1977 SUBJECT INDEX


ECONOMY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Agribusiness: accrual method of accounting, 12769-12772

Agricultural products: exempt certain disaster payments from payment limitations (H.R. 9090), 34870, 34872

Agriculture: exempt certain corporations from accrual method of accounting (see S. 1227), 10482

Agriculture and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7558), 21461

Appropriations: making supplemental for (H.R. 4877), 10114, 10115, 10123, 10124

Conferee on H.R. 5885, construction or repair of certain public works over rivers and harbors, 20863

Congressional Budget Process, James L. Rowe, Jr., Washington Post, 16312

Corporations: exemption from accrual method of accounting for certain (see S. 1227), 10482

Department of Transportation and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7557), 20560

Disaster relief: emergency supplemental appropriations (H. J. Res. 269), 7336

Disasters: agricultural payments, 34870

District of Columbia: appropriations (H.R. 9005), 32318-32321, 32323, 32324

Drought: resolution (S. Res. 111) for consideration of S. 925, temporary authority to facilitate emergency actions, 7584

Economic stimulus appropriations: making for fiscal year ending September 30, 1977 (H.R. 4876), 13092

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act: 1 year extension (H.R. 4800), 9673, 9675

Employment: provisions of S. 427, additional appropriations for youth programs, 6917, 6921

Farmers: provide price and income protection, amend bill (S275), 16293, 16307

Farmers: provide price and income protection (S. 275; H.R. 717l), 25111

Farmers: provide price and income protection (S. 275), 16075, 16289, 16290, 16293, 16295, 16296, 16298-16300, 16307-16313

Fishing industry: provide incentive loans (see S. 384), 6351

Food and Agriculture Act (S. 275): increase of agriculture function 350 level, 28178-28186, 28188, 28192

Franchisors/franchisees: protect against overreaching, unjust enrichment, and unjustifiable termination (see S. 2135), 30653

Imported oil: increase use of U.S.-flag vessels (S 682), 16836-16841

In Deep of Winter the Work Goes On, Jim Saunders, Portland (Maine) Express, 6369

Letter: Budgetary effect of Food and Agriculture Act: CBO Director Rivlin, 16295

Letter: Farm income stabilization, Senator Talmadge, 16312

Letter: SBA disaster loan program, by, 32320

Letter: Budgetary effect of Food and Agriculture Act: Secretary Bergland, 16294

Letter: Budgetary effect of Food and Agriculture Act: exchange with Senator Talmadge, 16293, 16294

Letter: Wheat and feed grain loan levels, John C. White for USDA, 20440

Letter: Mississippi River's Locks and Dam 26, by, 20068

Letter: Impoundment of funds, sundry Senators, 7165

Letter: Exempt disaster crop payments from payment limitations, by, 34872

List: Water pollution programs offered by Senate in conference on H.R. 11, 12829

Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act: enact (H.R. 11), conference report, 12828

Maritime Administration: appropriations (S. 1019), 16384

Maritime Administration: amend appropriations (S. 1019), 16383

Memorandum: Wheat and Feed Grain Loan Levels, John Giles and Dan Twomey, 20441

NASA: 1978 appropriations for research and development (H.R. 4088), 14677

Ports and Waterways Safety Act: amend (S. 682), 16836-16841

Ports and Waterways Safety Act: amend (S. 682), 16835

Public works employment: additional appropriations amend bill to enact (S. 427), 7126

Public works employment: additional appropriations (S. 427), 7121, 7122, 7130, 7164, 7169

Public works: construction and repair of certain, over rivers and harbors for navigation and flood control purposes, amend bill to enact (S. 1529; H.R. 5885), 20065, 20085, 20412

Public works employment: resolution (S. Res. 106) for consideration of S. 427, additional appropriations, 6917, 6918, 6921

Public works employment: additional appropriations (S. 427), 7121, 7122, 7130, 7164, 7169

Regional Fishery Management Council: expedite filling of vacancy (see S. 1263), 10613

Report: Temporary Authority To Facilitate Emergency Actions for Drought (S. 925), Committee on the Budget, 7584

Report: Construction Grant Funds Reallotment (excerpt), Committee on Environment and Public Works, 7165

SBA disaster loan fund: additional capital, 32318-32321, 32323, 32324

Small Business Investment Act: extend and increase loan and surety bond guarantee authorities (S. 1442), 15558

State maritime academies: increase student cadet subsidy, 16384

Surface mining operations: Federal/State cooperation in regulating (S. 7), 15702

Table: Public works projects allocation, by States, 7166

Table: Agriculture and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 7558), 21462

