WEBER, VIN (a Representative from Minnesota)
Addresses
Ending Preference Would Be the Last Straw: Jay A. York, 12510
Articles and editorials
Dairy Cattle To Provide Milk for the Hungry, Bev Ahlquist, Spicer (MN) Free Press, 33609
Ease Up on Debtor Nations, Representative Schumer, New York (NY) Times, 4361
Heifer Project Aims To Help Feed Poor, David Little, Willmar (MN) West Central Tribune, 33609
Heifer Project Kicks Off Fund Drive, David Little, Willmar (MN) West Central Tribune, 33609
Look Out for ``Supertax,'' M. Stanton Evans, Human Events (publication), 9003
Nice To See Heifers Go Someplace Other Than Slaughter, Bev Ahlquist, Spicer (MN) Free Press, 33608
Tax Reform, Warren T. Brooks, Washington (DC) Times, 9156
Willmar Group Seeks Dairy Cattle for Mexico, Susan F. Peterson, Minneapolis (MN) Star and Tribune, 33608
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agricultural Act: repeal authority to reduce support price for soybeans (see H.R. 5544), 23670 [17SE]
Agriculture: payment of wheat and feed grains storage fee for participants in producer reserve program (see H.R. 5436), 21735 [14AU]
Taxation: exclude from gross income amounts attributable to indebtedness on certain farm property (see H.R. 4601), 7555 [15AP]
———exclude from gross income amounts received from sales on farm property (see H.R. 4080), 704 [29JA]
———requirement to substantiate deduction for business use of vehicle (see H.R. 4299), 3480 [4MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Afghanistan Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 4578 [12MR]
Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 5257), 25457 [23SE]
———make deficiency payments for crops of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4909), 11947 [22MY]
———modify basis for determination of deficiency payments for wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4456), 7127 [10AP]
———modify definition of nonprogram crop to discourage increase in production (see H.R. 4079), 4121 [10MR]
———require marketing loans or production option payments for soybeans (see H.R. 5499), 29387 [7OC]
Agricultural commodities: price and income protection for family farmers (see H.R. 5588), 30218 [10OC]
Agriculture: CCC loans to grain storage facilities (see H.R. 5386), 21131 [12AU]
———definitions of industry in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of products (see H.R. 4534), 9146 [30AP]
———early and direct entry into producer's wheat and feed grain reserve program (see H.R. 5387), 21131 [12AU]
———eligibility of noncitizens for price support programs (see H.R. 4519, 4520), 10523 [13MY]
———establish program payments for wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice (see H.R. 4105), 2979 [26FE]
———interest subsidy incentives for lenders restructuring loans (see H.R. 4609), 14742 [19JN]
———loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 9147 [30AP]
———require market loans for wheat, feed grains, and soybeans (see H.R. 5483), 25457 [23SE]
———restructure of loans from commercial lenders and farm credit institutions (see H.R. 3868), 1503 [4FE]
American Armored Force: monument in Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 19461 [6AU]
American Physiologists Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 677), 22367 [9SE]
Angola Loan Restriction Act: enact (see H.R. 4145), 2979 [26FE]
Appropriations: provide for administrative release of highway funds (see H.R. 1059), 10990 [15MY]
Aviation: uniform rules of liability damages arising out of accidents (see H.R. 4142), 12624 [5JN]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: facilitate compliance (see H. Res. 375), 2016 [6FE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 601 [28JA]
Banks and banking: credit assistance to borrowers for loans made by commercial lending institutions (see H.R. 4626), 7891 [17AP]
———flexibility with regard to energy and agricultural loans (see H.R. 4553), 7125 [10AP]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 7690 [16AP]
Boats and boating: Federal recreational safety programs (see H.R. 4731), 16504 [15JY]
Canada: importation of certain beef products (see H.R. 4591), 20744 [11AU]
CBO: provide updated baseline and current service estimates for fiscal years 1987-91 (see H. Res. 442), 9145 [30AP]
CCC: excess cheese be made available to States (see H.R. 5145), 18420 [31JY]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 537 [27JA]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1358 [3FE]
China, People's Republic of: stress the release from prison of Roman Catholic priests, Protestant pastors, and layworkers (see H. Con. Res. 26), 48 [21JA]
Claiborne, Harry E.: impeachment (see H. Res. 487), 15287 [24JN]
Clean Air Act: reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 4567), 7126 [10AP]
Communications Act: encoding of satellite-transmitted programming (see H.R. 3989), 7127 [10AP]
Communities: establish fiscal safety net program for needy (see H.R. 4085), 9146 [30AP]
Constitution: amend relative to budget procedures (see H.J. Res. 643), 14297 [18JN]
Consumers: promote interest and ensure free flow of products in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4766), 12364 [4JN]
