LONG, RUSSELL B. (a Senator from Louisiana)
Amendments offered by, to
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 738), 27900, 28000 [2OC]
———making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), 12952 [6JN]
———making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), conference report, 15858, 15997 [26JN]
Budget: setting forth congressional for fiscal 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), 8530 [23AP], 9078 [30AP]
Conrail: transfer ownership (S. 638), 576 [27JA], 956 [29JA]
Export-Import Bank Act: amend and extend (S. 2247), 17251 [22JY]
Federal-Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2405), 25694, 25701 [23SE]
Higher Education Act: reauthorizing and revising (S. 1965), 12248 [3JN]
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 30508 [14OC]
Senate: radio and television coverage of proceedings (S. Res. 28), 2617 [24FE], 3144, 3198 [27FE]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 14509-14511, 14627 [19JN], 14827 [20JN], 15156-15163 [24JN]
Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1567), 4979, 5033 [14MR]
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 668, increase statutory limit of public debt, 20365 [9AU]
———H.R. 6, Water Resources, Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act, 6268 [26MR]
———H.R. 3129, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 26165 [25SE]
———H.R. 3838, Tax Reform Act, 16419 [15JY]
———H.R. 5300, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 26151 [25SE]
———S. 2405, Federal-Aid Highway Act, 26165 [25SE]
Delegation to international conferences, meetings, and negotiations on trade agreements, 3429 [3MR]
Articles and editorials
Beware of the Soviet ``Piece'' Offensive, Jim Guirard, Jr., 6515 [27MR]
Chance To Be on ``Right Side'' in Nicaragua, Jim Guirard, Jr., Atlanta (GA) Journal and Constitution, 6516 [27MR]
Enforcing Child Support With a Federal Stick, Neal R. Peirce, Boston (MA) Globe, 33375 [17OC]
Fascist-Left Sandinistas? Jim Guirard, Jr., Pine Bluff (AR) Commercial, 6517 [27MR]
Marxists by Any Other Name, Jim Guirard, Jr., Washington (DC) Times, 6514 [27MR]
New Language for a New Revolution, Jim Guirard, Jr., Pine Bluff (AR) Commercial, 6517 [27MR]
New Revolution in Nicaragua, Jim Guirard, Jr., Washington (DC) Times, 6514 [27MR]
Next Steps in Rail Deregulation, New York (NY) Times, 1215 [30JA]
Russell Long—Tax Master and Senate Mentor, Pamela Fessler, Congressional Quarterly (magazine), 8093-8096 [21AP]
Sam Bason Dies at Age 91, J.M. Harrelson, Caswell (NC) Messenger, 5407 [19MR]
Square Miranda Rights With Reason, Edwin Meese III, Wall Street Journal, 14101 [17JN]
Tributes Recall Sam Bason's Love of Fellow Man—Former Messenger Editor Remembers Old Friend, Erwin D. Stephens, Caswell (NC) Messenger, 5407 [19MR]
Unlearned Lessons of Grenada, Jim Guirard, Jr., Washington (DC) Inquirer, 6515 [27MR]
Work Ethic and Welfare, Allan C. Brownfield, Washington (DC) Times, 33376 [17OC]
Work Ethic State, Mickey Kaus, New Republic, 33368-33375 [17OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Cajun Music Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 355), 12773 [5JN]
Gillis W. Long Memorial Post Office, La Place, LA: designate (see S. 2418), 9900 [7MY]
States: uniform system on imposition, collection, and administration of local sales and use taxes in interstate commerce (see S. 2913), 29549 [8OC]
Tariff: application of drawback provisions to certain imports of cane sugar (see S. 2637), 15950 [26JN]
———suspend duty on 3-Ethylamino-p-cresol (see S. 2775), 21918 [15AU]
———suspend duty on sethoxydim (see S. 2774), 21918 [15AU]
Taxation: uniform system to eliminate restrictions on imposition, collection, and administration by States (see S. 2913), 29549 [8OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: commend compassionate assistance extended to Southeast farmers (see S. Res. 451), 17390 [23JY]
———farm credit system loan restructuring (see S. Con. Res. 138), 11332 [20MY]
Aviation Safety Commission Act: enact (see S. 2417), 12781 [5JN]
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, LA: establish (see S. 2741), 20922 [12AU]
Challenger (space shuttle): honor astronauts (see S. Res. 332), 7032 [9AP]
———space program disaster (see S. Res. 299), 613 [28JA]
Comprehensive Narcotics Control Act: enact (see S. 2798), 22449 [9SE]
