STATES

Addresses

Western States' Values: Paul G. Kirk, 12394 [13MY]

Advertisements

Ludicrous laws, 23874 [14SE]

Amendments

Atomic Energy Act: participation of State and local governments in licensing process (S. 408), 6406 [19MR]

Groundwater: protection through State standards (S. 20), 10152 [28AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: single poll closing time (H.R. 435), 31603, 31605 [10NO]

SBA: prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies (S. 437), 35806, 35810 [16DE], 36578, 36622, 36635 [19DE]

Amendments offered by, to

Interstate commerce: uniform product liability law (S. 666), 5062 [6MR]

Analyses

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 616 [6JA]

High-Speed Intercity Rail Transportation Bond Financing Act (H.R. 2618), 14788 [4JN]

Legal Fees Equity Act (S. 1253), 13558-13563 [21MY]

Reclamation States Ground Water Act (H.R. 2320), 11727 [7MY]

State Veterans' Home Grant Program Improvements (S. 1089), 9440 [23AP]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (H.R. 2), 30-50 [6JA]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 3499 [19FE]

Articles and editorials

Aborting the ERA, 10029-10031 [27AP]

Appalachia, 9355 [22AP]

Botched Study Causes Snub of Great Lakes' Coasts, 6958 [26MR]

Concentrating on Smog, 33549 [1DE]

Disposable Cities—Overview of the Shape of Our Post-War Urban Areas, 21193, 26190 [1OC]

Drink and Be Merry, 23884 [14SE]

Finders Keepers for Historic Shipwrecks, 8067 [6AP]

Give Speed Limits Back to the States, 6173 [18MR]

Heinz—Cut Penalty, 13564 [21MY]

Helping the Homeless, 8523 [8AP]

Insurer Failures Raise Demands on State Funds, 7569 [31MR]

Life Behind the Wheel, 6914 [25MR]

Ludicrous Laws—Paper Wrong on Law, 23874 [14SE]

Mail-Order Grinch, 27941 [14OC]

National Guard, 5503 [11MR]

Outdated Laws That Regulate Banking Aren't So Funny, 23874 [14SE]

Puerto Rico—Question of Statehood, 24913 [22SE]

Realistic Deadline For Clean Air, List of Overdue Actions Can Get Job Done Here in 10 Years, 33548 [1DE]

Shifting Gears on a Water Issue, 10165 [28AP]

Some People Hard To Convince, 17628 [25JN]

Speed Limit, 17107 [23JN]

Speed Limits Are Being Raised—But Speeders Still Breaking the Law, 17107 [23JN]

State Attorneys General Set Guidelines Meant To Slow Pace of Major Takeovers, 6696 [24MR]

States Pursue Sunken Loot, Real and Archeological, 10613 [29AP]

States Step In, 30914 [4NO]

States Taking Up Fight To Protect Consumers, 22131 [3AU]

Texan Wants To Limit Lawmaker' Pay Raises, 6715 [24MR]

Tougher To Curl Hair Than Drive a Truck?, 6914 [25MR]

Wrong Script, Mr. President, 7522 [31MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: legislative authority for States (see S.J. Res. 36)

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: annual health test of residents (see H.R. 1789, 3695)

———certain laws (see H. Con. Res. 8)

———education and counseling (see H.R. 339)

———funding research and education programs (see S. 24)

———State block grants for public information (see H.R. 1943)

AFDC: assist States in child care services to recipients (see H.R. 2405)

———implement programs for self-sufficiency (see H.R. 1880)

Aged: services in return for volunteer work (see S. 1189)

Air pollution: control emissions (see H.R. 2133, 2787)

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: availability of funds (see S. Res. 204)

Antitrust policy: consent decree judgments (see S. 772)

Arizona Statehood Diamond Jubilee: designate (see S.J. Res. 46)

Atomic Energy Act: participation of State and local governments in licensing process (see S. 408)

Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (see S. 1017)

Banks and banking: increase to $500,000 the amount of insurance on accounts established by an agent of the U.S., any State, or other unit of Government (see H.R. 2634)

———State pension investment units, secondary market for industrial mortgages, State venture capital, royalty finance corporations, and a national loan loss reserve fund (see H.R. 1464)

Bridges: State discretion on use of funds for replacement of certain (see S. 365)

Bureau of the Census: determination of benefits received by State and local governments (see H.R. 66)

Capital punishment: encourage States to prescribe for willful killing of a law enforcement officer (see H.R. 2392)

Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation: establish (see H.R. 2219)

Child Care Services Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1678, 1679)

Child Nutrition Act: State agency food purchases (see H.R. 3453)

Children: eligibility requirements for abuse and neglect assistance (see S. 1596)

———improve establishment of paternity and support enforcement procedures (see S. 1001; H.R. 2177)

———quality physical education programs in schools (see H. Con. Res. 97)

Civil rights: special defense to liability of States' political subdivisions (see S. 325)

Clinical social workers: clarify authority for direct payment or reimbursement (see S. 156)

Coastal Zone Management Act: Federal conformity to State plans (see H.R. 1876)

Community Development Block Grant Program: sense of House of Representatives (see H. Res. 67)

Constitutional amendments: contributions and expenditures intended to affect certain elections (see H.J. Res. 285)

———\2/3\ requirement (see H.J. Res. 70)

Constitutional conventions: procedures for application (see H.R. 2964)

Courts: attorney fees in judicial actions against State judges (see S. 1512)

———limit Federal jurisdiction over State cases (see H.R. 63)

———make nondischargeable any debt arising from a judgment requiring debtor to make restitution as a result of a violation of State law (see H.R. 2619)

Crime and criminals: accuracy and timeliness of criminal justice information (see H.R. 2834)

