F1: Correspondence, 1991, Labor
Topics include Davis-Bacon Act, illegal union involvement in election campaigns, National Endowment for Democracy grants to labor unions, Hatch Act, workers compensation, Job Training Partnership Act, Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
F2: Correspondence, 1991, Labor
Topics include OSHA expansion, model garment program (HR 623), appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, and multiple issue letters addressing Civil Rights Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and permanent replacement strikers.
Correspondents include Lynn Rambo-Jones and Don Green.
F3: Correspondence, 1991, Labor, ERISA
Topics include ERISA Preemption amendments (S. 794), company provided health benefits, HR 1602, punitive damages for wrongful denial of claims, and Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWA) (HR 2773).
Correspondents include Dave Renfro.
F4: Correspondence, 1991, Labor, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (HR 2)
F5-7: Correspondence, 1991, Labor, Permanent Striker Replacement (HR 5)
Topics include summary of Bush administration opposition to the bill, union-only amendment, and employees of American Airlines.
Correspondents include Lynn Martin, Robert A. Mosbacher, Samuel K. Skinner, James E. Henshaw, and Mark Snyder.
F8: Correspondence, 1991, Labor, Unemployment
Topics include Unemployment Insurance Reform Act (HR 1367 and HR 2839), unemployment tax, and unemployment benefits.
F9: Correspondence, 1991, Postal Service
Topics include postage increases, rates for non-profit organizations, postal appropriations, HR 2622, revenue foregone, Chief Financial Officers Act, and commission to review the procedures and management of the USPS (HJ Res. 194).
F10: Correspondence, 1991, Science and Technology
Topics include NASA, Office of Scientific Integrity misconduct investigations, and superconducting supercollider.
F11: Correspondence, 1991, Science and Technology, NASA Space Station Freedom
Topics include program funding and canceling the program.
F12: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes
Topics include IRS Actuarial Audit program for small defined benefit plans, state use tax on mail order purchases, tax increases, deduction for water and sewer fees (HR 1552), Form K-1 simplification, alternative minimum tax, disputes with the IRS, special occupations tax on alcohol (HR 3781), source tax, charitable gifts, Republican tax proposals, and federal budget.
Correspondents include Ed Long, Dan Rostenkowski, and Dan Webb.
F13: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Boat Use Fees
Topics include tax on boats used in waters in U.S. Coast Guard jurisdiction (HR 534).
F14: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Capital Gains
Topics include gains and losses on cooperative assets (HR 2361) and passive loss.
F15: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Employees
Topics include employer-paid legal services plans (HR 187), lump-sum distributions from profit sharing and pension plans (HR 2730), and FICA tax on restaurant tip income (HR 1472).
F16: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Excise and Luxury Tax
Topics include Boating Jobs Preservation Act (HR 951), automobiles, airplanes, jewelry, furs, and HR 2598.
F17: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Intangibles Amortization Clarification Act (HR 1456)
Topics include intangible assets, customer lists, and insurance expirations.
F18: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Super IRA (HR 1406)
Topics include Bentsen-Roth IRA.
F19: Correspondence, 1991, Taxes, Tax Fairness for Families Act (HR 1277)
Topics include increasing personal exemption to $3500 per child.
Correspondents include Frank R. Wolf.
F20: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation
Topics include Intermodal Carriers Competitiveness Act (HR 3221), moratorium on tariffs on the motor carrier industry, 65 mph speed limit, commercial activities on Interstate right-of-way (Section 306 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act), alternative transportation, bicycles, and drivers licensing.
F21: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Aviation
Topics include sale of Pan Am routes, rehiring striking air traffic controllers (HR 1240), pay differential for air traffic controllers, reliever hub in Oklahoma City, banning smoking in airports, and air safety.
Correspondents include Gilmer N. Capps.
F22: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Commercial Drivers License Requirement for Custom Harvesters (HR 1516)
F23: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Federal Bridge Replacement
Topics include subsidizing timber bridges (HR 2950) and resolutions from several Oklahoma county commissioner boards.
F24: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Helmet and Seatbelt Laws
Topics include Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (HR 2950), HR 1782, and Section 122.
F25: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Highways
Topics include Federal Aid Surface Transportation Act, Highway Construction Authorization Act, S. 965, Highway Trust Fund, Intermodal Surface Transportation Infrastructure Act (HR 2950), S. 1204, designating US 69 as part of the National Highway System, interchange of US 77 and I-35, and separating the Minority Business Enterprise and Women’s Business Enterprise programs.
Correspondents include Bobby G. Green, Bill Skeith, David Walters, Gene Stipe, Larry Adair, and Delmas Ford.
F26: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Railroads
Topics include restoring passenger rail service in Oklahoma, Amtrak, national railroad strike, railroad retirement, and Presidential Emergency Board.
F27: Correspondence, 1991, Transportation, Truck Size and Weight Limits
Topics include multiple-trailer trucks, long combination vehicles, freezing size and weight limits (HR 2515), and truck trains.
F28-29: Correspondence, 1991, Veterans
Topics include opening VA hospitals to non-veterans in rural areas (HR 2824), offset of retirement and disability benefits (HR 3164), offset of military and Social Security benefits, national cemetery in Oklahoma, awarding Purple Heart medals to all POWs held prior to April 25, 1962 (HR 2248), prisoners of war, soldiers missing in action, veterans benefits, Veterans Administration funding levels, disabled veterans, and granting a Medal of Honor to Col. James Thompson.
Correspondents include Mark Snyder, Sean Voskuhl, and Jerry W. Hefner.
F30: Correspondence, 1991, Veterans, Medical Benefits
Topics include Blind Rehabilitation Program, prescription drug copayment, and cost of medication.
F31: Correspondence, 1991, Welfare
Topics include Childhood Hunger Relief Act (HR 1202).
Correspondents include Benjamin Demps Jr.
F32-33: Correspondence, 1991, General
Topics include “Partisan Gerrymandering: Harms and a New Solution,” a report by the Southwest Policy Institute.
Correspondents include Bob Hopkins, Jim Reese, James E. Henshaw, Guy Vander Jagt, Jerry Lewis, Bill Emerson, Dennis Hastert, Bill Archer, and John Kennedy.
F34: Correspondence, 1991, Multiple Issue Letters
F35: Correspondence, 1992, Mickey Edwards’s Form Letters
This folder contains form paragraphs and letters that Mickey Edwards used to respond to constituents on all topics.
F36: Correspondence, 1992, Aged
Topics include funding for Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center, retirement income, taxes, Green Thumb Inc., and health care.
F37: Correspondence, 1992, Aged, Older Americans Act (HR 2967)
Topics include nutrition and meals programs.
Correspondents include Robert Goldman.
F38: Correspondence, 1992, Aged, Social Security
Topics include entitlement caps, Social Security trust fund, cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), Social Security benefits, disability benefits, taxing Social Security income, and earnings limit.
F39: Correspondence, 1992, Aged, Social Security, Notch Years
Topics include reduced benefits for those born between 1917 and 1921.
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