DeArment, Roderick A.: commend (see S. Res. 334), 1704, 1720 [5FE]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 2115), 33503 [17OC]
Energy Security Act: enact (see S. 2779), 21918 [15AU]
Farm Credit Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2332), 11332 [20MY]
Farm Credit System: agricultural loan restructuring (see S. Con. Res. 122), 11332 [20MY]
Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act: enact (see S. 2770), 28516 [3OC]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 371), 15950 [26JN]
Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 337), 9320 [1MY]
Louisiana: release restrictions on certain property in Calcasieu Parish (see S. 2031), 3192 [27FE]
Missing Children Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 342), 10289 [12MY]
National Agricultural Export Week: enact (see S.J. Res. 310), 7410 [14AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 64), 17394 [23JY]
National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 354), 11714 [21MY]
National Energy Policy and Security Act: enact (see S. 2678), 25131 [22SE]
National Fishing Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 262), 1922 [6FE]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 357), 12773 [5JN]
National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 339), 11333 [20MY]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 263), 3192 [27FE]
National Interstate Highway Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 351), 11315 [20MY]
National Narcotics Act: enact (see S. 2716), 19240 [5AU]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 264), 1885 [6FE]
Natural Gas Utilization Act: enact (see S. 1251), 23823 [17SE]
Navajo-Hopi Land Exchange Act: enact (see S. 2651), 33503 [17OC]
NOAA: improve national storm forecasting program (see S. Con. Res. 137), 13625 [12JN]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: funding rescission (see S. Con. Res. 106), 3971 [6MR]
Office of the Director of National and International Drug Operations and Policy: establish (see S. 2716), 19240 [5AU]
Product Liability Reform Act: enact (see S. 2760), 21615 [14AU]
Reagan, President: congratulations on 75th birthday (see S. Res. 336), 1886 [6FE]
Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 281), 4169 [10MR]
Social Security: prohibit retroactive modification of child support arrearages (see S. 2404), 9416 [5MY]
Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry: support (see S. Res. 398), 10066 [8MY]
U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2307), 7489 [15AP]
Unfair Trade Concessions Requirements Act: enact (see S. 2226), 6019 [24MR]
Youth: grants for narcotics and alcoholism prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs (see S. 2800), 26839 [27SE]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 266), 2200 [18FE]
Eulogies
Samuel Murphey Bason: Robert Clawson, 5406 [19MR]
Explanations
Employee stock ownership plans: technical and clarifying amendments, 14506-14508 [19JN]
Explanation of the ESOP amendments in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, 26650-26653 [27SE]
Interviews
Lyndon B. Johnson's work in the Senate: by (sundry excerpts), 3398, 3400 [3MR]
Letters
Employee stock ownership plans: by, 14506 [19JN]
Long-term capital gains tax: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State (excerpt), 14122 [17JN]
Medicare exclusion of capital-related costs from prospective payment system: Senator Packwood, 12768 [5JN]
———by, 12768 [5JN]
Water Resources Development Act: Robert K. Dawson, Dept. of Defense, 6236-6238 [27MR]
Memorandums
Employee Stock Ownership Plans, 14506 [19JN]
Proceedings
Impeachment trial of Judge Harry E. Claiborne, 29152 [7OC]
Remarks by, on
Agarkov, Boris, and family: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 13085 [10JN]
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 738), 27891 [2OC]
———making urgent supplemental (H.R. 4515), 12740, 12742, 12749, 12768 [5JN], 12867 [6JN]
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, LA: establish, 28646 [3OC]
———establish (S. 2741), 20925
Birmingham, AL, sinking fund: limitation on investment in non-purpose obligations, 14816 [20JN]