———allow National Association of State Racing Commissioners and authorities that regulate parimutuel betting to receive Federal criminal records (see S. 1345)

———compensation for victims (see H.R. 2786)

———rehabilitation in State prisons (see S. 413)

Criminal justice information: exchange with certain State and local agencies (see H.R. 764)

Defense forces: Federal support (see H.R. 2581)

Dept. of Defense: withholding of State and local income taxes from drill pay of Reserves and National Guard (see H.R. 1147)

Dept. of Education: establish restrictions on financial assistance for not inspecting schoolbus safety belts (see H.R. 1815)

Disasters: response (see S. 1453)

District of Columbia: admission into the Union as the State of New Columbia (see S. 863; H.R. 51)

———adopt Statehood Constitution for the State of New Columbia (see H.R. 1629), 5862 [17MR]

Drugs: compile State laws relating to illicit substances (see H.R. 2746)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———grants to States for recordkeeping of prescription drugs to assist control of illicit substances (see H.R. 2747)

Education: assistance to States for teacher skills enhancement (see S. 507)

———establish Federal, State, and local partnership for innovation in elementary and secondary education (see H.R. 1795)

———financial assistance to States for computer programs (see S. 838)

———impact aid (see H.R. 2788)

———limit promulgation of rules relative to impact aid payments (see H.R. 2817)

———permit teachers to change employment across State lines without loss of retirement benefits (see H.R. 2152)

Elections: establish series of Presidential nominating primaries (see S. 1786)

———exclude officials or workers from certain Social Security coverage (see H.R. 1832)

———State Presidential primaries (see H.R. 2784)

EPA: authority over State's priority list of waste water treatment projects (see H.R. 553)

Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 3521)

Farmers Home Administration: transfer farmland to Federal and State wildlife authorities (see S. 1775)

Federal aid programs: fiscal safety net for needy communities (see S. 660)

———grants to States for dependent care (see S. 222)

———minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation proposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1278)

Federal employees: agreements with certain cities or counties for withholding of taxes (see H.R. 755)

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: amend to permit State administration and enforcement of Federal standards (see H.R. 2373)

Federal Unemployment Tax Act: additional limitation on reduction on credit applicable to certain employers (see S. 1254)

FEMA: authorize States to withdraw, without penalty, from a certain agreement (see H.R. 1429)

———permit States to withdraw from contracts with (see S. 606)

Ferry boats: States discretion on use of funds for replacement of certain (see S. 365)

Fireworks: CPSC uniform treatment (see H.R. 2842)

Food: permit distribution of State-inspected products (see S. 138)

Foreign trade: State taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (see S. 1843)

Government regulations: costs to State and local governments (see H.R. 1087)

Government spending: correct imbalances in certain States by reallocating distribution (see S. 257)

Ground water: State protection programs (see S. 20; H.R. 963)

Handicapped: uniform State system for parking (H.R. 3840) (see H.R. 3840)

Hazardous substances: radon exposure (see H.R. 2837)

Holocaust: States to instruct children in the history (see H. Con. Res. 66)

Housing: authorize grants to States for construction or rehabilitation for AFDC families (see H.R. 1312)

———authorizing grants for construction for the destitute (see S. 37)

———emergency assistance to families with needy children (see H.R. 274)

Impact Aid Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1620)

Income tax: deductibility of State and local income and sales taxes exceeding 1% of adjusted gross income (see H.R. 1450)

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property en route (see H.R. 2489)

———uniform product liability law (see S. 666)

Interstate Commerce Commission Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 96)

Interstate Highway System: authority over speed limits in rural portions (see S. 337)

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: help establish clearinghouses to locate missing children (see H.R. 1653)

Land use: establish national fund to finance Federal, State, and local efforts to preserve open space (see S. 1338)

Law enforcement officers: compensation to State and local agencies for expenses resulting from demonstration against Federal nuclear-related activities (see H.R. 3711)

Legal Fees Equity Act: enact (see S. 1253)

Lotteries: clarify restriction on distribution of certain advertisements (see H.R. 1568)

———establish national to assist financing a general revenue sharing program (see H.R. 333)

Low-Income Opportunity Board: establish (see H.R. 1288)

Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (see H.R. 74)

Medicaid: discrimination in medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 3410)

Medical care: direct payment or reimbursement to certain nurses (see S. 167)

———education and training for States along Mexican border (see H.R. 1144)

———Federal funds for State professional medical liability programs (see H.R. 1372)

———grants to States relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see S. 1868; H.R. 3241)

———States laws on information to patients of breast cancer treatment (see H.R. 671)

Medicare: opposition to mandatory coverage of all government employees (see H. Con. Res. 142)

———prescription drugs benefits for State and local government employees (see H.R. 2761)

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (see H.R. 1760, 1761, 1762)

———tax exemption for certain State and local government employees (see H.R. 1071)

Members of Congress: clarify treatment under State income tax laws (see H.R. 2555)

———treatment of State income tax (see H.R. 2820)

Michigan: anniversary of statehood (see H.J. Res. 162)

Middle Atlantic Forest Fire Protection Compact: include Ohio (see H.R. 2756)

Military reserve force: Federal support (see H.R. 3068)

Mines and mineral resources: trust fund for abandoned mine reclamation (see S. 643)

Mines and mining: State funds for abandoned mine reclamation (see H.R. 1963)

Monopolies: clarify Clayton Act application relative to rates filed by a title insurance company with State agencies (see H.R. 1766)

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259)

National Child Search Assistance Act: enact (see S. 726)

National Guard: Federal/State authority (see S. 375)

National Trails System Act: cooperation with State and local governments for improved management of certain public lands (see H.R. 2641)

Natural gas: permit courts to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission property (see H.R. 2953)

NBS: establish Office of Extension Services to support, advise, and assist State industrial extension services (see S. 1319)

NRC: preserve role of State and local government in radiological emergency planning in licensing process (see H. Res. 138)

Nuclear energy: regulation of production and utilization facilities (see H.R. 739)

Older Americans Act: grants to States for demonstration projects (see H.R. 907)

———State long-term care ombudsman programs (see S. 959; H.R. 2042)

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: Federal/State consultations (see H.R. 996)

Poverty: improve work assistance programs (see H.R. 1288)

Power resources: intrastate wheeling of electric power (see H.R. 3634)

President: reimbursing States and localities for providing protection (see H.R. 171)

Product liability: protect consumers and promote free flow of interstate commerce (see H.R. 798)

Project Impact: accident reduction effort should be supported by every State (see H. Con. Res. 232)

Public buildings: assist in repair of public facilities and encourage capital improvement programs (see H.R. 201)

Public lands: tree planting program (see H.R. 255)

Public utilities: State and local infrastructure improvement projects (see H.R. 3612)

Public welfare: establish comprehensive education, training, and employment programs in States for recipients (see H.R. 30)

———State's workfare program participation as requirement for eligibility (see H.R. 598)

Puerto Rico: statehood (see S. 1182; H.R. 2849)

Radioactive waste: enter into agreement with certain States and Indian tribes (see S. 839)

———State participation in approval of repository (see S. 1007)

———State regulation of transportation (see S. 1008)

———States participation in site selection (see H.R. 2475)

Radon: amend Toxic Substances Control Act to assist States (see H.R. 1697)

Railroads: tax-exempt bonds for high-speed intercity projects (see S. 1245)

Real Estate Appraisal Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3675)

Reclamation States Ground Water Act: enact (see H.R. 2320)

Regional Presidential Primaries Act: enact (see S. 1786)

Revenue Sharing Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 645, 1198, 1844)

Roads and highways: apportionment of funds to States (see H.R. 502)

———authority over speed limits (see S. 1592; H.R. 263)

———Interstate System apportionment (see H.R. 3710)

———reimbursement of States for advance construction (see H.R. 316)

———State authority over rural portions of Interstate Highway System (see S. 371)

———States requiring automobile safety appliances (see H.R. 582)

Rural Areas Mental Health Services Act: enact (see S. 1311)

Rural Economy Act: enact (see S. 1729)

Sales taxes: collection by nonresidents (see H.R. 1891)

———restore deduction for state and local (see H.R. 1283)

Small Business Investment Act: prepayment of loans to State and local development companies (see H.R. 3835)

Social Security: amend medical assistance program under medicaid (see S. 1580)

———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200)

———increase amount of social services block grants and require States to submit annual reports (see H.R. 1365)

———reimburse necessary costs of vocational rehabilitation under State plans (see H.R. 3657)

Solar energy: exempt facilities from certain State and local laws (see H.R. 2818)

Solid waste: restrictions on disposal (see H.R. 2379)

State and local development companies: prepayment of loans (see S. 437)

State and local government: relief from Federal regulation (see H.R. 1927)

State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act: extend (see S. 1530; H.R. 1533)

Support of dependents: employment withholdings (see H.R. 1604)

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: permit States to set aside up to 10% of annual allocation from abandoned mine land reclamation fund (see H.R. 1434)

Targeted Fiscal Assistance Act: enact (see S. 660)

Taxation: authorize issuance by States of tax-exempt bonds for high-speed intercity rail transportation projects (see H.R. 2618)

———deduction of State and local income and sales taxes exceeding 1% of adjusted gross income (see H.R. 1450)

———deduction of either State and local sales taxes or State income taxes (see S. 1060)

———deduction of 80% of State and local sales taxes, income taxes, and personal property taxes (see S. 826)

———deduction of State and local sales tax (see H.R. 374, 650, 806, 905)

———eliminate restrictions on State imposition, collection, and administration of State and local sales (see S. 639)

———equity in treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 2940)

———exclude from gross income payments received under State programs to replace contaminated private water supplies (see H.R. 2356)

———income tax on earned income by nonresidents (see H.R. 3181)

———law enforcement reimbursement (see H.R. 1732)

———limit authority to tax nonresident Federal employees (see H.R. 2759)

———permit taxpayers to elect to deduct either State and local sales taxes or State income taxes (see S. 819)

———reimbursement allowances received by State law enforcement officers (see H.R. 753)

———reimbursement of costs for investigations resulting in recovery of Federal taxes (see S. 1256)

———repeal provision which eliminates deduction for State and local sales taxes (see H.R. 3219)

———require retailers to collect sales and use taxes on interstate sales (see H.R. 1242)

———sale of personal property by nonresidents (see S. 1099)

———sales (see H.R. 470)

———treatment of legislators travel expenditures (see H.R. 2286)

———withholding of State and local income taxes from drill pay of Reserves and National Guard (see H.R. 1147)

Timber industry: export of unprocessed logs (see H.R. 1587)

Unclaimed Property Act: enact (see S. 1612)

Unemployment compensation: extended benefits (see H.R. 2054)

———limitations on reduction on credit applicable to employers in certain States (see H.R. 2801)

VA: increase per diem rates for payments for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes (see H.R. 1659)

———increase per diem rates paid to State homes (see S. 216)

———use of per diem subsidies (see S. 1517)

———waive State license requirements for certain medical personnel not employed in patient care, or employed in a foreign country (see H.R. 2003)

Veterans: exempt certain insurance from State taxation (S. 1090)

———improve State Veterans' Home Grant Program (see S. 1089)

———insurance installments and premiums (see H.R. 2008)