Cooperative Extension Service: funds (see H. Res. 413), 7126 [10AP]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 9553 [6MY]
Copyright: amend requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 4696), 13269 [11JN]
———conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 8762 [28AP]
Corp. for Small Business Investment: establish (see H.R. 5019), 13525 [12JN]
Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 7892 [17AP]
Dept. of Defense: strengthen requirements for operational testing and evaluation of major acquisition programs (see H.R. 4682), 13269 [11JN]
Disaster Relief Act: establish cost sharing formulas for assistance (see H.R. 4934), 18670 [1AU]
Dog racing: prohibit use of live animals as visual lures (see H.R. 5402), 22738 [10SE]
Education Day U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 7367 [14AP]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 669), 22366 [9SE]
Employment: stimulate through rural enterprise zones (see H.R. 4913), 11948 [22MY]
Estate tax: repeal (see H.R. 93), 20744 [11AU]
Export Enhancement Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 5278), 18420 [31JY]
Farm Credit Act: competitive interest rates for farmers, ranchers, and cooperative borrowers (see H.R. 5497), 22737 [10SE]
Farm Credit System: assistance to borrowers of loans by institutions (see H.R. 4369), 4267 [11MR]
Farmers: stimulate savings to lower cost of money (see H.R. 4073), 2017 [6FE]
Farmers Home Administration: create secondary market for mortgages secured by farm real estate (see H.R. 4853), 17507 [23JY]
Federal aid programs: provide States incentive to encourage health care professional liability reform (see H.R. 3865), 9776 [7MY]
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, St. Paul, MN: designate as Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (see H.R. 5617), 27425 [30SE]
Federal employees: forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction of felony (see H.R. 3388), 10990 [15MY]
———garnishment of wages (see H.R. 128), 4703 [13MR]
Federal Housing Administration: permit to enter into commitments to guarantee mortgage-backed securities and insure loans (see H.R. 4593), 8412 [22AP]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 17054 [21JY]
GAO: audit Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and banks and their branches (see H.R. 70), 8212 [21AP]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 22147 [15AU]
Government contracts: prohibit high ranking Federal civilian officers from representing foreign principal for 10 years after leaving service (see H.R. 3733), 9145 [30AP]
Government National Mortgage Association: permit to enter into commitments to guarantee mortgage-backed securities and insure loans (see H.R. 4593), 8412 [22AP]
Grain: improve quality (see H.R. 4714), 13269 [11JN]
Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]
Guatemala: commending for leading toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 200), 2294 [19FE]
Haiti: supporting democratic aspirations of people (see H. Res. 379), 2293 [19FE]
Health: undertake research for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (see H.R. 5553), 28179 [2OC]
Holocaust: States should develop curriculum for instruction of schoolchildren (see H. Con. Res. 133), 8477 [23AP]
Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 14297 [18JN]
Imports: suspend on food and drink in countries affected by radioactive contamination (see H.J. Res. 622), 10216 [8MY]
Insurance: enhance ability of business, professionals, associations, State and local governments to obtain liability (see H.R. 4796), 12364 [4JN]
Insurance Availability Crisis Commission: establish (see H.R. 4524), 12364 [4JN]
International Astronomical Union: designate moons near planet Uranus for crew of Apollo I (see H. Con. Res. 277), 2017 [6FE]
IRS: regulations on substantiation of deductions for use of business vehicles, 8888 [29AP]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 553), 3853 [6MR]
Job Training Partnership Act: encourage delivery of services to dislocated farmers (see H.R. 5062), 14741 [19JN]
Let Freedom Ring Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 664), 15288 [24JN]
Libya: calling for expulsion from the U.N. (see H. Con. Res. 313), 6930 [9AP]
———express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 9146 [30AP]
Medicaid: quality assurance system for homecare services (see H.R. 5680), 30116 [9OC]
Medicare: hold States harmless against decrease in payment rates (see H.R. 4876), 18228 [30JY]
———quality assurance system for homecare services (see H.R. 5680), 30116 [9OC]
Meiman, Inna: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 14079 [17JN]
Meiman, Naum: Soviet Union should release and provide safe passage (see H. Con. Res. 317), 14079 [17JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 10524 [13MY]
Mines and mineral resources: assistance from multilateral banks (see H.R. 5537), 23669 [17SE]
Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]
———utilize Armed Forces along U.S. boundaries (see H.R. 5381), 21247 [13AU]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 13073 [10JN]
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 700), 25457 [23SE]
National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 25457 [23SE]
National Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 8412 [22AP]
National anthem: ``America the Beautiful'' (see H.R. 1052), 8888 [29AP]
National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 6931 [9AP]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 3107 [27FE]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 3649 [5MR]
National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 7892 [17AP]
National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 16327 [14JY]
National Ceramic Arts Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 26370 [25SE]
National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 22738 [10SE]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 8888 [29AP]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 18908 [4AU]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), 3854 [6MR]
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 24803 [19SE]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 26370 [25SE]
National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15605 [25JN]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 601 [28JA]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 6931 [9AP]
National Guard: employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian services (see H.R. 3968), 23670 [17SE]
———protection for technicians (see H.R. 3040), 23473 [16SE]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 704 [29JA]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 653), 22738 [10SE]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 23474 [16SE]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]
National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 657), 26370 [25SE]
National Infection Control Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 9465 [5MY]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 13526 [12JN]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 6932 [9AP]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 18670 [1AU]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 5566 [19MR]
National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 27426 [30SE]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 22367 [9SE]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 3108 [27FE]
National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 11949 [22MY]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), 9146 [30AP]
National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 3649 [5MR]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 483), 1357 [3FE]
National Teacher Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 3854 [6MR]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 642), 16505 [15JY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 12625 [5JN]
National Year of Friendship with Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 11948 [22MY]
Nicaragua: assistance for resistance forces (see H.R. 4108), 1502 [4FE]
NIH: transfer research monkeys to custody of Primarily Primates, Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 351), 17693 [24JY]
NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 23245 [12SE]
Nuclear Waste Policy Act: disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel in single repository (see H.R. 4664), 8410 [22AP]
OAS: implement 1979 resolution on democracy in Nicaragua (see H. Con. Res. 349), 12624 [5JN]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 3107 [27FE]
OMB: provide updated baseline and current service estimates for fiscal years 1987-91 (see H. Res. 442), 9145 [30AP]
Opportunities for Employment Preparation Act: enact (see H.R. 5064), 27117 [29SE]
Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 564), 20744 [11AU]
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: label commodities with name of country of origin (see H.R. 4950), 16747 [16JY]
Petroleum: incentives for domestic production of oil and gas (see H.R. 4553), 7125 [10AP]
Postal Service: rates for periodicals mailed to counties adjacent to county of publication (see H.R. 5350), 22737 [10SE]
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal incremental pricing requirements of the Natural Gas Policy Act (see H.R. 2185), 9553 [6MY]
POWs: veterans' benefits (see H.R. 864), 236 [22JA]
Railroads: enhance competition and ensure reasonable rates (see H.R. 4096), 1073 [30JA]
Rural enterprise zones: establish (see H.R. 5189), 18420 [31JY]
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 6930 [9AP]
SBA: authority to administer program for innovative firms (see H.R. 4260), 13770 [16JN]
———elevate Administrator to Cabinet status (see H.R. 2462), 14742 [19JN]
Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 6931 [9AP]
Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 6931 [9AP]
Sec. of Agriculture: exercise authority to accept bids from producers for diverting acreage in return for payments (see H. Con. Res. 360), 14742 [19JN]
———exercise authority to transfer sufficient funds for guaranteed loans (see H. Con. Res. 354), 13526 [12JN]
———guarantee pools of mortgage loans for issuance of securities (see H.R. 4984), 17507 [23JY]
———mandate advance recourse loans to producers of commodities (see H.R. 4610), 8888 [29AP]
Social Security: improve treatment of small rural hospitals and sole community (see H.R. 4788), 16967 [17JY]
