F1: Correspondence, 1979, Environment
Topics include recreational fishing, Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II), Manassas National Battlefield Park, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Clean Air Act ( HR 1150), and Alaskan lands.
Correspondents include John V. Orr and George Nigh.
F2: Correspondence, 1979, Environment, Animal Welfare and Wildlife
Topics include steel jaw leg traps, Pribilof Islands refuge area, Alaskan seals, and predator control.
Correspondents include George B. Wint.
F3: Correspondence, 1979, Environment, Water and Lands
Topics include Great Plains Conservation Program, McGee Creek, and Lake Arcadia.
Correspondents include George Nigh, Ray Roberts, and Clifford L. Alexander Jr.
F4: Correspondence, 1979, Federal Government
Topics include Rosalynn Carter=s staff and budget in the White House, electoral college, and Washington DC firefighters' pensions.
F5: Correspondence, 1979, Federal Government, Civil Service Cost-of-Living Allowances (COLAs)
F6: Correspondence, 1979, Federal Government, Civil Service Pay
Topics include pay increase, pay interruptions, and pay cap.
F7-12: Correspondence, 1979, Federal Government, Combining Civil Service Retirement and Social Security
Topics include Rockefeller package, wage grade steps, pensions, Tinker Air Force Base employees, and cost of living.
F13: Correspondence, 1979, Federal Government, Regulation
Topics include Administrative Procedures Act, cost of compliance with federal regulations, bureaucracy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and state bar associations.
Correspondents include Bill Graves.
F14: Correspondence, 1979, Federal Government, Stansfield Turner
Topics include CIA director and Iran.
F15: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs
Topics include International Year of the Child, U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, sanctions against Rhodesia, Helms amendment, U.S. involvement in the United Nations (U.N.), and foreign aid.
Correspondents include Frank C. Carlucci.
F16: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs, Asia
Topics include Cambodia, Vietnam, boat people, Indo-Chinese refugees, Taiwan, Cambodian refugees, and Viet Cong.
Correspondents include Don Bailey and C. W. Bill Young.
F17-18: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs, Iran
Topics include Iranian student demonstrations in the U.S., harassment of Baha=i, American hostages, trade sanctions, Ayatollah Khomeini, U.S. embassy in Iran, freezing Iranian assets in U.S. banks, deporting Iranians in the U.S., and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
F19: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs, Panama Canal
Topics include Panama Canal area transfer, Panama involvement in Nicaragua, Panama Canal treaties, and Omar Torrijos.
F20: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs, Religious Persecution in Soviet Union
F21: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs, SALT II Treaty
Topics include Soviet Union and strategic weapons systems.
F22: Correspondence, 1979, Foreign Affairs, Soviet Troops in Cuba
Topics include Nicaragua and consideration of SALT II treaty.
F23-24: Correspondence, 1979, Health
Topics include water fluoridation, HCFA lab personnel standards, mental health care, Hospital Cost Containment Act (HR 5635), spinal cord regeneration research, and family planning.
Correspondents include George Nigh, L. E. Rader, and J. Frank James.
F25: Correspondence, 1979, Health, Nurse Training Act
Topics include HR 10468, S. 2416, and PL 94-63.
F26: Correspondence, 1979, Health, Vitamins and Supplements
Topics include FDA regulations on over-the-counter use.
F27: Correspondence, 1979, Housing
Topics include masonry standards, tax-exempt bonds for mortgage lending, HR 3712, and tax incentives for saving.
F28: Correspondence, 1979, Indians
Topics include Delaware Tribe and transfer of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) education programs to the Department of Education.
Correspondents include Tom Palmer.
F29: Correspondence, 1979, Judiciary
F30: Correspondence, 1979, Judiciary, Abortion
Topics include using federal funds to pay for abortions, Hyde amendment, pro-life, right-to-life, Human Life Amendment, and HJ Res. 300.
Correspondents include Oklahomans for Life.
F31: Correspondence, 1979, Judiciary, Children and Family
Topics include H Con. Res. 109.
F32: Correspondence, 1979, Judiciary, Crime
Topics include use of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds for incarcerated offenders.
F33: Correspondence, 1979, Judiciary, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Topics include ratification period extension.
F34: Correspondence, 1979, Judiciary, Gun Control
Topics include right to bear arms, gun confiscation (HR 40), and Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco (BATF).
F35: Correspondence, 1979, Labor
Topics include National Workers' Compensation Standards Act (S. 420), minimum wage increase (HR 117), Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, Fair Labor Standards Act (HR 5080), prohibiting federal contractors from reimbursing employee dues and expenses, and affirmative action.
F36: Correspondence, 1979, Labor, Davis-Bacon
Topics include wage requirements for residential housing rehabilitation (HR 3875), construction industry, and repeal of Davis-Bacon.
F37: Correspondence, 1979, Labor, ERISA (Employment Retirement Income Security Act)
Topics include church plan pension definition, ERISA Improvements Act (S. 209), cofiduciary responsibility, deduction for certain employee retirement savings and contributions, elimination of summary annual reports, special master and prototype plans.
F38: Correspondence, 1979, Labor, Mine Safety
Topics include Mine Safety and Health Act, training programs, H Con. Res. 22, and exemption for sand, gravel, and stone.
Correspondents include Ward Padgett.
F39: Correspondence, 1979, Labor, OSHA
Topics include overregulation and mine safety.
F40: Correspondence, 1979, Labor, Unions
Topics include covering state and local government employees under Federal Labor Relations Act (HR 777), right to work, and compulsory union membership.
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