Table: Youth employment programs (selected data), 6919, 6920

Table: Congressional budget authority and outlays for 1977, 10124

Water projects: President's impoundment of funds, 7121, 7130

Wheat and feed grains: increase loan levels for 1977 crops (S. Res. 193), 20440

Youth: community improvement projects (S. 427), 7121, 7122, 7130, 7164, 7169

Youths; community improvement projects, amend bill to enact (S. 427), 7126


ENERGY

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress



Appropriations: making supplemental for (H.R. 4877), 10114, 10115, 10123, 10124

Committee on Governmental Affairs: hearings on preparedness for the upcoming winter, 32957

Conferee on S. 82, to establish a Department of Energy, 18146

Department of Energy: establish (S. 826), 15313, 15314

Dickey-Lincoln School Hydroelectric Project: by, 34642

Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric project: EPA's Kennebec River pumped storage alternative, 39314

Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric project: public comment phase of review, 34636

Dickey-Lincoln School Hydroelectric Project: Senator Hathaway, 35597

Electric powerplants; coal burning capability (S. 977), 28244, 28254

Emergency Natural Gas Act of 1977: extend (see S.2355), 39248

Energy Production and Conservation Act, by, 36085

Energy Production and Conservation Tax Incentive Act, by, 34899

Energy conservation: Federal action to encourage efficiency (S. 2114), 32684-32686

Energy emergencies: preparation for this winter, 32957

Energy funding (function 300): ceiling, 28254

Energy Conservation Month: designating (see S.J.Res. 13), 1941

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class, William Tucker, Harper's magazine, 39314-39323

ERDA: appropriations for nonnuclear programs (S. 1340), 18731

Federal Energy Administration: winter energy emergency plan, 32957

Insulation: tax credit for expenses related to residential, 12775

Interview: Dickey-Lincoln School hydroelectric project, with Richard Hill (Maine Public Broadcasting Network), 34637

Kennebec River, Maine: EPA's Caratunk pumped storage alternative, 39314

Letter: Community Services Administration funds (sundry), 10115-10120

Letter: Amendments to natural gas deregulation bill, Senator Stevens, 31923

List: Community Services Administration's division of funds among States, 10114, 10115

Long-term energy policy: development, 32957

Maine Covered With Tall Solar Energy Collectors Lester A. DeCoster, Bangor (Maine) News, 18447

Maine: Dickey-Lincoln School hydroelectric project, 34636

Nashville, Tenn.: hearing on status of Federal and State preparedness for winter 1977-78, 33379

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), Robert C. Byrd point of order on dilatory amendments, 31916, 31917, 31923

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), 31591, 31592, 31859, 31862, 31867-31869, 31916, 32301, 32302

Natural Gas and Petroleum Conservation and Coal Utilization Policy Act: enact (S. 977), 28244, 28254

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), keyed amendment inquiry, 31591

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), dilatory amendments, 31859

Natural gas: deregulation (S. 210-4), 31591, 31592, 31859, 31862, 31867-31869, 31916, 32301, 32302

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), debate procedure, 31923, 31929

Natural Gas and Petroleum Conservation and Coal Utilization Policy Act: amend bill to enact (S. 977), 28243, 28244

Oil Tanker Incidents, by, 1284

Older persons: lower utility rates, 32683

Outer Continental Shelf: policy for management of oil and natural gas, amend bill (S. 9), 23262

Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act: amend bill to enact (S. 2114), 32682

Public works for water and power development and energy research: appropriations (H.R. 7553), 21856

Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act: enact (S. 2114), 32684-32686

Resolutions by organizations: Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric power project, Maine AFL-CIO, 35594

Solar energy: GSA procurement of devices for Federal buildings (see S. 672), 4169

Solar enegy: prohibit State and local construction which interferes with sunlight (see S. 985), 7293

Special Crisis Intervention Program, by, 36191

Supplemental Appropriations, by, 36189

Survey: Fuel Bills and Fuel Cut-Offs of Winter, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, 10119

Table: Federal assistance for utility costs, by regions and States, 32684, 32685

Table: Congressional budget authority and outlays for 1977, 10124

Table: Fuel bills and cut-offs of winter according to States, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, 10120-10122

Table: Expected requests for additional budget authority in function 300 (energy funding), 28255

Telegram: Community Services Administration funds (sundry), 10115

Winter preparedness: Nashville hearing on Federal and State status, 33379


ENVIRONMENT, PARKS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILDLIFE

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Air quality nondegradation provision, by, 18155

American Motor Corp.: compliance in meeting emission standards, 18126

Analysis: 200-mile marine pollution control zone (S. 885, 886), 6078

Analysis: Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (S. 1952), 26699-26700

Analysis: Riegle-Griffin Rebuttal to Senator Muskie's Auto Emission Factsheet, 17774

Announcement: Maine Architecture Featured in Octagon Exhibit, 722

Appropriations: making supplemental for 1977 (H.R. conference report, 11868

Auto industry: rebuttal of Griffin/Riegle amendments on emission standards, 18029-18032