Boston Celtics (basketball team): commend on winning National Basketball Association Championship (S. Res. 422), 12998 [9JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment on a balanced (S.J. Res. 225), 4458, 4461 [12MR], 4735 [13MR]
———deficit, 1853, 1854 [6FE]
———setting forth congressional for fiscal 1987-89 (S. Con. Res. 120), 7374 [14AP], 8635 [24AP], 18080 [30JY]
Cajun Music Month: designate (S.J. Res. 355), 12779 [5JN]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (S.J. Res. 283), 6514 [27MR]
Charity Hospital: tribute, 32380 [16OC]
Congressional Record: incomplete proceedings, 14300 [18JN]
Conrail: transfer ownership (S. 638), 1187, 1215 [30JA]
DeArment, Roderick A.: commend (S. Res. 334), 1704 [5FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), 19189 [5AU], 20269, 20362 [9AU]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 2638), cloture motion, 19534 [6AU]
Education: Dept. of Defense funding for research and development, 12740, 12742 [5JN]
———establish drug abuse prevention programs, 27186 [30SE], 31364 [15OC]
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act: enact (S. 740), 28646 [3OC]
Employee stock ownership plans: establishment of employees as successors to companies, 14573 [19JN], 15042 [24JN]
Federal-Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2405), 25527 [23SE]
Gillis W. Long Memorial Post Office, La Place, LA: designate (S. 2418), 9901 [7MY]
GPO: incomplete proceedings of Congressional Record, 14300 [18JN]
Great Northern Iron Ore Trust: taxation, 15003 [24JN]
Individual retirement accounts: tax deductions, 13305, 13316, 13354, 13356, 13358, 13361-13362 [11JN]
Jews: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 13085 [10JN]
———Soviet persecution, 13085 [10JN]
Kentucky Public Service Commission: treatment of production costs of property under construction, 15039 [24JN]
Kosharovsky, Yuli: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union, 13085 [10JN]
Lumber trade: Canadian imports, 2797, 2798 [26FE]
Manion, Daniel A.: nomination, 15099 [24JN]
Medicare: exclusion of capital-related costs from prospective payment system, 12768 [5JN]
Narcotics: foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic, 27186 [30SE], 31364 [15OC]
Natural gas industry: eligibility of workers and firms supplying parts and services for trade adjustment assistance, 12867 [6JN]
New Mexico Is a State Day: recognize (S. Res. 427), 13700 [13JN]
Nicaragua: military assistance to Contras (S.J. Res. 283), 6514 [27MR]
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 27186 [30SE], 31364 [15OC]
Petroleum industry: eligibility of workers and firms supplying parts and services for trade adjustment assistance, 12867 [6JN]
Private foundations: estimated tax payments, 14809 [20JN]
Procurement Safeguard Act: enact (S. 2030), 1691, 1694 [5FE]
Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 2760), motion to proceed to consideration, 26147-26149 [25SE]
———enact (S. 2760), procedure on delivery of speeches, 26147-26149 [25SE]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 668), 17364 [23JY], 17740, 17741 [25JY], 18471, 18506, 18526 [31JY]
———prohibit borrowing on U.S. credit unless \3/5\ of both chambers approve a waiver, 4458 [12MR]
Public welfare: reform, 33365-33368 [17OC]
Public works: clarify ability of non-Federal interests to issue bonds to retire debt incurred in participation in water projects, 4979 [14MR]
———collection of user fees on commercial vessels using certain water projects, 4981 [14MR]
Railroads: sale of Conrail, 1187, 1215 [30JA]
Rehnquist, William H.: nomination, 14106 [17JN]
Roads and highways: amend national speed limit legislation, 25527 [23SE]
Senate: agreement to motion for television coverage should be adopted by majority vote, 3144, 3145 [27FE]
———legislative program, 1360 [3FE], 14816 [20JN], 24907 [19SE], 26613 [27SE]
———radio and television coverage of proceedings (S. Res. 28), 1360, 1369, 1380-1382, 1384, 1388-1395 [3FE], 1557, 1558, 1562-1565 [4FE], 1683-1687, 1695-1697 [5FE], 2377, 2380 [19FE], 2509-2511, 2513, 2520, 2523, 2524 [20FE], 2617 [24FE], 2698-2700 [25FE], 2832-2836, 2841-2844 [26FE], 3133, 3134, 3144, 3145, 3149 [27FE], 17895 [29JY]
———restrict television coverage to periods when agreed to by unanimous consent, 3133, 3134 [27FE]
———rules changes, 2380 [19FE]
Small business: extend coverage of the Regulatory Flexibility Act to IRS regulations, 14572 [19JN]