Volunteer workers: immunity from personal liability under certain circumstances (see H.R. 911)

Western low-level waste disposal compact: consent of Congress (see S. 717; H.R. 1530)

Comparisons

Highway funds program conference report v. Federal-Aid Highway Act, 6336 [19MR]

Court decisions

Dillion v. Gloss, 4287 [26FE]

Documents

Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, 4287 [26FE]

———James Madison, 4285, 4287 [26FE]

U.S. Constitution, 21288 [28JY]

Exhibits

National Guard active duty consent of State governors—comparing proposed and past year authorization bills, 24398 [17SE]

Hearings

Committee on Environment and Public Works: assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (S. 744), D300 [30AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from Michael Dukakis, Richard McAloon, Madeleine M. Kunin, Dawn Lawson, Ed Farris, Carmen Colon, John Jacob, Raul Yzaguirre and Leon H. Sullivan), D46 [3FE]

———bonus payments to States that succeed in training and employing long-term welfare dependents (testimony from John Horsley, Pierce Quinlan, and Stephen Heintz), D50 [4FE]

———bonus payments to States which successfully train and employ long-term welfare dependents (testimony from Roger D. Semerad, Raymond C. Scheppach, and Donald A. Newberg), D123 [6MR]

Committee on the Budget (House): administration's fiscal year 1988 budget proposals, focusing on State and local governments (testimony from public witnesses), D58 [10FE]

Committee on the District of Columbia: Constitution of the State of New Columbia (testimony), D202 [26MR]

———transitional process for transferring certain law enforcement, prosecutorial, and judicial authority from Federal to State control (testimony), D240 [7AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): per diem rates for VA payments to States for domiciliary and nursing home care provided to veterans (H.R. 1659), D271 [22AP]

Letters

Allocations of VA health care to States: Senator Cranston, 33917 [3DE]

———Senator Graham, 33916 [3DE]

Banking regulation: National Conference of State Legislatures, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, National Association of State Savings and Loan Supervisors and National Association of State Treasurers, 12450 [14MY]

———Woods Bowman, National Conference of State Legislatures, 12450 [14MY]

Burden of Government regulations: Clearwater County, ID, Board of Commissioners, 3716 [19FE]

Issuance of mortgage bonds and credit certificates: Council of State Housing Agencies, 20636 [22JY]

State and local initiatives on productivity, technology, and innovation: Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor of West Virginia, 20195 [17JY]

———Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas, 20195 [17JY]

———Carroll A. Campbell, Governor of South Carolina, 20195 [17JY]

———Cecil D. Andrus, Governor of Idaho, 20195 [17JY]

———George A. Sinner, Governor of North Dakota, 20195 [17JY]

———Gerald L. Baliles, Governor of Virginia, 20195 [17JY]

———James A. Martin, Governor of North Carolina, 20195 [17JY]

———John A. Fedo, 20196 [17JY]

———John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 20195 [17JY]

———Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts, 20195 [17JY]

———Mike Hayden, Governor of Maryland, 20195 [17JY]

———Mike Sullivan, Governor of Wyoming, 20195 [17JY]

———National Association of Development Organizations, 20196 [17JY]

———National Center for Municipal Development, 20196 [17JY]

———National Governors' Association, 20196 [17JY]

———Ned Ray McWherter, Governor of Tennessee, 20195 [17JY]

———Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, 20195 [17JY]

———Rudy Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, 20195 [17JY]

———Southern Growth Policy Board, 20196 [17JY]

———Steve Cowper, Governor of Alaska, 20195 [17JY]

———Urban Institute, 20195 [17JY]

———William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland, 20195 [17JY]

State unemployment insurance service operations: Richard F. Celeste, Governor of Ohio, 14130 [29MY]

Superconducting supercollider site proposals: Dept. of Energy, 19880 [15JY]

Support of dependents: Drew Altman, 5553 [12MR]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 7517 [31MR]

———Coalition of Northeastern Governors, 1717 [21JA]

———Harlan D. Mayberry, 1718 [21JA]

———Highway Users Federation, 7517 [31MR]

———John Thomas, National Association of Counties, 7518 [31MR]

———National Governors' Association, 7517 [31MR]

VA improvement of State Veterans' Home Grant Program: Thomas K. Turnage, 9440 [23AP]

VA insurance: Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 9441-9443 [23AP]

Veto of Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: John Archer, American Automobile Association, 7518 [31MR]

Western low-level waste disposal compact: George S. Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, 5349 [11MR]

———William J. Janklow, 5349 [11MR]

Lists

Application of Maine v. Thiboutot decision on Federal aid and grant programs, 1474 [20JA]

Potentially affected States for radioactive waste disposal sites, 32025 [17NO]

Rollcall of Heroes (1986): Virgil D. Penn, Jr., 12622 [15MY]

South Dakota School Board members advocating full deductibility of State and local tax, 6660 [24MR]

States that have ratified the constitutional amendment to reform the congressional salary process, 6716 [24MR]

Meetings

Committee on Agriculture: ordered reported H.J. Res. 3, to recognize 100th anniversary of enactment of the Hatch Act and its role in establishing our Nation's system of State agricultural experiment stations, D46 [3FE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: trust fund for abandoned mine reclamation (S. 643), D245 [8AP]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: establish a star schools program under which grants are made to State and multistate regional telecommunications partnerships (S. 778), D192 [25MR]

———incentive bonus to States which train and employ long-term welfare dependents (S. 514), D164 [18MR]

Committee on the District of Columbia: admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union (H.R. 51), D304 [30AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): per diem rates for VA payments to States for domiciliary and nursing home care provided to veterans (H.R. 1659), D280 [23AP]

Memorials of legislature

California, 26156 [1OC]

Idaho, 9648 [23AP]

Illinois, 23570 [9SE], 26158 [1OC]

Iowa, 8759 [9AP]

Maine, 6339 [19MR]

Nevada, 8758 [9AP], 11618 [7MY], 16641 [18JN]

New Mexico, 9772 [27AP]

North Dakota, 9152 [21AP]

South Carolina, 11946 [11MY]

Texas, 8759 [9AP]

Opinions

Civil rights (Maine v. Thiboutot), 1474, 1475 [20JA]

Outlines

Protection of groundwater through State standards (S. 20), 10164 [28AP]

Papers

Positive Approach to the American Farm Problem: Gerald W. Thomas, 26571 [6OC]

Petitions

Federal gasoline tax for deficit reduction: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 16344 [17JN]

Puerto Rico statehood: Republican National Party of Puerto Rico, 22018 [3AU]

Safety laws: National Association of State Mine Inspection Agencies, 1229 [13JA]

Social Security programs for State and local public employees, 23082 [7AU]

Statehood: New Philippine Movement for U.S. Statehood, 35073 [11DE]

States' rights: California Republican Assembly, 11618 [7MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: efforts to require State funding, 10029 [27AP]

AFDC: child care services to recipients (H.R. 2405), 12398 [13MY]

———implement programs for self-sufficiency (H.R. 1880), 7337 [31MR]

———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for families (H.R. 3200), 24032 [15SE]

———require States to establish employment, training, or education programs for participants (H.R. 1696), 6150 [18MR], 6250 [18MR]

Air pollution: control emissions (H.R. 2787), 23018 [6AU]

———control of interstate problem (H.R. 2133), 9330 [22AP]

Antitrust policy: States, 6695 [24MR]

Capital punishment: encourage States to prescribe, for willful killing of a law enforcement officer (H.R. 2392), 12740 [18MY], 20659 [22JY]

———Manual for Courts Martial, 11894 [11MY]

Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (H.R. 911), 4480 [3MR]

Child support: employment withholdings (H.R. 1604), 9284 [22AP], 10176 [28AP]

Civil defense: approval of evacuation plans (H.R. 67), 973 [7JA]

Clean Air Act: dead line for compliance, 33548 [1DE]

Coastal Zone Management Act: Federal conformity to State plans (H.R. 1876), 7402 [31MR]

Conservation of natural resources: fund for preservation of open spaces (H.R. 3736), 34987 [10DE]

Constitution: amendment ratification efforts by Gregory Watson, 6715 [24MR]

———Federal-State relations, 17693-17695 [26JN]

Consumers: role in protection, 22131 [3AU]

Continental shelf: Dept. of the Interior cooperation with coastal States on oil and gas development, 37932 [21DE]

Defense forces: Federal support (H.R. 2581), 14412 [2JN]

Dept. of HUD: State refinancing of tax-exempt bonds, 15554 [11JN]

District of Columbia: statehood, 17628 [25JN]

Drunken driving: legal intoxication level, 1911 [22JA]

Education: establish Federal, State, and local partnership for innovation in elementary and secondary education (H.R. 1795), 7730 [1AP]

———impact aid (H.R. 2788), 17630 [25JN]

———permit teachers to change employment across State lines without loss of retirement benefits (H.R. 2152), 9656 [23AP]

Elections: single poll closing time (H.R. 435), 31586-31610 [10NO]

Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (H.R. 1891), 7704 [1AP]

Federal aid programs: minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation (H.R. 1278), 4441 [27FE], 4470 [2MR]

Federal/States relationship, 1909 [22JA]

FEMA: authorize States to withdraw, without penalty, from a certain agreement (H.R. 1429), 4926 [5MR]

Forests and forestry: release/sufficiency language in wilderness legislation, 17893 [26JN]

Government regulations: relief (H.R. 1927), 10998 [4MY]

———unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 1087), 3338 [11FE]

Handicapped: uniform State system for parking (H.R. 3840), 38291 [22DE]

Hatch Act: anniversary, 4117 [25FE]

Health: Federal funds for State professional medical liability programs (H.R. 1372), 4701 [3MR]

———nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (H.R. 3241), 34575 [9DE]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property en route (H.R. 2489), 13325 [21MY], 13677 [21MY]

Interstate Commerce Commission Day: designate (S.J. Res. 96), 7391 [31MR]

Law enforcement officers: compensation to State and local agencies for expenses resulting from demonstration against Federal nuclear-related activities (H.R. 3711), 34276 [7DE]

Laws: outdated, 23874 [14SE]

Long Island, NY: NRC elimination of State and local participation in approval of evacuation plans, 30267 [29OC]

Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (H.R. 74), 8066 [6AP], 10613 [29AP]

Maryland: anniversary, 16961 [22JN]

Medicaid: State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760, 1761), 7317 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1762), 7311 [30MR]

Medicare: opposition to mandatory coverage of all government employees (H. Con. Res. 142), 16427, 16428 [17JN]

———State and local government employees, 20109 [15JY]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760), 7321 [30MR], 8285 [7AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1761), 8285 [7AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1762), 7321 [30MR], 8285 [7AP]

Mines and mining: State funds for abandoned mine reclamation (H.R. 1963), 9045-9048 [21AP]

National Guard: authority, 20094 [15JY]

Natural gas: permit courts to enjoin, suspend, or restrain property taxes on interstate transmission (H.R. 2953), 20121 [15JY]

NRC: emergency plan requirements for State and local governments, 3961 [24FE]

———licensing process, 4462 [2MR]

Nuclear energy: licensing of production and utilization facilities, 1939 [26JA]

Older Americans Act: State long-term care ombudsman programs (H.R. 2042), 8914, 8915 [9AP]