Auto emissions: presale testing proposal, 18502, 18503

Auto industry: emission standards, 16541, 18026-18038, 18126, 18185

Chemical Plants Leave Unexpected Legacy for Virginia Rivers, Luther J. Carter, Science magazine, 39172-39174

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 252; H.R. 6161), 18039, 18183, 18500

Clean Water Act Conference Report: Senator Gravel, 39212

Clean Air Act: amend (H.R. 6161), correction in enrollment, 26856

Clean Air Act's compliance penalty provision, with Senator Stafford, 26843, 26844

Clean Air Act: amend (H.R. 6161), conference report, 26824, 26841-26854, 26856

Clean Air Act Amendments, by, 36252

Clean Water Act: enact (H.R. 3199), conference report, 39170-39172, 39174-39191, 39195

Clean Water Act: enact (H.R. 3199), conference report, reconsider vote, 39219

Clean Water Act: dredge and fill permit program, 26697

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 252; H.R. 6161), 18014-18039, 18043, 18047, 18053-18056, 18059, 18061-18064, 18068, 18070, 18076, 18077, 18125-18134, 18146, 18146-18150, 18152-18154. 18157, 18159-18161, 18165, 18168, 18182, 18185, 18460-18465. 18468, 18472-18475, 18476-18480, 18495, 18496, 18498-18500, 18502, 18503, 18506-18509, 18513, 18514

Clean Water Act: industrial program, 26694

Clean Water Act (sundry excerpts), 26691, 26696

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 251-253), 1192

Clean Water Act: municipal program, 26690

Clean Air Act: amend (S.252; H.R. 6161), debate procedure, 18465

Clean Air Act: amend (see S. 251-253), 1155

Clean Water Act Conference Report: Senator Anderson, 39213

Clean Air Act: amend (S. 252; H.R. 6161), 18514

Clean Air Act: nondegradation provision (allegations and facts), 17590-17594

Clean Water Act: (H. Con. Res. 444) correct enrollment of H.R. 3199, 39221, 39222

Clean Air Act, Carl Bagge for National Coal Association (excerpt), 18020

Colloquies:Clean Air Act, with Senator Cannon, 18046

Committee on Public Works: notice of hearings, 3547

Conferee on S.1316, 36090

Conferee on H.R. 3199, Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, 26785

Conferee on H.R. 6161, Clean Air Act Amendment, 18627

Conferee on H.R. 5101, EPA appropriations, 31754

Court decision: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours vs. Train (EPA), 8274

Department of the Interior and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7636), 19672, 19673

Factsheets: Rebuttal to Senator Garn's Statement on Clean Air Act-No Good for Energy, 18165

Factsheets: Auto Emission Standards, 16542

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (S. 1952; H.R. 3199), 26690-26698, 26701, 26711, 26712, 26720, 26721, 26728, 26756, 26763, 26765-26768, 26770-26772, 26785

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (S. 1952; H.R. 3199), to table Bentsen amendment, 26729

Federal Water Pollution Control: construction grant funds (S. 57), 594

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (S. 1952; H.R. 3199), debate procedure, 26729

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (see S. 57, 1952), 477, 25397

Hubert H. Humphrey Federal Building: designate (see S. 2169), 32941

Japan: development of auto emission standards, 18028

Keep on Tracking, Doris Laber, Soil Conservation, 4333

Letter: Significant deterioration of air quality: Secretary Andrus, 18164

Letter: Clean Water Act enforcement strategy, Environmental Protection Agency, 39190

Letter: Auto emission standards: Secretary Adams and Administrators Costle and O'Leary, 18164

Letter: Auto emission standards: Tornio Kubo, for Mitsubishi Motors Corp., 18028

Letter: Clean Water Act Federal projects exemption, Senator Bumpers, 39188

Letter: Law of the Sea negotiations (sundry), by, 39186

Letter: Significant deterioration of air quality: Roger Strelow for EPA, 18153

Letter: Clean Water Act secondary treatment modification provision, Thomas C. Jorling for Letter: Environmental Protection Agency, 39179

Letter: Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, exchange with Senator Chafee, 39583

Letter: Significant deterioration of air quality: EPA Administrator Costle, 18162

Letter: Auto emission standards: President Carter, 18161

Letter: Homestake Mining Co.'s Pitch project: William M. Auberle for State of Colorado, 36257

Letter: Homestake Mining Co.'s Pitch project: Environmental Defense Fund, 36256

Letter: Clean Air Act, by, 1192

Letter: Clean Air Act nondegradation policy, by, 36253

Letter: Water pollution control program funds, 13 Senators, 7731

List: Issues considered in mark-up of Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (S. 1952), 26698

