common defense alliance countries (see H. Con. Res. 139), 15584 [11JN]
Foreign trade: control export of capital from U.S. and control exports supporting terrorists (see H.R. 3095), 25482 [29SE]
———deny funds for projects using products or services of foreign countries that deny fair market opportunities (see H.R. 1974), 10838 [30AP]
———opposition to EEC tax on certain U.S. products and commodities (see H. Con. Res. 51), 4920 [5MR]
Generalized System of Preferences: prohibit furniture and furniture parts as eligible (see H.R. 1363), 5260 [10MR]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 19564 [13JY]
Government construction contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 17103 [23JN]
Greensboro, NC: designate L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building (see H.R. 3327), 24890 [22SE]
House of Representatives: amend rules relative to revenue and appropriations bills (see H. Res. 19), 22799 [6AU]
———require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 16291 [16JN]
Housing: Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 11362 [6MY]
Impoundment Control Act: amend (see H.R. 33), 3461 [18FE]
Insects: designate honey bee as national insect (see H.J. Res. 171), 8670 [9AP]
Interest: require the Government to pay on overdue payments (see H.R. 1663), 8670 [9AP]
International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 1972), 8388 [8AP]
International Lending Supervision Act: amend relative to treatment of developing country debt (see H.R. 2556), 17103 [23JN]
Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 26063 [1OC]
Lasker, Mary: award special gold medal (see H.R. 390), 22127 [3AU]
Long-term resolutions: prohibit consideration of certain (see H. Res. 271), 29210 [26OC]
Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 27716 [13OC]
Marshall plan: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207), 11947 [11MY]
Medicare: coverage of certain physically or mentally impaired individuals at their own expense (see H.R. 1971), 8122 [7AP]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 5260 [10MR]
Members of Congress: compensation (see H.R. 1038), 6777 [25MR]
———recorded vote on salary increase (see H.R. 617), 2070 [28JA]
———salaries (see H.R. 759), 4919 [5MR]
Military bases: bipartisan commission on consolidation (see H.R. 1583), 21378 [28JY]
Money: redeem U.S. currencies in gold (see H.R. 336), 23650 [9SE]
National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 4780 [4MR]
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 758), 7239 [30MR]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 24), 16958 [22JN]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 16776 [18JN]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 10023 [27AP]
National Harness Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 35576 [14DE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 23081 [7AU]
National Operation Prom/Graduation Kickoff Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 5865 [17MR]
National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 13130 [20MY]
National POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), 5260 [10MR]
National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 26401 [5OC]
National Teacher Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 11362 [6MY]
National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 116), 7429 [31MR]
Nicaragua: assistance to democratic resistance (see H.R. 3296), 24352 [17SE]
———reforms (see H. Res. 290), 28842 [22OC]
Noncommissioned Officers Association: charter (see H.R. 2248), 24353 [17SE]
Nuclear waste disposal: remove secondary repository requirement (see H.R. 509), 4450 [2MR]
Occupational health and safety: notification of hazards in workplace (see H.R. 2278), 11263 [5MY]
Ohio State University: observe 300th commencement exercise (see H.J. Res. 280), 13434 [21MY]
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]
Patents: trademark protection of industrial designs (see H.R. 379), 23934 [15SE]
Pensions: 3-year basis recovery rule on taxation (see H.R. 919), 4161 [26FE]
———correct Social Security benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 15), 7430 [31MR]
Petroleum: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 21379 [28JY]
PLO: prohibition on establishment of office in U.S. (see H.R. 2587), 22127 [3AU]
Political campaigns: reform (see H.R. 2895), 19054 [8JY]
Polygraph: examinations of applicants by employers (see H.R. 1536), 19900 [15JY]
Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3814), 36481 [18DE]
Postal Service: procedural and appeal rights for certain personnel actions (see H.R. 348), 4550 [3MR]
POW/MIA: directing executive departments to make public, records concerning reported sightings of personnel classified as (see H.R. 2260), 12828 [19MY]
Primarily Primates, Inc.: transfer animals (see H.R. 2883), 35073 [11DE]
Public buildings: compliance with nationally recognized model codes and local zoning laws (see H.R. 1222), 4010 [24FE]
Public Buildings Act: require that buildings constructed or altered by a Federal agency comply with recognized model codes and zoning laws (see H.R. 1772), 6631 [24MR]
Public works: treatment of highway, airport and inland waterway trust funds (see H.R. 372), 3518 [19FE]
Radioactive waste disposal: remove requirement for second repository (see H.R. 1410), 19678 [14JY]
Railroads: drug testing of operators (see H.R. 693), 2740 [4FE]
Religion: voluntary school prayer (see H.R. 103), 7239 [30MR]
Roads and highways: commend efforts of Ray A. Barnhart, to improve (see H.R. 3734), 35576 [14DE]
———proportional apportionment of funds to States (see H.R. 502), 2395 [2FE]
Robert A. Young Federal Building, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 3817), 36481 [18DE]
Robert E. Jones, Jr., Highway, AL: designate (see H.R. 3325), 25209 [25SE]
Romania: most favored nation status (see H.R. 1953), 9082 [21AP]
Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 23934 [15SE]
Securities Exchange Act: establish moratorium on hostile foreign takeovers (see H.R. 2514), 13826 [27MY]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 13130 [20MY]
Small Business Export Innovation Program: establish to make competitive awards to small businesses for developing export trade strategies (see H.R. 1937), 7780 [2AP]
Social Security: correct benefit disparity (see H. Con. Res. 15), 7430 [31MR]
———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]
———proportional benefits for month of death (see H.R. 551), 12388 [13MY]
———protect beneficiaries from unfit health care practitioners (see H.R. 1444), 10838 [30AP]
———require each State to establish a comprehensive work program with an organized intake and registration process for AFDC families (see H.R. 3692), 36482 [18DE]
Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1666), 29738 [28OC]
Soviet Union: asking amnesty for imprisoned Christians and freedom of worship in celebration of millennium of first Christianization of people now part of Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 223), 34401 [8DE]
———missile tests near Hawaii (see H. Con. Res. 193), 26708 [6OC]
———relative to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 83), 26063 [1OC]
———U.S. citizens to maintain regular contact with relatives (see H. Con. Res. 68), 20361 [21JY]
———violation of Military Liaison Missions Agreement (see H. Res. 269), 26063 [1OC]
Tariff: benzenoid dye intermediates (see H.R. 1462), 4917 [5MR]
———modernize U.S. textile machine industry (see H.R. 1624), 19564 [13JY]
Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 18368 [30JN]
———allow for deduction of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 817), 31424 [9NO]
———deduct expenses incurred in filing withholding certificates whether or not itemized (see H.R. 1347), 17438 [25JN]
———dependents tax identification number (see H.R. 3324), 28518 [20OC]
———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 24135 [16SE]
———exempt organizations fundraising information (see H.R. 1566), 8124 [7AP]
———exemption for interest on certain savings bonds used to pay college tuition (see H.R. 3064), 24678 [21SE]
———Federal estate and gift taxes relative to Federal revenues (see H. Res. 276), 26990 [8OC]
———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 4919 [5MR]
———nonelective deferred compensation (see H.R. 3312), 34075 [3DE]
———partnerships, S corporations, and personal service corporations (see H.R. 789), 2741 [4FE]
———payment of long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2997, 2998), 29307 [27OC]
———rate reductions (see H. Con. Res. 7), 3225 [9FE]
———reduce maximum capital gains rate to 15% (see H.R. 3552), 30649 [3NO]
Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 6286 [19MR]
Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see H.R. 1154), 3515 [19FE]
U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]
Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 12136 [12MY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 31963 [16NO]
Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (see H.R. 791), 25482 [29SE]
White House Conference of Library and Information Services: convene (see H.J. Res. 90), 9082 [21AP]
White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 2690), 20780 [22JY]
Yugoslavia: ethnic Albanians (see H. Con. Res. 162), 19900 [15JY]
Colloquies
Catastrophic illness care: with Representatives Lungren, D. French Slaughter, and Dreier, 19566 [13JY]
Documents
Collective Bargaining in Building and Construction Industry: Developing New Tactics—Winning With Coordinated Corporate Campaigns, AFL-CIO, 16540 [17JN]
Remarks by, on
AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 35686 [15DE]
Appropriations: budget deficit, 16564
Banks and banking: regulate certain activities (S. 790), 14719 [4JN]
Budget: balanced (H.J. Res. 321), 20765 [22JY]
———process (H.R. 2232), 15394
Business: plant closing notice, 11670 [7MY]
Central America: economic and humanitarian assistance, 27991-27994 [15OC]
———peace initiative, 35553 [14DE]
China, Republic of: anniversary, 24574 [21SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 13042 [20MY]
Education: improve elementary and secondary (H.R. 5), 13101 [20MY]
FSLIC: facilitate provision of additional financial resources (H.R. 27), 14719 [4JN]
———recapitalize (S. 790), 14719 [4JN]
FTC Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2897), 26756 [7OC]
Health: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 24663, 24664 [21SE], 27864 [14OC]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), 10176 [28AP]
Labor: reform bills, 24884 [22SE]
Leave of absence: protection of employee's employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (H.R. 925), 11893 [11MY]
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 20702
National Labor Relations Act: collective bargaining in building and construction industry (H.R. 281), 6719 [25MR], 16508, 16540-16542 [17JN]
———collective bargaining in building and construction industry (H.R. 281), consideration (H. Res. 196), 16435 [17JN]
———criminal convictions, 16540-16542 [17JN]
Nicaragua: censorship, 28449 [20OC]
———diversion of funds, 20859 [23JY]
———freedom of information, 28798 [22OC]
———limit U.S. participation, 13042 [20MY]
———moratorium on U.S. assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 175), 5455
———peace talks, 35654 [15DE]
———Radio Catolica, 27964 [15OC]
Occupational illness: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupation illness high risk (H.R. 162), 26685 [6OC]
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24069 [16SE]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10176 [28AP]
Votes: correction, 20761 [22JY]
———position on missed, 30251
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 10176 [28AP], 11245 [5MY], 13042, 13101, 13118 [20MY], 14719 [4JN], 15364 [10JN], 16435 [17JN], 26685 [6OC], 29933 [29OC]
Special order: granted, 27928 [14OC]
Statements
All American Presentation, Hickory, NC: William R. McDonald III, 13118 [20MY]
Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Marginal Employees, Employers, John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business, 11245 [5MY]
Tables
Public laws on regulation of exposures to carcinogens, 26685 [6OC]
Tributes
Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 24814 [22SE]
Hickory, NC, 13118 [20MY]