Public utilities: State and local infrastructure improvement projects (H.R. 3612), 30970 [5NO]

Puerto Rico: statehood, 24912 [22SE]

———statehood referenda (H.R. 2849), 20115 [15JY], 26210, 26216 [1OC]

———statehood (S. 1182), 12552 [14MY], 18398 [30JN], 26210, 26216 [1OC]

Radioactive waste disposal: Dept. of Energy incentive agreements with States and Indian Tribes (S. 839), 6719 [25MR]

———repository in Eastern region, 5192 [10MR]

———States' participation in site selection (H.R. 2475), 13319 [20MY]

Reclamation States Ground Water Protection and Management Act: enact (H.R. 2320), 23883 [14SE]

Revenue Sharing Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1198), 3949 [23FE], 18374 [30JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1844), 6959 [26MR]

———National Association of Counties' action against Treasurer of the U.S., 8649 [9AP]

Roads and highways: 65-mile-per-hour speed limit, 6170-6187 [18MR], 17107 [23JN]

———funds, 4732 [4MR]

———speed limit over rural portions of Interstate Highway System, 1688, 1694 [21JA]

———State authority over certain speed limits, 2675 [4FE], 2681 [4FE], 6147 [18MR]

Safety: establish restrictions on financial assistance for not inspecting schoolbus safety belts (H.R. 1815), 6724 [25MR]

Social programs: moratorium on fiscal penalties collections from AFDC, medicaid and food stamp program, 23378 [7AU]

Social Security: improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (H.R. 3200), 34999, 35004 [10DE], 35651 [15DE]

———reimburse necessary costs of vocational rehabilitation under State plans (H.R. 3657), 32716 [18NO]

State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act: extend (H.R. 1533), 5271 [10MR]

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Advocacy Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2042), 8914, 8915 [9AP]

State Nuclear Safety Participation Act: enact (H.R. 499), 971 [7JA]

Stormwater control program: regulations, 2512 [3FE]

Superconducting supercollider: financial incentives offered for site criteria, 18700 [1JY]

———State funding should be a factor in determining site location, 18693 [1JY]

Support of dependents: employment withholdings (H.R. 1604), 5552 [12MR], 11134 [5MY]

Taxation: deductibility of State and local taxes (H.R. 374), 885 [7JA]

———deduction of sales tax, 4439 [27FE]

———deduction for State and local taxes (H.R. 905), 11894 [11MY]

———equity in treatment of domestic and foreign corporations (H.R. 2940), 19897 [15JY]

———increase cigarette tax, 6923 [25MR]

———refund of excess deferred income taxes to taxpayers, 4418 [26FE]

———require retailers to collect sales and use taxes on interstate sales (H.R. 1242), 9164 [21AP], 27941 [14OC]

Technology Innovation Act: establish Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation (H.R. 2219), 10868 [30AP]

Toxic Substances Control Act: amend to assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon (H.R. 1697), 6220 [18MR]

Unemployment compensation: limitations on reduction on credit applicable to employers in certain States (H.R. 2801), 18709 [1JY]

VA: increase per diem rates for payments for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes (H.R. 1659), 13773-13776 [27MY]

———reimbursement rate to State nursing homes and hospitals, 5779 [17MR]

Water Quality Act: State and local government responsibilities, 2510 [3FE]

Remarks in Senate

Alabama: anniversary of statehood, 35628 [15DE]

Alaska: Arctic Research Program, 22043 [3AU]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: availability of funds (S. Res. 204), 10930 [1MY]

Arizona: anniversary of statehood (S.J. Res. 46), 4407 [26FE], 2860-2862 [4FE]

Arkansas: anniversary of territory, 4573 [3MR]

Banks and banking: branching, holding company acquisitions, and nonbank banks, 2524 [3FE]

Bridges: use of funds for replacement of bridges and ferries (S. 365), 1639 [21JA]

Business: State legislatures to protect in-State corporations from takeovers, 22963 [6AU]

Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation: establish (S. 930), 20194 [17JY]

Children: payments to States to improve quality of care (S. 934), 14348 [2JN]

Civil rights: special defense to liability of States' political subdivisions (S. 325), 1474-1478 [20JA]

Communications: transmission of information relative to wagering to other States (S. 611), 4336 [26FE]

Constitutional amendments: procedures for calling convention (S. 589), 4284-4288 [26FE]

Courts: attorney fees in judicial actions against State judges (S. 1512), 20560 [21JY]

Crime and criminals: allow National Association of State Racing Commissioners and authorities that regulate parimutuel betting to receive Federal criminal records (S. 1345), 15081 [9JN], 22216 [4AU]

———rehabilitation in State prisons (S. 413), 2243 [29JA]

Disasters: response (S. 1453), 18192 [30JN]

Drug abuse: administration of programs, 8952 [10AP]

———grants for law enforcement programs (S. 409), 2321 [29JA]

Education Consolidation and Improvement Act: enact (S. 594), 4305 [26FE]

Elections: establish series of Presidential nominating primaries (S. 1786), 27813 [14OC]

EPA: clarifications in regulation of pesticides law (S. 398), 2119 [28JA]

Farmers Home Administration: transfer farmland to Federal and State wildlife authorities (S. 1775), 27111 [8OC]

Federal aid programs: grants to States for dependent care (S. 222), 14350, 14363 [2JN]

Federal-Aid Highway Act: amend (S. 82), 544 [6JA]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 185), 623, 634-635 [6JA]

FEMA: withdraw from nuclear attack simulation with States (S. 606), 4328 [26FE]

Ferries: use of funds for replacement of bridges and ferries (S. 365), 1639 [21JA]

Firearms: clarify limitation on controls and prohibit use of Federal funds to political subdivisions which implement certain gun control ordinances (S. 357), 1625, 1630 [21JA]