List: Witness on Clear Air Act Amendment hearings, 3547

List: Proposed amendments to the Clean Air Act, 36252

List: Water pollution: States which may run out of funds, 595

List: Ocean outfalls to territorial seas (California), 39180

List: Mandatory class I areas under 1973 Clean Air Act Amendments, 36255

Maine: tribute to Medomak Valley Students, Waldoboro, 4333

Maine: architectural heritage, 722

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: amend (H.R. 4297), 34585

Marine pollution control: 200-mile zone (S. 885, 886), 6077

Marine pollution control: 200-mile zone (see S. 885, 886), 6065

Memorandum: Changes to PSD and Emission Offset Requirements, EPA, 36254

Memorandum: Water Pollution Control Act Enforcement, Environmental Protection Agency, 39191

Memorandum: Clean Air Act Amendments Immediate Regulatory Changes, EPA, 36255

Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT); controversial use with gasoline, 18035

Muddying the Clean-Water Law, New York Times, 11868

National Environmental Policy Conference, by 20783-20785

National Mass Transportation Assistance Act: enact (S. 208), 20549

National Commission on Water Quality Report: How Will Congress Cope? Soil and Water Conservation (journal), 5752

National Commission on Water Quality: study, 5751

Oil pollution: establish legal regime governing liability for damages (see S. 121), 478

Pollution Control Act Amendments (S. 1952), 26700

Report: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 14149, 25397

Safe Drinking Water Act: requesting the House to return to the Senate the official papers on S. 1528 (see S. Res. 310), 35604

Sewage treatment: construction grants, 10123

Study: Clean Air Act-Implication of 18-Day (5%) PSD Variance Provision, EPA, 18162

Table: Water treatment facilities in operation (selected data), 26694

Table: Emission standards impact on price of automobiles, 18031

Table: Automobile fuel consumption (selected data), 18030

Table: Significant air quality deterioration (selected data), 18154

Table: Auto emission standards, from conference on Clean Air Act (H.R. 6161), 26847

Table: Department of the Interior appropriations (selected data on H.R. 7636), 19672

Table: Auto emission standards (selected data), 18035-18038

Text: S. 57, Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, 594

Water pollution: reduction of EPA construction grants, 11868

Water pollution control: Supreme Court decision in Du Pont de Nemours vs. Train, 8274

Water Pollution, Senator Culver, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies. Washington, D.C.,12011


NATIONAL SECURITY/FOREIGN AFFAIRS

1977 95th Congress, 1st Session


Bath-Built RO/RO Ships Delivered to States Steamship, Marine Engineering Log (publication), 3715

Bath Iron Works: tribute, 3715

Budget authority: rescission of certain, recommended by the President (H.R. 3839), 7582

College President Shares Unofficial Dialogues With Soviets, Richard M. Harley, Christian Science Monitor, 30443

Current Assessment of U.S.-Soviet Relations, George F. Kennan, 39323

Defense manpower: pay and compensation, 12207

Department of Defense: Navy build and charter program, 24023

Department of Defense: amend appropriations (H.R. 7933), 23514

Department of Defense: appropriations (H.R. 7933), 23512, 23513

Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7556), 20840, 20842, 20862

Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and related agencies: amend appropriations (H.R. 7556), 20839

Foreign relations appropriations: authorize (H.R. 6689), 19483

Hasidic Feat – Simple as Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Israel Shenker, New York Times, 39339

Indochinese refugees: lawful permanent resident status (see S. 694), 14979

International organizations: increase U.S. participation (H.R. 5262), 18941, 18997

International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act: amend bill to enact (S. 1160; H.R. 6884), 19279

Jews: presentation of Polish religious books to Philadelphia's Hasidic group, 39338

Letter: Abu Daoud release by French, by, 1287

Letter: Pardon of Vietnam-era draft evaders, Roger C. Corbin, 7384

Letter: International Labor Organization, by, 35568

Letter: Defense spending allocated to manpower costs, Richard J. Wallace, 12208

Long Beach, U.S.S.: conversion, 7582

Mexican Deputies: visit to Senate Chamber, 6679

Military procurement: 1978 appropriations (H.R, 5970), 14858, 14859, 15058

Military construction: appropriations (H.R. 7589), 21464

Military procurement: 1978 appropriations (H.R. 5970), conference report, 23052

Military installations: authorize certain construction (S. 1474), 14687

Military construction: amend appropriations (H.R. 7589), 21465

Navy: controversial build and charter program, 24023

Navy: Presidential recommendation over shipbuilding program, 7582

Nuclear explosions: test ban treaty (S. Res. 124), 8965

Nuclear explosions: test ban treaty (see S. Res. 124), 8964

Philadelphia, Pa.: transfer of religious books to Hasidic Jews, 39338

Piszek, Edward: tribute, 39338

Poland: historic transfer of Jewish religious books, 39338

Senate Chamber: visit by Members of Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, 6679

