A concurrent resolution calling upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to end the current repressive policies of forced labor and expressing the sense of Congress that the exploitation of workers in forced labor camps by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is morally reprehensible.
1983-11-18: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for a uniform symbol of identification, specifically the International Symbol of Access, to be used either on special license plates or on dashboard placards of vehicles carrying handicapped persons desiring the use of special parking privileges, and that all States be encouraged to honor this uniform symbol and grant reciprocity between the several States to those persons displaying this symbol and properly using the parking spaces reserved for handicapped persons.
1983-07-21: Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the provisions contained in section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relating to the adjustment of income tax brackets to prevent inflation-caused tax increases should not be repealed and the effective date of such provisions should not be postponed.
1983-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A concurrent resolution urging the President to provide as expeditiously as possible for the burial of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam era at Arlington National Cemetery as directed by the National Cemeteries Act of 1973.
1983-03-16: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the legal minimum age for drinking and purchasing alcohol.
1984-06-26: For Further Action See H.R.4616.
Philippines Sugar Quota Act of 1986
1986-09-12: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to name a certain Veterans' Administration extended care center in Queens, New York, as the "Joseph P. Addabbo Veterans' Administration Extended Care Center at St. Albans".
1986-08-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to strengthen the payment limitation provisions with respect to annual farm programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949.
1986-08-18: Referred to Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains.
A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to prevent the rejection of contracts, whether executory or not, that provide hospitalization and health benefits to current or former employees of the debtor.
1986-08-11: Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the treatment of travel expenses in the case of construction workers.
1985-05-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ten Percent Flat Tax Rate Act
1985-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide the penalty of death for certain crimes relating to aircraft, and for other purposes.
1986-07-24: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to grant local governments the discretion to assign mailing addresses to sites within their jurisdiction.
1986-03-04: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From US Postal Service.
A bill to correct certain inequities by providing Federal civil service credit for retirement purposes and for the purpose of computing length of service to determine entitlement to leave, compensation, life insurance, health benefits, severance pay, tenure, and status in the case of certain individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January 1, 1969.
1986-09-18: Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services. Hearings held.
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that not more than 50 days of unused sick leave may be taken into account in computing an annuity under the civil service retirement system.
1985-10-02: Executive Comment Requested from OMB, OPM.
Department of Defense Cost Savings Act of 1985
1985-04-04: Referred to Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
Federal Health Care Cost Cutting Act of 1985
1985-04-15: Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
National Copper Policy Act of 1985
1985-08-01: Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 99-246 (Part I).
A bill to make permanent the formula for determining fees for the grazing of livestock on public lands.
1985-09-10: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from the overtime requirements of that Act employees of State and local public agencies and to clarify the application of that Act to volunteers.
1985-10-28: See H.R.3530.