Foreign trade: State taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (S. 1843), 30767 [4NO]

Future Teacher Training Corps Act: enact (S. 831), 6856 [25MR]

Government regulations: burden, 3716 [19FE]

Ground water: protection through State standards (S. 20), 10163 [28AP], 10361 [29AP]

Housing: third party payments for certain temporary facilities (S. 36), 476 [6JA]

Idaho: statehood anniversary, 18500 [1JY]

Impact Aid Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1620), 22952 [6AU]

Indians: authority to tax trust lands, 33603-33609 [2DE]

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act: enact (S. 585), 4268-4273 [26FE]

Interstate commerce: uniform product liability law (S. 666), 5063 [6MR], 5329 [11MR]

Land use: establish national fund to finance Federal, State, and local efforts to preserve open space (S. 1338), 15069 [9JN]

Legal Fees Equity Act: enact (S. 1253), 13556 [21MY]

Mines and mineral resources: trust fund for abandoned mine reclamation (S. 643), 4611 [3MR]

National Governors' Association: position on speed limit, 4368 [26FE]

National Guard: Federal/State authority (S. 375), 1854 [22JA]

———State governors' authority relative to overseas deployment, 24397-24405 [17SE]

NBS: establish Office of Extension Services to support, advise, and assist State industrial extension services (S. 1319), 14492 [3JN]

New Columbia Admission Act: enact (S. 863), 7063 [26MR]

New Mexico: tourist attractions, 33657 [2DE]

Nuclear energy: participation of State and local governments in licensing process (S. 408), 6406 [19MR]

———State participation in approval of waste repository (S. 1007), 8835 [9AP]

Puerto Rico: Statehood, 12031 [12MY]

———statehood (S. 1182), 11970, 11999 [12MY], 14373 [2JN]

Radioactive waste: enter into agreement with certain Indian tribes relative to disposal (S. 839), 6879 [25MR]

———State regulation of transportation (S. 1008), 8956 [10AP]

Regional Presidential Primaries Act: enact (S. 1786), 27813 [14OC]

Roads and highways: raise speed limits (S. 1592), 22441 [5AU]

———reimbursement for advance construction (S. 245), 693 [6JA], 1241 [13JA]

———speed limit on rural portions of Interstate Highway System (S. 337), 1510 [20JA]

———speed limit on rural portions of Interstate Highway System (S. 371), 1645 [21JA]

SBA: prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies (S. 437), 35809 [16DE], 36578, 36579, 36635 [19DE]

State and local development companies: prepayment of loans (S. 437), 2605 [3FE]

State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act: extend (S. 1530), 20988 [23JY], 25197 [24SE]

State Dependent Care Grants Act: amend (S. 222), 659 [6JA]

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act: enact (S. 959), 8487 [8AP]

State Minimum Return Act: amend (S. 257), 711 [6JA]

Taxation: authority to tax Indian trust lands, 33603-33609 [2DE]

———deduction of either State and local sales taxes or State income taxes (S. 819), 6659, 6660 [24MR]

———deduction of either State and local sales taxes or State income taxes (S. 1060), 9139 [21AP]

———deduction of 80% of State and local sales taxes, income taxes, and personal property taxes (S. 826), 6671 [24MR]

———Federal gasoline tax for deficit reduction, 16344 [17JN]

———reimbursement of costs for investigations resulting in recovery of Federal taxes (S. 1256), 13565 [21MY]

———sale of personal property by nonresidents (S. 1099), 10108 [28AP]

Unclaimed Property Act: enact (S. 1612), 22940 [6AU]

VA: improve State Veterans' Home Grant Program (S. 1089), 9439 [23AP]

———increase per diem rates for payments for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes (H.R. 1659), 14141 [29MY]

———use of per diem subsidies (S. 1517), 20569 [21JY]

Veterans: exempt certain insurance from State taxation (S. 1090), 9441-9443 [23AP]

West Virginia Day: observance, 16875 [19JN]

Western low-level waste disposal compact: consent of Congress (S. 717), 5346, 5349 [11MR]

Reports

Acid Rain Partnership: Carolyn Baldwin and other delegates, 15488-15491 [11JN]

Reports filed

Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1963) (H. Rept. 100-59), 9081 [21AP]

Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3025) (H. Rept. 100-322), 26813 [7OC]

Daily Physical Education Programs for Children in Schools: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. Con. Res. 43; H. Con. Res. 97), 34461 [9DE]

District of Columbia Admission as New Columbia: Committee on the District of Columbia (H.R. 51) (H. Rept. 100-305), 24352 [17SE]

Establish Title of States in Certain Abandoned Shipwrecks: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 858) (S. Rept. 100-241), 34461 [9DE]

Exempt Solar Energy Facilities From Certain State and Local Laws: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2818) (H. Rept. 100-385), 28517 [20OC]

Interstate Commerce Commission Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 96), 6357 [19MR]

Prepayment of Loans Made to State and Local Development Companies: Committee on Small Business (S. 437), 35795 [16DE]

Renewable Resources Extension Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 2401) (H. Rept. 100-239), 21185 [27JY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 643) (S. Rept. 100-37), 8955 [10AP]

Western Low-Level Waste Disposal Compact: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1530) (H. Rept. 100-24), 14777 [4JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Statehood for Puerto Rico: General Federation of Women's Clubs, 26217 [1OC]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 7518 [31MR]

Statements

Constitution: James Madison, 29087 [23OC]

Constitutional Convention, 4285 [26FE]

———Alexander Hamilton, 4288 [26FE]

———William Van Alstyne, 4285 [26FE]

Highway Funds Program: Senator Burdick, 6344 [19MR]