State maritime schools: increase cadet allowance, 20840

Table: Navy shipbuilding budget options, 14859

Table: International organizations-budget authority of H.R. 5262, 18997

Table: Relationship of military procurement authorizations (H.R. 5970) to national defense targets in first budget resolution, fiscal year 1978, 14858

Table: National defense appropriations (selected data), 23513

Table: Navy shipbuilding budget options, 14859

Text: Panama Canal treaties, 28306-28313

Text: Panama Canal treaties, 28306-28313

Third U.N. Conference of the Law of the Sea, 12159

Transfer of Polish Religious Books to Hasidic Jews, John Cardinal Krol, 39338

Warnke, Paul C.: nomination as ACDA Director, 6677, 6679, 6682-6683



HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAMS

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis: all-out effort to combat (see S. Con. Res. 26), 30421

Black lung benefits program: improve (S. 1538), 24264

Checklist: Income tax for Older Americans, Special Committee on Aging, 3559

Committee on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly: extension, 13539

Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: amend (H.R. 2992), 16553

Department of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7552), 19923

Department of Education: establish (see S. 991), 7363

Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7555), 21205, 21522

Education : financial assistance for impact of fuel costs on local schools (S. 701), 23999

Health Assistance Programs Extension Act: amend bill to enact (H.R. 4975), 13539

Health Assistance Programs Extension Act: enact (H.R. 4975), 13539

Ionizing radiation: protection from unnecessary medical exposure to (see S. 1695), 19151

Minimum wage: increase rate and provide for automatic adjustment (S. 1871), 32700, 32855, 32856

National Science Foundation: appropriations (S. 855), 13805

National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts: revise and extend summer food program (S. 1420, H.R. 1139), 21797, 21798

Older Americans: income tax checklist, 3559

Public Health Service Act: 1978 appropriations for biomedical research (H.R. 4975), 13539

Public Health Service Act: amend 1978 appropriations for biomedical research (H.R. 4975), 13539

Social Security Financing, by, 37197

Social security: coverage of rural health clinic services (see S. 709), 14979

Social security: financing reform (H.R. 9346), conference report, 39146

State maritime academies: increase subsistence payments to students (see S. 1241), 10482

Table: Department of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President appropriations (H.R. 7552), 19923

Table: National Science Foundation-1978 budget request and committee recommendations, 13805

Table: Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations (H.R. 7555), 21205

Table: Entitlements requiring appropriations action, 21522, 21523

Veterans: 3-year extension for use of benefits (S.457), 34397

Youth: provide employment and training opportunity (S. 1242; H.R. 6138), 16816


  

FEDERALISM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Bayh, Senator: tribute, 27529

Brief: Sunset Act of 1977 (S. 2), 502

Committee on Government Operations: notice of hearings, 696, 2791

Committee on Governmental Affairs: notice of hearings, 5709

Federal programs: disclosure of information to assist recipients (S. 904), 39157

Federal agencies: transmission of Presidential plans to reorganize (S. 626), 6151

Federal domestic programs: efficient and regular distribution of current information (S. 904), 14943

Federal Program Information Act: enact (S. 904), 39157

Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act: enact (see S. 431), 2130

Federal domestic assistance; efficient and regular distribution of current information (see S. 904), 6316

Goldwater, Senator: tribute, 27529

Government programs: review every 5 years (S. 2), 496

Government programs: new budget authority every 5 years (S. 2), re-referral to Committee on Rules and Administration, 23995

Intergovernmental Anti-Recession Assistance Act of 1977: proposed, 2774

Intergovernmental Anti-Recession Assistance Act of 1977: enact (see S. 531), 2752

Percy, Senator: cooperation in developing privacy legislation, 27529

Privacy Protection Study Commission: commending, 27528

Privacy Protection Study Commission: commending (see S. Res, 255), 27528

Privacy Protection Study Commission: submission of report, 27528

Public Works Employment Act of 1976: authorizing additional appropriations (see S. 531), 2752

Public Works Employment Act of 1976 authorizing additional appropriations, 2774

Recommendations: Privacy Protection Study Commission, 27529-27542

Ribicoff, Senator: tribute for contribution to privacy legislation, 27529

Spending Review Backed in Senate (sundry), 502-506

Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services (Committee on Governmental Affairs),8148

Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations (Committee on Governmental Affairs), 8148

Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services (Committee On Governmental Affairs), 8148

Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations; notice of hearing, 18434, 33379

Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations; notice of hearings, 9222, 14707

Sunset Act of 1977: enact (see S. 2), 475

Sunset: New Sunlight on Government, Trial magazine, by, 5249

Sunset Reform, Senator Roth, 506

Tax expenditures: provide for review of provisions (see S. 125), 478

Text: S. 2, Sunset Act of 1977, 497

Text: S. 531, Intergovernmental Anti-Recession Assistance Act of 1977, 2775



CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CIVIL LAW, CRIMINAL LAW

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Civil Rights Commission: resolution (S. Res. 178) for consideration of S. 1231, raise limitation on appropriations, 18741, 18742

