SMITH, VIRGINIA (a Representative from Nebraska)
Amendments offered by, to
Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 32886 [19NO]
International Security and Development Cooperation Act: enact (H.R. 3100), 31684 [10NO]
NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Program Authorization Act: enact (S. 1667), 32684 [18NO]
Taxation: education savings accounts (S. 1662), 32964 [19NO]
Appointments
Committee on Appropriations (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 395, continuing appropriations, 35453 [14DE]
———H.R. 2700, making appropriations for energy and water development, 34772 [10DE]
Articles and editorials
Emerson Students Listen to Zellaha, 7316
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Abortion: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 59), 866 [7JA]
Agriculture: tax treatment of grain storage and similar structures for purposes of depreciation and investment tax credit (see H.R. 1465), 4918 [5MR]
Airlines: small community air service program (see H.R. 808), 2069 [28JA]
CCC: interest payments to certain persons (see H.R. 2914), 19136 [9JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: wheat program (see H. Con. Res. 147), 17102 [23JN]
English: amend Constitution to establish as official U.S. language (see H.J. Res. 60), 866 [7JA]
Ethanol: reduction of air pollution (see H. Con. Res. 31), 1836 [22JA]
Food Security Act: amend (see H.R. 1009), 2738 [4FE]
Government contractors: prevailing wages in affected areas (see H.R. 596), 1074 [8JA]
Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 597), 1074 [8JA]
Language and languages: amend Constitution to establish English as official (see H.J. Res. 60), 866 [7JA]
Members of Congress: salaries (see H.R. 434), 865 [7JA]
Motor vehicles: substantiation of business tax deduction (see H.R. 1525), 5258 [10MR]
National Institute for New Agricultural and Forestry Industrial Materials: establish (see H.R. 1197), 3902 [23FE]
Nebraska: modify construction, operation, and maintenance of O'Neill Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (see H.R. 1858), 7238 [30MR]
———operation of certain vehicles relative to weight (see H.R. 694), 1793 [21JA]
Power resources: express support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal policies (see H. Res. 43), 1075 [8JA]
Public schools: voluntary prayer (see H.J. Res. 61), 866 [7JA]
Public welfare: State's workfare program participation as requirement for eligibility (see H.R. 598), 1074 [8JA]
Synthetic fuel: repeal partial excise tax exemption (see H. Res. 53), 1794 [21JA]
Taxation: farmers, ranchers, and small business (see H.R. 809), 2069 [28JA]
———repeal partial excise tax exemption on synthetic fuel (see H. Res. 53), 1794 [21JA]
———substantiation of business deduction on motor vehicle (see H.R. 1525), 5258 [10MR]
Television: moratorium on encryption of satellite cable programming (see H.R. 1010), 2738 [4FE]
Trucking: operation of certain vehicles in Nebraska relative to weight (see H.R. 694), 1793 [21JA]
Veterans: presumption of service-connected disability for certain ex-POWs (see H.R. 1183), 3517 [19FE]
Zorinsky, Edward: condolences of House of Representatives (see H. Res. 115), 5259 [10MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: deny personal exemption for child living temporarily after (see H.R. 786), 2068 [28JA]
———Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 6284 [19MR]
———right to life (see H.R. 720), 1836 [22JA]
———tax-exempt status of certain organizations (see H.R. 719), 1836 [22JA]
Aeronautics: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 19055 [8JY]
AFDC: implement programs for self-sufficiency (see H.R. 1880), 7427 [31MR]
———State workfare program (see H.R. 916), 2394 [2FE]
Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (see H.R. 3069), 24353 [17SE]
Agriculture: corn market expansion and alcohol fuels (see H. Res. 74), 5865 [17MR]
———determination of protein content in wheat for purposes of price support activities (see H.R. 3159), 22797 [6AU]
———emergency compensation under feed grains programs (see H.R. 625), 9325 [22AP]
———qualified loans by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1310), 4160 [26FE]
———use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (see H.R. 2752), 17102 [23JN]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 12135 [12MY]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
Charitable organizations: encourage States to grant liability to certain volunteer workers (see H.R. 911), 12728 [18MY]
Commemorative events: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 2740 [4FE]
Communications: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 6966 [26MR]
Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 11004 [4MY]
Constitution: amend to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 1), 1795 [21JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: making supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 323), 17211 [24JN]
———redesignate as Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (see H.R. 2026), 8665 [9AP]
Dept. of Education: demonstration programs to assist students in education and career planning (see H.R. 2027), 8665 [9AP]
Diabetes: medicare coverage of therapeutic footwear (see H.R. 1325), 14260 [2JN]
EEC: meat inspection and certification directive (see H. Con. Res. 153), 18368 [30JN]