NRC Licensing Process: Representative Downey, 4462 [2MR]

Prison Rehabilitation: Warren E. Burger, 2244 [29JA]

State Unemployment Insurance Service Operations: by, 14130 [29MY]

———Senator Chiles, 14130 [29MY]

———Senator Metzenbaum, 14130 [29MY]

Waste Water Projects: William Ruckelshaus, 1265 [14JA]

Summaries

Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments (H.R. 2686), 16085 [15JN]

Health Care—States Assume Leadership Role in Providing Emergency Medical Services: GAO, 414 [6JA]

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act (S. 585), 4271 [26FE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments (H.R. 2686), 16085 [15JN]

State and Local Infrastructure Improvement Projects (H.R. 3612), 30971 [5NO]

State Licensure Requirements for Agents Soliciting HMO Products (S. 1582), 22026 [3AU]

State Minimum Return Act Amendments (S. 257), 713 [6JA]

State Nuclear Safety Participation Act (H.R. 499), 972 [7JA]

Tables

AFDC disallowances, 17841 [26JN]

AFDC payment error rates, 17841 [26JN]

Apportionments for roads and highways under S. 387, by State, 2417 [2FE]

Basic grants under S. 406, 19357 [10JY]

Education expenditures, by State, 13356 [21MY]

Federal-aid highways budget authority and total obligations, 6340 [19MR]

Food stamp error rate fiscal sanctions, 17841 [26JN]

Food stamp payment error rates, 17841 [26JN]

Highway and mass rapid transit funds, by State, 2431 [2FE], 2832 [4FE]

Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act, 4272 [26FE]

Mass rapid transit funding, 2784 [4FE]

Medicaid disallowances, 17841 [26JN]

Medicaid payment error rates, 17841 [26JN]

Noninterstate divided highways having 4 or more lanes and full control of access, 14700 [4JN]

Outstanding States debt (from Federal unemployment insurance trust fund), 13564 [21MY]

State poll closing times in Presidential elections, 31589 [10NO]

States losses in obligation authority due to revision in limitations, 34441 [9DE]

States participating in voluntary lapse of interstate construction apportionments, 34441 [9DE]

States with at least 25% federally owned land, 34613 [9DE]

Waste water project grants, 1265 [14JA]

Testimonies

Criminal Justice Information: Jerry Berman, ACLU, 18104 [29JN]

———Patrick J. Doyle, 18104 [29JN]

NRC Proposed Rule Changes, Representative Mrazek, 4104 [25FE]

State Programs for Developmental Disabilities Assistance: Eileen Cubarney, 22227

Texts of

H.R. 435, single poll closing time for Presidential elections, 31603, 31610 [10NO]

H.R. 1659, increase per diem rates for payments by VA for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes, 13773 [27MY]

H.R. 1844, authorizing appropriations for revenue sharing program, 6959 [26MR]

H.R. 1876, Coastal Zone Management Act Federal conformity to State plans, 7403 [31MR]

H.R. 2489, destruction or injury of property moving in interstate or foreign commerce, 13677 [21MY]

H.R. 2581, Federal support of State defense forces, 14412 [2JN]

S. 36, third-party payments for certain temporary housing, 477 [6JA]

S. 169, Federal grants to States for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol, 611 [6JA]

S. 222, grants to States for dependent care, 659 [6JA], 13750 [27MY]

S. 257, amend State Minimum Return Act, 712 [6JA]

S. 337, State authority over speed limits, 1510 [20JA]

S. 342, Toll Facilities Development and Improvement Act, 1515 [20JA]

S. 371, speed limit on rural portions of Interstate Highway System, 1646 [21JA]

S. 375, Federal/State authority over National Guard, 1855 [22JA]

S. 413, criminal rehabilitation in State prisons, 2244 [29JA]

S. 437, prepayment of small business loans made to State and local development companies, 36636 [19DE]

S. 585, Intergovernmental Regulatory Relief Act, 4269-4271 [26FE]

S. 587, extend authorization of National Historic Preservation Act, 4283 [26FE]

S. 606, States' right to withdraw from FEMA nuclear attack simulation, 4329 [26FE]

S. 627, State education grants for school dropouts, illiteracy, gifted, and talented children, 4595 [3MR]

S. 717, Western low-level waste disposal compact, 5346-5349 [11MR]

S. 819, permit taxpayers to elect to deduct either State and local sales taxes or State income taxes, 6660 [24MR]

S. 863, New Columbia Admission Act, 7063-7066 [26MR]

S. 959, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act, 8488-8491 [8AP]

S. 1007, State participation in approval of waste repository, 8836 [9AP]

S. 1060, tax deduction of either State and local sales taxes or State income taxes, 9140 [21AP]

S. 1089, VA improvement of State Veterans' Home Grant Program, 9439 [23AP]

S. 1090, veterans' and servicemen's insurance payments, 9441 [23AP]

S. 1182, Puerto Rican statehood referendum, 11971 [12MY]

S. 1338, Outdoor America Conservation Fund Act, 15070-15074 [9JN]

S. 1453, disaster relief and emergency assistance, 18193-18197 [30JN]

S. 1517, VA use of per diem subsidies, 20569 [21JY]

S. 1786, Regional Presidential Primaries Act, 27814 [14OC]

S. 1843, State taxation of domestic and foreign corporations, 30768 [4NO]

S. 2125, permit teachers to change employment across State lines without loss of retirement benefits, 9656 [23AP]

S. Res. 332, requirement for certain States to attain and maintain a national ambient air quality standard, 33515 [1DE]

S.J. Res. 46, Arizona statehood anniversary, 2861 [4FE]

S.J. Res. 96, Interstate Commerce Commission Day, 7393 [31MR]