Courts: additional appointment of district judges, amend bill (S.11), 6352

Federal judges: appoint additional (S. 11), 16092, 16094

Federal judges: additional appointment for district courts, amend bill (S. 11), 6352, 16092

Letter: Additional Federal district judges for Maine: by, 16092

Letter: Additional Federal district judges for Maine, Edward T. Guignoux, 16093

Maine: land claims for Indian tribes (see S. 842), 5642

Maine's Indian tribes: land claims (S. 842), 5698

Martin Luther King Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 9), 1156

Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe, Maine: land claims (see S. 842), 5642

Passamaquoddy-Penobscot Indian Tribes, Maine: land claims (S. 842), 5698

Penobscot Indian Tribe, Maine: land claims (see S. 842), 5642

What Are the Limits of the Law? George J. Mitchell, Jr., Bowdoin Alumnus (publication), 31975



MISCELLANEOUS

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Clark, Tom C.: eulogy, 19573

Eulogies: Lennartson, Nils A., by, 19915

Eulogies: Philip A. Hart (sundry), at Detroit Symphony memorial concert for late Senator, 10153-10155

Former Justice Clark Dies (sundry), 19573, 19574

Full Marriage Act of 1977, Herbert Stein, Wall Street Journal, 39345

Hale, Robert: eulogy, 709

Hart, Philip A.: memorial concert, 10153

Hart, Philip A.: eulogy, 4485

Humphrey, Senator: tribute, 26075

King, Martin L., Jr.: statue placed in Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 6), 12191

Kudos for Humphrey, Marquis Childs, Washington Post, 26076

Lennartson, Nils A.: eulogy, 19914

Lisagor, Peter: eulogy, 719

List: J. W. Middendorf, II's certificates of accomplishments, 4492

McClellan, Senator: eulogy, 39331

Middendorf, J. W., II: tribute, 4492

Mr. Justice, Bill Caldwell, Maine Telegram, 3046

National Ski Patrol System, Inc.: incorporate (see S. 1571), 15616

Nomination of Tyrone Brown, by, 37212

Obituary: Robert Hale Dies, Washington Post, 709

Paul Douglas: Gallant Warrior, G. Calvin Mackenzie, Bowdoin Alumnus (publication), 6737-6739

Phillip A. Hart, by, 4486

Randolph, Senator: tribute, 39423

Senator Randolph Will Go Again, Wheeling (W.Va.) News-Register, 39423

State of the State, James B. Longley, Maine State Legislature, 5738-5740

Tribute: To Edmund Urbanski, J. David Suarez-Torres, 4323

Urbanski, Edmund: tribute, 4323

Williamson, Robert B.: eulogy, 3046

Woodworth, Laurence N.: eulogy, 39327



POLITICAL, CAMPAIGN REFORM

1977 95th Congress, 1st Session


Broadcast: Congress and the Media, Joseph McCaffrey, Radio WMAL, Washington, D.C., 25853

Letter: Election credentials, Maine Governor Longley, 6

Lobbying activities: public disclosure (see S. 2026), 27456

Public Officials Integrity Act: authorizing additional expenditures for (see S. Res. 211), 21529

Public Officials Integrity Act: enact (see S. 555), 2952, 14979

Regulatory agencies: reorganization (see S. 555), 2952

Senate elections: budget waiver resolution (S. Res. 206) for consideration of S. 926, public financing of, 24646, 24647



SENATE RULES, PROCEDURES, ASSIGNMENTS, HOUSEKEEPING

1977 95th Congress, 1st Session


"Compendium of Materials on Zero-Based Budgeting in the States": printing as Senate document (see S. Res. 192), 18637

Acting President pro tempore, 12343

Committee, 458

Committee on Governmental Affairs, 4379

Committee on Aging (Special), 4379

Committee on the Budget, 4379

Committee on Environment and Public Works, 4379

Conferee, 5180, 7175, 10600

Congressional Ethics May Have a Hollow Core, Charles Bartlett, Washington Star, 8580

Ethics Reform, Brunswick (Maine) Times Record, 8579

Few Senators Lose Money in Office, T. R. Reid, Washington Post, 8335

Legislative branch: appropriations (H.R. 7932), 23528

Letter: Printing of "Compendium of Materials on Zero Based Budgeting in the States", by, 20814

Letter: Amendments to natural gas deregulation bill, Senator Stevens, 31923

List: Selected world renowned persons, talent agency brochure, 8163

Members of Congress: pay adjustment process, 4327

Memorials of legislature Maine, 14717

Most Expensive Loophole, Wall Street Journal, 8594

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), 31591, 31592, 31859, 31862, 31867-31869, 31916, 32301, 32302

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), debate procedure, 31923, 31929

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), keyed amendment inquiry, 31591

Natural gas: deregulation (S. 2104), 31591, 31592, 31859, 31862, 31867-31869, 31916, 32301, 32302

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), Robert C. Byrd point of order on dilatory amendments, 31916, 31917, 31923

Natural gas: comprehensive policy (S. 2104), dilatory amendments, 31859

Newsletter: Senate committee reorganization, Senate Reorganization Telegraph, 2614-2631

Question of Ethics, Tom Braden, 8578

Report: Senate Code of Ethics (summary), Committee on Official Conduct (Special), 8598

Results: Outside income for Senators, Harris poll, 8578, 8579

Senate proceedings: radio and TV coverage (see S. Res. 153), 14544

Senate Ethics Debate — What Income To Limit, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, 8577

Senate: legislative program, 8357

Senate committee system: amend resolution (S. Res. 4) relative to reorganization, 2587, 2908

Senate Speech makers and Coupon-Clippers, New York Times, 8334

Senate: Code of official conduct (S. Res. 110), debate procedure, 8158-8160, 8356, 9771

Senate: Code of official conduct (S. Res. 110), 8046, 8157, 8158, 8160-8166, 8333-8336, 8339-8343, 8346-8349, 8355, 8356, 8576-8583, 8590, 8592-8595, 8598, 8599, 8836, 8837, 8844, 8977, 8978, 8991, 8992, 9787-9789

Senate: amend code of official conduct (S. Res. 110), 7962, 7964, 8046, 8158, 8264, 8355, 8593, 8776, 8977

Senate: privilege of the floor, 4757, 6053, 7127, 8046, 8333, 12796, 13310, 14654, 17829, 18014, 19248, 22227, 26293, 26420, 26841, 27990, 28456, 30400, 39165

Senate: Chair ruling that appeal from the decision of the Chair is dilatory, 31862, 31868- 31869

Senators on the Speaking Circuit, Washington Post, 8335

Tribute, 6063



BUDGET, TAXES, FISCAL POLICY

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Budget deficit: fiscal year 1978, 18011

Budget Reorganization Problems and Benefits, 2656

Budget: administration's hope for a balanced, 13479

College tuition: effect of tax credit, 28466

Committee on the Budget: report on proposed resolutions, 21267, 21269-21271

Committee on Rules and Administration: amend S. Res. 78 authorizing additional expenditures for (See S. Res. 211), 21529

Committee on the Budget: notice of hearings, 48, 2791, 22346

Committee on the Budget: additional expenditures (see S. Res. 159), 12982

Committee on the Budget: reassessment of status of third budget resolution, 11936

Conferee on H. Con. Res. budget revision, 28480

Conferee on S. Con. Res. 19, congressional budget for 1978, 13984

Congress Utilizing Its New Tools in Creating Budget, James L. Rowe, Washington Post, 6053

Congressional budget for 1978: resolution (S. Con. Res. 43) revising, passed instead, 28478

Congressional budget for 1978: resolution (S. Con. Res. 43) revising, 27989-27994, 28178, 28180-28186, 28188, 28191, 28192, 28446, 28451-28456, 28458-28463, 28466, 28469-28471, 28473-28479

Congressional budget for 1978: resolution (H. Con. Res. 341) revising, conference requested, 28480

Congressional budget for 1978: resolution (S. Con. Res. 43) revising, unanimous-consent agreement, 27986

Congressional budget: revising (see S. Con. Res.43), 26882

Congressional budget: revision for fiscal year 1977 (see S. Con. Res.10), 4271

Congressional budget: resolution (S. Con. Res. 10) revising, 4757-4767, 4887, 4889-4891, 4893, 4894

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1978 (S. Con. Res. 19), conference report, 14654, 14673

Table: Congressional budget aggregates and functional categories, 1978, 14661 Congressional Budget for 1978 (S. Con. Res 19) committee of conference (joint), 14654

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1978 , amend (S.Con. Res. 19), 12982, 13310, 13589

Congressional budget: provisions of S. Con. Res. 10, revising, conference report, 6053-6055, 6059, 6062, 6063

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1978 (S. Con. Res. 19), debate procedure, 13549

Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 1977, Senator Bellmon, 4761

Congressional budget: setting forth for 1978 (S. Con. Res. 19), 13310-13315, 13319-13321, 13328, 13549, 13550, 13553, 13555-13559, 13561, 13565, 13568, 13571, 13573, 13574, 13576, 13578, 13579, 13581, 13586, 13589-13591, 13600

Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 1977: Senator Magnuson, 4762

