CRANE, PHILIP M. (a Representative from Illinois)

Addresses

Foreign Investments: John R. Montgomery III, 8083 [3MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12925 [22JN], 18642 [3AU]

———H.R. 2461, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 20955 [20SE]

———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC]

———H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27977 [8NO]

Delegation to ceremonies commemorating the 200th anniversary of implementation of the Constitution, 7594 [27AP]

Foreign trade conferences or negotiations, 2610 [23FE]

Articles and editorials

Another Polish Joke? Robert H. Goldsborough, Washington Dateline (publication), 25313 [19OC]

Bank Dicks' Dirty Linen, James R. Adams, Wall Street Journal, 2773 [23FE]

Battle Over Health Care, Richard J. Ucci, New American (publication), 30052 [17NO]

Better Off Unemployed?, Roger Koopman, New American (publication), 28339 [9NO]

Contemporary Art Is Perverted Art, Frederick E. Hart, Washington (DC) Post, 20361 [13SE]

Down in Phoenix, Everything Is Chip-Shape—The Motorola Semiconductor Unit Gets Lots of Respect These Days, Larry Armstrong, 28962 [14NO]

Federal Agriculture Swamp, James Bovard, 30046 [17NO]

Fighting Illiteracy—Let's Not Slight ``School Literacy,'' Martha C. Brown, Chicago (IL) Tribune, 28342 [9NO]

Moscow Arms for Arms Control, Jay Kosminsky, Backgrounder (publication), 31776 [21NO]

Mote and Beam, Economist (british publication), 13979 [29JN]

New Smoot-Hawley Bares Its Teeth, Lindley H. Clark, Jr., Wall Street Journal, 9967 [18MY]

On Glass Houses and Japan-Bashing, Raymond Vernon, New York (NY) Times, 13971 [29JN]

On Track With the Deficit, Walter B. Wriston, Wall Street Journal, 5905 [10AP]

Reduce the Tax Rate on Capital Gains, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, 3997 [9MR]

Remember General Mihailovich, March 27, 1893—July 17, 1946, Milos Acin-Kosta, 5901 [10AP]

Repeal a Bad Health Bill, David R. Gergen, U.S. News and World Report, 23101 [3OC]

Review and Outlook—Lucas Assault, Wall Street Journal, 17113 [31JY]

Rival Japan Respects—Motorola's Secrets—Strong R&D, Built-In Quality, and Zealous Service, Lois Therrien, Business Week (magazine), 28959-28961 [14NO]

Roots of Our Educational Dilemma, George Roche, 28348 [9NO]

Taking on Japan—Why U.S. Business Wants Backup, 28961 [14NO]

Wrongheaded U.S. Trade Policy, Claude Barfield, 8860 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Afghanistan: prohibit trade (see H.R. 465), 210 [4JA]

Banks and banking: issuance of gold-backed bonds to accounts in federally insured, insolvent financial institutions (see H.R. 516), 266 [19JA]

Firearms: right to keep and bear arms (see H. Con. Res. 27), 212 [4JA]

Foreign trade: free trade area with Japan (see H.R. 1051), 2551 [22FE]

FRS: establish notes and other currencies redeemable in gold (see H.R. 843), 1685 [6FE]

GAO: audit the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 844), 1685 [6FE]

Government: prepare annual financial statements utilizing the accrual method of accounting (see H.R. 845), 1685 [6FE]

Holidays: observance on traditional dates (see H.R. 1050), 2551 [22FE]

Members of Congress: eligibility of spouses for Presidential appointments (see H.R. 456), 210 [4JA]

———limit terms of office (see H.J. Res. 69), 212 [4JA]

———use of franking privilege to disseminate copies of the Constitution (see H.R. 1149), 2899 [28FE]

Mihailovich, Draza: authorize monument in honor of World War II service (see H.J. Res. 156), 2900 [28FE]

Panama Canal: delay transfer of authority to Panama (see H. Con. Res. 127), 9651 [18MY]

———repeal act and abrogate treaties (see H. Con. Res. 47), 1747 [7FE]

Postal Service: privatization (see H.R. 1147), 2899 [28FE]

Social Security: optional coverage for employees of religious organizations (see H.R. 846), 1685 [6FE]

———prohibit State and local governments from taxing benefits (see H.R. 848), 1685 [6FE]

———return State and local taxes collected on benefits to appropriate trust fund (see H.R. 847), 1685 [6FE]

Tariff: aircraft generators (see H.R. 1894), 6454 [13AP]

———electrostatic copying machine parts (see H.R. 1683), 5513 [5AP]

———fluorescent yellow FGPN (see H.R. 1680), 5513 [5AP]

———fluorescent yellow R (see H.R. 1681), 5513 [5AP]

———glass bulbs (see H.R. 1749), 5894 [10AP]

Taxation: accumulated earnings tax application relative to the number of shareholders in the corporation (see H.R. 460), 210 [4JA]

———allow certain married individuals who file separate returns to be taxed as unmarried individuals (see H.R. 462), 210 [4JA]

———amend treatment of corporate, individual, and estate taxes (see H.R. 463), 210 [4JA]

———capital gains (see H.R. 461), 210 [4JA]

———deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 459), 210 [4JA]

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 266 [19JA]

———delay the implementation of nondiscrimination rules (see H.R. 1682), 5513 [5AP]

———encourage the extended family unit by increasing certain exemptions (see H.R. 517), 266 [19JA]

———exclude tips from gross income (see H.R. 464), 210 [4JA]

———exemptions for religious schools from the Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 458), 210 [4JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes and those on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 457), 210 [4JA]

U.N.: limit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 1148), 2899 [28FE]

U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Free Trade Zone: establish (see H.R. 1752), 5894 [10AP]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Zone: establish (see H.R. 1751), 5894 [10AP]

U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Zone: establish (see H.R. 1748), 5894 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: right to life (see H.R. 626), 10160 [24MY]

Agriculture: sugar and sugar trade balance among sources (see H.R. 1055), 2551 [22FE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 61, 62; H.J. Res. 110; H. Res. 297), 197 [4JA], 3102 [1MR], 30407 [20NO]

Armed Forces: retirement pay of members convicted of an offense (see H.R. 3595), 29606 [16NO]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 11604 [13JN]

Banks and banking: control export of capital relative to supporting terrorism and prohibit ownership of U.S. banks by Warsaw Pact countries (see H.R. 1475), 8711 [9MY]

———extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 3099 [1MR]

Budget: biennial cycle (see H.R. 786), 5274 [23MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 189, 268), 5172 [22MR], 8915 [11MY]

———expeditious consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals rescinding budget authority (see H.R. 962), 3101 [1MR]

———improve congressional process (see H.R. 755), 5085 [21MR]

———Presidential authority to reduce (see H.R. 3271), 24235 [12OC]

———use of current spending levels in preparation for each new fiscal year (see H.R. 1613), 5271 [23MR]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: improve operation (see H.R. 1233), 3242 [2MR]

Caribbean nations: promote economic growth and development (see H.R. 1240), 3242 [2MR]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 15437 [20JY]

Coins and coinage: minting $1 coins (see H.R. 1068), 8073 [3MY]

———modernize (see H.R. 505), 265 [19JA]

Committee on Intelligence (Select): amend House rules relative to access to classified information by members or employees (see H. Res. 269), 28018 [8NO]

Contracts: Federal construction and small business participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 2259), 8207 [4MY]

Crime and criminals: status of an individual's military retirement pay relative to the conviction of certain crimes (see H.R. 3604), 30035 [17NO]

Cuba: condemn civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 176), 16564 [27JY]

EEC: adoption of a restrictive broadcasting directive (see H. Res. 257), 22875 [3OC]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 2901 [28FE]

Employee stock ownership plans: tax-free interest on certain loans (see H.R. 3364), 22291 [28SE]

Federal employees: treatment of income for garnishment and legal processes (see H.R. 2418), 10162 [24MY]

———treatment of pay relative to garnishment (see H.R. 895), 8916 [11MY]

Federal Reserve Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 3512), 28595 [13NO]

Filson, Lawrence E.: gratitude for service House of Representatives (see H. Res. 97), 3100 [1MR]

Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]

Foreign relations: U.S. policy toward the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (see H. Con. Res. 233), 30034 [17NO]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 11604 [13JN]

Ghost Squadron of the Confederate Air Force: designate as U.S. Ambassador for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of World War II (see H.J. Res. 285), 24235 [12OC]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 145), 3693 [8MR]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 11243 [7JN]

Hong Kong: self-determination rights (see H. Con. Res. 187), 24657 [13OC]

———support democracy and human rights (see H. Con. Res. 79), 10870 [6JN]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to duties of Sergeant at Arms (see H. Res. 137), 7436 [25AP]

———amend rules on resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 32449 [2MR]

Hussey, Ward M.: gratitude for service House of Representatives (see H. Res. 97), 3100 [1MR]

Illinois: additional judgeship (see H.R. 3541), 27808 [7NO]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 1397 [2FE]

India: deny most favored nation trade status (see H.R. 1067), 8208 [4MY]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 9650 [18MY]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 18672 [3AU]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]

Japan: enforce semiconductor agreement and prevent unfair trade practices (see H. Res. 146), 9409 [16MY]

Labor: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2589), 11300 [8JN]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 14906 [17JY]

Medicare: delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 347 [24JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165), 19329 [4AU]

———restore provisions in effect before enactment (see H.R. 169), 10160 [24MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 60), 8846 [10MY]

———constitutional amendment relative to the terms of office of Senators and Representatives (see H.J. Res. 202), 4200 [15MR]

———disapprove pay increases (see H.J. Res. 88), 1398 [2FE]

Memorial Day: date observance (see H.R. 2360), 10869 [6JN]

Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 27808 [7NO]

National Arab American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 241), 25240 [19OC]

National Arbor Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 23), 11244 [7JN]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 25146 [18OC]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 11819 [14JN]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 25499 [23OC]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 22292 [28SE]

National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20775 [19SE]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 17335 [1AU]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 10869 [6JN]

Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act: enact (see H.R. 1317), 12181 [15JN]

Nuclear energy: deny tax deductions for loss on certain abandonments of powerplants (see H.R. 2654), 15762 [21JY]

Panama: recognition of government officials (see H. Con. Res. 219), 26876 [1NO]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 2073 [9FE]

POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 31245 [21NO]

Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169), 10160 [24MY]

REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 1232), 9408 [16MY]

Real property: application of passive loss limitation relative to tax deductions on rental properties (see H.R. 642), 12935 [22JN]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 4198 [15MR]

Romania: import ban (see H.R. 2765), 20403 [13SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 10158 [24MY]

———investment policies for trust fund (see H.R. 790), 1395 [2FE]

———repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 10160 [24MY]

Social Security Administration: independent status (see H.R. 791), 1395 [2FE]

Soviet Union: prohibit use of chemical warfare against Afghanistan resistance (see H. Con. