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