First concurrent budget resolution; conferees reach agreement, 14321

Fiscal year 1978 budget, 18011

Income tax: rebate proposal, 10882

Lance Criticizes Banks for Prime Rate Jump, Washington Post, 18012

Legislation affecting congressional budget process: joint referral, 26709, 26710

Letter: Repeal limit on social security outside earnings, by, 13580, 13597

Letter: Budget procedure-report to committee (sundry exchanges with Senators Talmadge, Jackson and Robert Byrd), 21268-21271

Letter: Congressional budget for 1978, Senator Long, 14664

Letter: Tax credit for college tuition, Secretary Califano, 28466

List: Aid to families with dependent children (Curtis Duncan proposal in S. 1719), 28460

List: Legislative proposals affecting congressional budget process, 26709

Private foundations: reduce excise tax based on investment income of (see S. 2204), 33550

Recent Economic News, CBO Director Rivlin, 12425

Report: Committee on the Budget, 4169, 6923, 7292, 7538, 8763, 10144, 11048, 12964, 13059, 14263, 15207, 18425, 21187, 21529, 21759, 22188, 22747, 23065, 24506, 26351, 26857, 28544, 30202, 31944, 33070, 33242, 33550

Report: Congressional Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 10), Committee of Conference, 6056-6059

Senate budget scorekeeping reports for fiscal year 1978, 18442

Table: Carter budget compared to conference agreement on S. Con. Res. 19, 14667

Table: Congressional budget-fiscal year 1977-summary (sundry), 4758, 4759

Table: First concurrent resolution on the budget as passed by Senate (fiscal year 1978), 13590

Table: Budget summary for fiscal year 1978, 28180

Table: Congressional budget for 1978 (summary), 27991

Table: Tax rebate and simplification — budget situation, 11729

Table: Revenue effects of 1975-76 tax reductions, 4890

Table: Explanation of $50 billion increase in outlays between 1977 and 1978, 13549

Table: Budget assumptions regarding social security and welfare programs, 28479

Table: Average annual employment growth, by States, 11731, 11732

Table: Economic assumptions (1977-78), 13313

Table: Unified budget receipts – outlays and surplus or deficits, 1958-78, 10884

Table: Congressional budget resolution (selected data), 6056

Tax rebate: withdrawal of Presidential support, 11063-11066

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act: consideration of administration-amended legislation (H.R.3477), 11063-11066

Tax rate reduction: feedback effects of the increased incentives on the tax base, 30684, 30685

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act: resolution (S. Res. 126) for consideration of H.R. 3477, 11253, 11254, 11256

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act: amend bill to enact (H.R. 3477), 12006, 12741, 12764, 12938, 12944

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act: enact (H.R. 3477), conference report, 14867, 14870-14872

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act: enact (H.R. 3477), 11729-11732, 11737-11740, 12424-12427, 12769-12772, 12775, 12781, 12808, 12939-12944

Tax cut: increase of deficit, 28451-28455, 28459-28462

Tax Rebate, by (sundry), 11063, 11254, 11255

Tax Reduction and Simplification Act: enact (H.R. 3477), debate procedure, 12823

Testimony: Third Budget Resolution — Reassessment of Economic Situation with Messrs. Ooms and Haggart, 11936-11938

Unemployment: assistance to States with high rate of, 12781

Who Wants To Spend Your Money? President Carter and the Honeymooners, John Drake and Svend Petersen, National Review, 13424-13427


TRADE, EXPORT SUBSIDIES, TARIFFS

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Customs: reduce paperwork involved in entry process for travelers and goods (see S. 1405), 19162

Trade Negotiations on Shoes, William Scanlon, Leather & Shoes, 39340


HOUSING, URBAN RENEWAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1977 1st Session, 95th Congress


Agriculture: rural housing loans (see S. 605), 3506

Allotment of funds for FmHA program, Maine Legislature, 14717

Department of Housing and Urban Development, and independent agencies: appropriations (H.R. 7554), 20826

Department of Housing and Urban Development: reorganization (see S. Res. 302), 34950

Federal riot reinsurance and crime insurance programs: extend (S. 1070), 10178

Housing and Community Development Act: amend (S. 1523; H.R. 6655), 17833-17837, 17839-17943

Housing and community development: funding, 13558

Housing: supplemental authorization for low income families (S. 1070), 10178

Housing and Community Development Act: amend (S. 1523; H.R. 6655), 17572, 17623, 17833

Housing and Community Development Act: true budget impact of long-term Federal obligations, 17572

Housing: rural loans (see S. 605), 3506

Letter: HUD's subsidized housing programs-budget process: Secretary Harris, 17573

Letter: HUD's subsidized housing programs-budget process: OMB Director Lance, 17573

Rent-a-Ship Concept, Shipyard Weekly, 17834

Table: Department of Housing and Urban Development appropriations (H.R. 7554), 20827

Table: Federal programs-schedule of accounts that appear to record full extent of commitment, GAO, 17839, 17840