———U.S. countermeasures for proposed tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils (see H. Con. Res. 51), 3517 [19FE]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 22798 [6AU]
EPA: implementation of programs established to comply with Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 3489), 27929 [14OC]
Ethanol: increase use as motor fuel (see H.R. 2052), 8666 [9AP]
Farm Credit Banks: protect stock of borrowers in institutions of farm credit system (see H. Res. 137), 10839 [30AP]
Farm credit system: secondary market for agricultural mortgages (see H.R. 2435), 14579 [3JN]
Flight Service Station Operation Act: enact (see H.R. 2924), 20781 [22JY]
Food: encourage consumption of meat and meat products (see H. Res. 198), 19901 [15JY]
———labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148), 13827 [27MY]
Gambling: regulate parimutuel wagering to receive and share Government criminal identification records (see H.R. 2611), 23649 [9SE]
Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), 23934 [15SE]
Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 11720 [7MY]
Government procurement: interests on overdue payments (see H.R. 1663), 25749 [30SE]
Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 9323 [22AP]
History: commemoration of Northwest Ordinance (see H.J. Res. 181), 14059 [28MY]
Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 535), 1071 [8JA]
House of Representatives: require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 19056 [8JY]
Housing: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 4919 [5MR]
International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 19056 [8JY]
Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to rural areas, particularly to dislocated farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1853), 7238 [30MR]
Medicare: payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see H.R. 2474), 24891 [22SE]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 6211 [18MR]
———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 9324 [22AP]
Military bases: bipartisan commission on consolidation (see H.R. 1583), 12135 [12MY]
Motor bus lines: abandonment (see H.R. 934), 4161 [26FE]
National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562), 29737 [28OC]
National Day of Mourning for the Victims of the U.S.S. Stark: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 13433 [21MY]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 6286 [19MR]
National Housing Act: amend to provide the Sec. of HUD with permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 8388 [8AP]
National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 26401 [5OC]
National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 17211 [24JN]
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend relative to set-aside targets for rural areas (see H.R. 2029), 8665 [9AP]
Omaha, NE: designate Edward Zorinsky Federal Building (see H.R. 3838), 38251 [21DE]
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]
Petroleum: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 21379 [28JY]
Postal Service: procedural and appeal rights for certain personnel actions (see H.R. 348), 3518 [19FE]
Public lands: fees for grazing livestock (see H.R. 1899), 7727 [1AP]
Rural areas: economic development (see H.R. 2028), 8665 [9AP]
Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 8666 [9AP]
Senate: limit outside earned income (see H.R. 965), 2736 [4FE]
Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 9323 [22AP]
———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 2115), 9323 [22AP]
———improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]
———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 9323 [22AP]
———proportional benefits for month of death (see H.R. 551), 1837 [22JA]
———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (see H. Con. Res. 133), 27930 [14OC]
Soil Conservation Service: funding in budget (see H. Res. 68), 5260 [10MR]
Syndicated Television Music Copyright Act: enact (see H.R. 1195), 33063 [20NO]
Tax Reform Act: 1-year extension for individuals of the waiver of estimated tax penalties for underpayments (see H.R. 1441), 9082 [21AP]
Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 24135 [16SE]
———Conservation Reserve Program payments (see H.R. 1959), 10274 [28AP]
———deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 4919 [5MR]
———deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 10273 [28AP]
———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 23081 [7AU]
———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 11946 [11MY]
———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 21469 [29JY]
———repeal certain provisions which require certain entities to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 666), 21469 [29JY]
———status of organizations performing abortion (see H.R. 719), 1836 [22JA]
Telephone: restrict obscene and indecent communications (see H.R. 1786), 6774 [25MR]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 16776 [18JN]
———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]
Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 11720 [7MY]
———GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 28010 [15OC]
Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 3461 [18FE]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Mack, Stephen S., 11275
Letters
Extending cargo preference law to commercial purchases of U.S. goods and services made by cash transfer aid recipient countries: various U.S. agriculture interests, 32887 [19NO]