———safeguard integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 4067), 12624 [5JN]
South Africa: prohibit loans and other investments (see H.R. 4868), 11624 [21MY]
Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]
———persecution of members of Ukrainian and public Helsinki monitoring groups (see H. Con. Res. 332), 24687 [18SE]
———seating of Ukrainian and Byelorussian in the U.N. (see H. Res. 383), 5309 [18MR]
———sense of Congress concerning nuclear disaster at Chernobyl (see H. Con. Res. 333), 10991 [15MY]
Spain: commend for commitment to democracy (see H.J. Res. 567), 5309 [18MR]
States: establish workfare program (see H.R. 471), 8888 [29AP]
Taxation: affirming intent of Congress to oppose increase (see H. Res. 573), 29387 [7OC]
———allow employers a targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 5209), 20744 [11AU]
———allow homeowners to deduct prepaid interest on principal residence (see H.R. 4849), 12364 [4JN]
———credit for amounts contributed to health care savings accounts (see H.R. 3505), 9553 [6MY]
———deductibility of contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H. Res. 488), 17318 [22JY]
———deny exemption deduction for child who lives temporarily after abortion (see H.R. 4041), 704 [29JA]
———extend period for filing claim for credit or refund (see H.R. 4617), 9146 [30AP]
———extend solar energy residential and business credits (see H.R. 4045), 601 [28JA]
———reform legislation shall not take effect before January 1, 1987 (see H.R. 4141), 2015 [6FE]
———restrict credit for dependent care services (see H.R. 4787), 14078 [17JN]
Telephones: availability of universal service in rural areas (see H. Con. Res. 308), 8888 [29AP]
VA: opposition to closing of Insurance Center, Fort Snelling, MN (see H. Res. 423), 7689 [16AP]
Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 4268 [11MR]
Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 704 [29JA]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 549), 10524 [13MY]
Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 30218 [10OC]
Letters
Heifer Project International, Marian M. Pladsen, Willmar (MN) West Central Tribune, 33608
Nicaragua's Jewish community: several Jewish leaders, 5579
Religious persecution in Nicaragua: by, and 21 Members of Congress with Bernard C. Law and John C. O'Connor, 9148 [30AP]
Press releases
Biggest gain in commercial dairy products use in more than 20 years: National Dairy Board, 16400
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: exclude from gross income, amounts received from certain sales of farm property (H.R. 4080), 1006
———Federal programs funding, 10935 [15MY]
———June Dairy Month anniversary, 16400
Arms sales: prohibit sale of certain missiles (H.J. Res. 589), 9723 [7MY]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: facilitate compliance with congressional intent (H. Res. 375), 1944 [6FE], 2588 [24FE]
Budget: deficit reduction proposals, 2588 [24FE]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (H.J. Res. 540), 5754 [20MR]
Chemical warfare: binary weapons development, 21192 [13AU]
Committees of the House: compliance with Gramm-Rudman, 1981, 1982 [6FE]
Congressional budget: setting forth for 1987-89 (H. Con. Res. 337), 10935 [15MY]
Cooperative Power Association: rural electric policy, 12510
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for procurement, research, development, and working capital (H.R. 4428), 21192 [13AU]
Developiong countries: debt crisis, 4361
Economic conditions: developing countries debt crisis, 4361
Export Enhancement Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5278), 18257 [31JY]
Foreign relations: Nicaragua, 2778
Government spending: reduce, 2588 [24FE]
Heifer Project International Organization, Kandiyohi County, MN: tribute, 33607
House: compliance of committees with Gramm-Rudman, 1981, 1982 [6FE]
———legislative program, 1982 [6FE]
Insurance industry: unavailability and unaffordability, 18242
Minnesota: state of rural U.S., 9361
Nicaragua: covert aid for military and paramilitary operations, 2778
———military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 540), 5754 [20MR]
———policy toward Jews, 5579
———U.S. policy, 5579
Product Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4766), 18242
Saudi Arabia: prohibiting sale of certain missiles (H.J. Res. 589), 9723 [7MY]
Taxation: exclude from gross income, amounts received from certain sales of farm property (H.R. 4080), 1006
———reforms, 9156
———value-added tax, 9003
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 702 [29JA], 1944 [6FE], 2677 [25FE], 4266 [11MR], 5562 [19MR], 5754 [20MR], 8885 [29AP], 9144 [30AP], 12362 [4JN], 16323 [14JY], 18226 [30JY], 18257 [31JY], 32328 [16OC]
Special order: granted, 2013 [6FE], 2494 [20FE], 2593 [24FE]
Reports
Central American Trip—Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El Salvador: Linda Westrom, 6796
Current Situation in Nicaragua: Gay Johnson, 2778
Resolutions by organizations
Death in the heartland: American Lutheran Church, 9361
Statements
Nicaraguan Anti-Semitism: Chris Gersten, National Jewish Coalition, 5766
———Fred S. Luft, Jewish Nicaraguan Community in Exile, 5767
Tributes
Weaver, Representative, 2588 [24FE]