Soviet Union: efforts of Jews to emigrate, 13085 [10JN]
States: uniform system on imposition, collection, and administration of local sales and use taxes in interstate commerce (S. 2913), 29549
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 19189 [5AU]
———Reagan administration policy, 33168 [17OC]
Tariff: application of drawback provisions to certain imports of cane sugar (S. 2637), 15987
———suspend duty on 3-Ethylamino-p-cresol (S. 2775), 21935
———suspend duty on sethoxydim (S. 2774), 21935
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 12449-12450 [4JN], 13305, 13316, 13354, 13356, 13358, 13361-13362 [11JN], 13562-13564, 13569, 13572, 13577, 13583, 13607 [12JN], 13678, 13679, 13703 [13JN], 14113, 14146, 14153, 14163 [17JN], 14338, 14345, 14402, 14405, 14408 [18JN], 14499, 14505, 14506, 14509, 14512-14513, 14530, 14556, 14572-14576 [19JN], 14781-14783, 14800, 14801, 14803, 14809, 14813, 14816, 14820 [20JN], 14923 [23JN], 15003, 15004, 15008, 15013, 15016, 15028, 15039, 15042, 15057, 15079 [24JN]
———enact (H.R. 3838), conference report, 22777 [11SE], 26481, 26485, 26491, 26497 [26SE], 26601-26603, 26628, 26649, 26685 [27SE]
———enact (H.R. 3838), motion to proceed to consideration, 12437, 12441 [4JN]
———enact (H.R. 3838), unanimous-consent agreement, 14577, 14580 [19JN]
Taxation: ability of U.S. companies to compete effectively with their foreign counterparts in foreign markets, 14820 [20JN]
———allow a taxpayer to deduct either State and local income taxes or sales taxes, 13607 [12JN]
———application of investment tax credit changes to written supply or service contracts, 15028 [24JN]
———delete the exception for working interests in oil and gas property from the definition of passive activity, 13569, 13572, 13577, 13583 [12JN]
———exclude from definition of an unrelated trade or business qualified convention and trade show activities, 14809 [20JN]
———itemized deductions, 13361-13362 [11JN]
———limitation on investment in non-purpose obligations-14816 [20JN]
———make certain changes relative to irrevocable estate elections, 15016 [24JN]
———modifying the transitional rule that requires property be placed in service before a certain date, 14113 [17JN]
———$1 checkoff relative to Presidential elections, 31364 [15OC]
———provide a third rate bracket for individual taxpayers at 35%, 14338, 14345 [18JN]
———reduce year-to-year revenue fluctuations in H.R. 3838, 15004 [24JN]
———transition rule permitting steel companies to elect to carry back 50% of their earned but unused investment credits, 15057 [24JN]
———treatment of foreign investment in U.S. real property, 14146 [17JN]
———uniform system to eliminate restrictions on imposition, collection, and administration by States (S. 2913), 29549
Tennessee: tax-exempt bonds for five counties to build a thermal transfer facility near Tullahoma, 14801, 14803 [20JN]
Trade Expansion Act: amend relative to relief for industries vital to the national security which are threatened by imports, 20269 [9AU]
U.N.: restrict U.S. assessed contributions, 27891 [2OC]
United Steelworkers of America: anniversary (S. Res. 428), 14104 [17JN]
Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1567), 4979, 4981 [14MR], 6205, 6235 [26MR]
Weirton Steel Co.: worker-owned company, 25464 [23SE]
Weirton Steel Corp.: tribute, 6536 [27MR]
Windfall profit tax: crude oil, 18471 [31JY]
Yam Day: observance, 11353
Remarks in Senate relative to
Employee stock ownership plans: contributions to legislation, 14987 [24JN]
Taxation: contributions to reform, 14986 [24JN]
Tribute, 7375 [14AP], 8093 [21AP], 9780 [7MY], 15047 [24JN], 15316 [25JN], 20378 [9AU], 29858, 29861, 29862, 29865, 29866-29869, 29940
Statements
Employee Stock Ownership Plans: by, 14567, 14573-14576 [19JN]
Federal Waste, Fraud, and Abuse, 18471 [31JY]
Senate: by, 31331 [15OC]
Senate Television Coverage (excerpt), 1388 [3FE]
State and Local Tax Deductions: by, 13563 [12JN]
Tribute: Senator Dole, 14513 [19JN]
———William Simon, 14513 [19JN]
Testimonies
Welfare Reform: President Reagan, 33365 [17OC]
Texts of
S. Res. 28, radio and television coverage of Senate proceedings (sundry excerpts), 1564 [4FE]
Tributes
Bason, Samuel Murphey, 5406 [19MR]
Byrd, Senator, 31331 [15OC]
Eastland, James O., 2296 [19FE]
Hunter, Robert E., 15178 [24JN]
Lehleitner, George, 13612 [12JN]
Vojkovich, John, 23106