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Subject Index SUBJECT INDEX Al V'- Page Page A Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 1733 Abortion: Competitive Equality Banking Act of Continuing appropriations, fiscal year 1987 552 1988 1329 Continuing appropriations, fiscal year Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 1988 1329 Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1331 Dairy policy and conservation report 291 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. See Diseases. Farm Disaster Assistance Act of Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, 1987 318 amendments 1460-1464 Rural Crisis Recovery Program Act of Adjustments to Lawful Resident 1987 .' 1456 Status of Certain Nationals of Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Countries for Which Extended Assistance Act 482 Voluntary Departure Has Been Surface Transportation and Uniform Made Available 1329-43 Relocation Assistance Act of Adoption Assistance and Child 1987 132 Welfare Act of 1989, Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of amendments 1330-313 1987 728 Adult Education Act, amendments 524 Water Quality Act of 1987 7 Afghanistan, Foreign Relations Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, Authorization Act, Fiscal Years amendments 1740 1988 and 1989 1331 AIDS. See Diseases. Africa, Foreign Relations Air Pollution. See Pollution. Authorization Act, Fiscal Years Aircraft and Air Carriers: 1988 and 1989 1331 Airport and Airway Safety and Aged Persons: Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 1486 Housing and Community Alaska, nonpriority-mail flight Development Act of 1987 1815 schedules 1744 Older Americans Act Amendments of Continuing appropriations, fiscal year 1987 926 1988 1329 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 1987 1330 Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1331 Public Health Service Amendments of National Defense Authorization Act 1987 986 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless National Park System units, Assistance Act 482 overflights study , 674 Surface Transportation and Uniform Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 1330 1987 L 132 Agricultural Act of 1949, Reports and records offenses, penalty amendments...318-320, 325, 1329-357, revisions 792 1330-1—1330-11,1330-28 Supplemental Appropriations Act, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, 1987 =..391 amendments 1330-27 Surface Transportation and Uniform Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, Relocation Assistance Act of amendments 1330-7 1987 132 Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 1568 Airport and Airway Improvement Act Agricultural Reconciliation Act of of 1982, amendments...l487-1490, 1492- 1987 1330 1494,1497-1505, 1507 Agricultural Trade Development and Airport and Airway Revenue Act of Assistance Act of 1954, 1987 1532 amendments 1329-447—1329-449 Airport and Airway Safety and Agriculture, Rural Development, and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 1486 Related Agencies Appropriations Alabama: Act, 1987, amendments 321, 323 Continuing appropriations, fiscal year Agriculture and Agricultural 1988 1329 Commodities, General: De Soto National Trail Study Act of See also specific commodities; 1987 1287 Animals. Hugo L. Black United States Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Courthouse, designation 901 Act of 1987 1566 Land conveyance 383 NOTE: Part 1 contains pages 3-1018; Part 2 containspages 1019—1330-472; Part 3 contains pages 1331-2243. Each part contains entire Subject and Individual Indexes. m SUBJECT INDEX Page Page Alabama—Continued Foreign Relations Authorization Act, National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1331 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of- Robert E. (Bob) Jones, Jr. Highway, Living Adjustment Act of 1987 1552 designation 885 Alzheimer's Disease. See Diseases. Surface Transportation and Uniform "America The Way I See It", film Relocation Assistance Act of distribution 910 1987 132 American Samoa: Tom Bevill Lock and Dam, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of designation 1329 1987 1330 Tom Bevill Resource Management Stewart B. McKinney Homeless and Visitor Center at Aliceville Assistance Act 482 Lake on the Tennessee- Surface Transportation and Uniform Tombigbee Waterway, Relocation Assistance Act of designation 1329 1987 132 Alabama Indian Tribe, Ysleta del Sur Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, DC, Pueblo and Alabama and designation 746 Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Angola: Restoration Act 666 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Alaska: Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1331 Airport and Airway Safety and Supplemental Appropriations Act, Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 1486 1987 391 Competitive Equality Banking Act of Animals: 1987 552 El Malpais National Monument and Federal Employees' Retirement Conservation Area, NM, J, System, technical corrections... 265, establishment 1539 1744 Poultry Producers Financial Indian Law Technical Amendments of Protection Act of 1987 917 1987 886 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, National Defense Authorization Act amendments 438, 820 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Antigua, Foreign Relations Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Authorization Act, Fiscal Years Assistance Act 482 1988 and 1989 1331 Surface Transportation and Uniform Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 1406 Relocation Assistance Act of Appliances, National Appliance Energy 1987 132 Conservation Act of 1987 103 Alaska National Interest Lands Appropriation Acts: Conservation Act, amendments...1330- [Note: For amendments to previously 259,1806 enacted appropriation acts, see Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, specific titles.] - '- amendments 1788 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Commerce, Justice, and State Amendments of 1987 1788 Departments, and the Judiciary, Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982, and related agencies, 1988 1329-1 amendments 1766 Commerce Department, 1988 1329-1 Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages: Congressional operations, 1988 1329-290 National Defense Authorization Act Continuing, 1988.... 789,903,1310,1314,1329 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Defense Department, 1988 1329-44 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of District of Columbia, 1988 1329-90 1987 1330 Education Department, 1988 1329-275 Seminole Indian Land Claims Emergency Food and Shelter Settlement Act of 1987 1556 Program 92 Sentencing Act of 1987 1266 Energy and water development, Surface Transportation and Uniform 1988 1329-104 Relocation Assistance Act of Executive Office, 1988 1329-397 1987 132 Foreign operations, 1988 1329-131 Alfalfa, erodible land protection Health and Human Services, program 291 Department of, 1988 1329-263 Aliens: Homeless Supplemental, 1987 466 Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Housing and Urban Development, Anti-Reflagging Act of 1987 1778 Department of, 1988 1329-187 NOTE: Page references are to beginning pages of each law—with the exception of acts being amended, repealed, or established, which cite to pages where they actually appear. SUBJECT INDEX A3 Page Independent agencies, 1988...1329-187, Military Retirement Reform Act of 1329-401 1986, technical corrections 1536 Interior and related agencies, 1988...1329- National Defense Authorization Act 214 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Judiciary, 1988 1329-24 New GI Bill Continuation Act 331 Justice Department, 1988 1329-8 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of Labor, Health and Human Services, 1987 1330 and Education Departments, and Arms Control and Disarmament Act, related agencies, 1988 1329-256 Labor Department, 1988 1329-256 amendments 1444-1446 Legislative Branch, 1988 1329-1329-290 Arms Control and Disarmament Military construction, 1988 1329-311 Amendments Act of 1987 1444 Postal Service, 1988 1329-397 Arms Export Control Act, Rural development, agriculture, and amendments...409, 1144, 1329-88, 1329- related agencies, 1988 1329-322 170, 1329-181, 1429, 1431 State Department, 1988 1329-19 Arms and Munitions: Supplemental, 1987 391 Airport and Airway Safety and Transportation and related agencies, Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 1486 1988 1329-358 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Treasury Department, 1988 1329-391 Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1331 Treasury Department, Postal Service, National Defense Authorization Act and general government, 1988...1329- 391 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Aquifers. See Water. Supplemental Appropriations Act, Argentina, continuing appropriations, 1987 391 fiscal year 1988 1329 Art, Foreign Relations Authorization Arizona: Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1331 Aircraft overflights, study 674 Asbestos Abatement, financial Masau Trail, designation 1539 assistance for educational National Defense Authorization Act agencies 102 for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Asia. See specific countries. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of Asia Foundation Act, amendments 1383 1987 1330 Aubrey A. 'Tex' Gunnels Dormitory Payson school site, land conveyance 894 Complex, GA, designation 1329 Surface Transportation and Uniform Aviation: Relocation Assistance Act of See also Aircraft and Air Carriers. 1987 132 Insurance program, extension 878 Tucson wage area. Federal employees Reports and records offenses, penalty pay retention provisions 330 revisions 792 Water Quality Act of 1987 7 Arkansas: Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Airport and Airway Safety and Act of 1979, amendments 1523 Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 1486 Awards. See Decorations, Medals, De Soto National Trail Study Act of Awards. 1987 1287 National Defense Authorization Act B for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 1019 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of Baha'is, Foreign Relations 1987 1330 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1988 and 1989 1331 1987 391 Bahamas, Christopher Columbus Surface Transportation and Uniform
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