NOAA program authorization: by, 33020 [20NO]
———Dept. of Commerce, 33020 [20NO]
Remarks by, on
AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 35879 [16DE]
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), 23894 [15SE], 24594 [21SE], 26631 [6OC]
———credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), conference report, 36462
———Farm Credit System, 21790
———farm income, 36081 [17DE]
———farm programs, 9579 [23AP]
———U.S. sugar program, 31570 [10NO]
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), 25997, 26004 [1OC]
Airport and Airway Trust Fund: budget treatment, 26004 [1OC]
Alliance, NE: antidrug campaign, 7316
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 395), 34032, 34033, 34034 [3DE]
———making supplemental (H.R. 1827), 9520, 9579 [23AP]
———making supplemental (H.R. 1827), conference report, 17962 [29JN], 18280 [30JN]
Beatty, Henry C.: House prayer, 12329 [13MY]
CCC: funding, 17962 [29JN]
———interest payments to certain persons (H.R. 2914), 19100 [9JY]
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5191 [10MR]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2907), 19849
Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35027, 35045
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2700), 17184 [24JN]
Essential Air Service Program: reauthorizing, 25997 [1OC]
———reauthorizing (H.R. 808), 2197 [29JA]
Ethanol: use to reduce air pollution (H. Con. Res. 31), 16208 [16JN]
Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 32886 [19NO]
House of Representatives: prayer by Henry C. Beatty, 12329 [13MY]
Iran: U.S. trade embargo (H.R. 3391), 26618 [6OC]
Journal: question of approval, 13979 [28MY]
Landon, Alfred M.: commemorating birthday, 23604 [9SE]
Members of Congress: freeze salaries (H.R. 434), 1082
National Labor Relations Act: collective bargaining in building and construction industry (H.R. 281), 16510 [17JN]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, 24058 [16SE]
Nebraska: recycling campaign to keep State beautiful, 34668 [10DE]
NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Program Authorization Act: enact (S. 1667), 33019-33021 [20NO]
North Platte, NE: Clean City Committee's Keep America Beautiful Award, 34668 [10DE]
Occupational health and safety: notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 27870 [14OC]
Older Americans Act: appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), 14043 [28MY]
———appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), conference report, 32114 [17NO]
Peace Corps: programs (H.R. 3100), 32886 [19NO]
Power resources: support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal power policies (H. Res. 43), 1086
Quorum: call, 13979 [28MY]
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), 1688 [21JA]
———authorizing funds (H.R. 2), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 77), 6179 [18MR]
———repeal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit, 6179 [18MR]
———State authority over speed limit in rural portions of Interstate Highway System, 1688 [21JA]
Southeast Asia: negotiations to resolve fate of POW and MIA (H. Res. 231), 21323 [28JY]
Synthetic fuel: national alternative motor fuels policy (H.R. 3399), 35534 [14DE]
Tax Fairness for Farmers, Ranchers, and Small Business Act: enact (H.R. 809), 2031 [28JA]
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24088 [16SE]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10198 [28AP], 10506, 10559
University of Nebraska: football rivalry with University of Oklahoma, 33002 [20NO]
VA: opposition to budget reductions (H. Con. Res. 27), 4484 [3MR]
Veterans: GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5755 [17MR]
Zorinsky, Edward: condolences of House of Representatives (H. Res. 115), 5191 [10MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1068 [8JA], 1688 [21JA], 2031 [28JA], 2197 [29JA], 4484 [3MR], 5755 [17MR], 6179 [18MR], 7236 [30MR], 9520 [23AP], 10198 [28AP], 10559 [29AP], 11258 [5MY], 12329 [13MY], 14043 [28MY], 16208 [16JN], 16510 [17JN], 17962 [29JN], 18280 [30JN], 19100 [9JY], 24058, 24088 [16SE], 34668 [10DE], 35072 [11DE]
Tribute, 24054 [15SE]
Statements
Farm Credit System Reform: by, 21791 [30JY]
Testimonies
Committee on Agriculture: Agricultural Credit Legislative Proposals, D340 [12MY]
———Lower Des Plaines Tributaries Project, IA and Food Security Act Amendments, D255 [9AP]
———National Institute for New Agriculture and Forestry Industrial Materials Act (H.R. 1197), D890 [15DE]
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Research Program Funds for the Modification of Plants to Develop New Marketable Industrial and Commercial Products (S. 970), D890 [15DE]
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Secondary Market for Agricultural Loans, D669 [30SE]
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: President's Pay Recommendations, D47 [3FE]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Reauthorization of the Essential Air Service Program, D374 [21MY]
Committee on Rules: Authorizing Appropriations To Carry Out the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1467), D865 [9DE]
Committee on Small Business (House): Small Business Prompt Payment Act Amendments (H.R. 1663), D567 [30JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 115, House condolences for Edward Zorinsky, 5191 [10MR]
Tributes
Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 25744