Sen. Stennis, John C. [D-MS]

To provide full insurance coverage for retired Federal judges.

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To strike the language of the bill transferring funds to the Ak-Chin project

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To provide a reasonable bailout under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army to plan, design, engineer and construct the Sowashee Creek, Mississippi, project for flood control.

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To provide a reasonable bailout under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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To exempt UDAG assisted projects and manufacturing facilities from the small issue limitation on IDB's, and for other purposes.

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To provide for appropriate reimbursement to large rural hospitals that serve a significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients.

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To provide funds to the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, for educational programs about the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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To provide $20,000,000 for Marine Corps Reserve equipment.

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To change the venue for section 4 relating to the bailout provisions.

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To provide for the transfer to the government of the United States of the Mississippi Technology Transfer Center, and for other purposes.

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To establish a National Commission on Interest Rates.

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To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and recommend to the President at least four sites determined, using the results of the national site survey, to be suitable for site characterization for the selection of repositories.

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To provide that the Secretary of Defense shall take steps for further development of planning and research, and facilities for physical acoustics and related matters and shall develop facilities for advanced microelectronics design research and development including but not restricted to military components replacement and the Mapped Array Differential Equation Machine.

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To make clear the intent of $1.2 million designated to the Bureau of Mines for the establishment of a Marine Minerals Technology Center.

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A joint resolution to designate January 4, 1989, as "National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day".

United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988

Designates January 4, 1989, as National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day.

A resolution commending A. Blair Crownover for his service to the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1988

Extends the Senate's appreciation and gratitude to A. Blair Crownover for his service in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate.

A resolution commending Cornel H. Petrassevich for his service to the United States of America.

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1988

Declares that the Senate extends its appreciation and gratitude to Cornel H. Petrassevich for his service to the United States and to mankind. (Cornel Petrassevich, a medical doctor born in Bucharest, Romania, provided information gathering services to the U.S. Office of Strategic Services from 1944 to 1948 and later became a U.S. citizen.)

A joint resolution to designate December 7, 1988, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1988

Designates December 7, 1988, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

A resolution commending Robert C. Byrd for his exemplary service to the United States Senate, the Congress, and the people of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1988

Commends the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Majority Leader of the Senate, for his dedication to the ideals of representative democracy and for his outstanding service to the United States.

A joint resolution designating October 15, 1988, as "National Fire Fighters Day".

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1988

Designates October 15, 1988, as National Fire Fighters Day.

Delta Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1988

Delta Development Act - Establishes the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the economic needs and economic development of the Lower Mississippi Delta, defined to include areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Directs the Commission, among other things, to: (1) study the projected ten-year economic needs of the region; (2) review existing Federal, State, local, and private programs for business development and financing; (3) develop inventories of the region's business resources and natural resources; (4) study the role of small business in creating jobs in the region; and (5) make recommendations to the Congress regarding tax policies, business development programs, investment incentives, infrastructure development, and a number of other economic development issues. Requires the Commission to submit: (1) an interim report on its activities to specified congressional leadership, the President, and the Governors of the affected States, within nine months of its first meeting; and (2) its final report of required findings and recommendations to these same parties, within 18 months of the same meeting. Terminates the Commission 120 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes FY 1989 and 1990 appropriations.

A joint resolution to designate the week of June 18 through June 24, 1989 as "National Grasslands Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1988

Designates the week of June 18 through June 24, 1989, as National Grasslands Week.

A bill to amend the United States Institute of Peace Act to provide an authorization of appropriations for the Institute without regard to fiscal year limitations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1988

Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act to provide a permanent authorization of appropriations for the United States Institute of Peace. Repeals a provision prohibiting the use of Federal funds to pay for private fringe benefit programs.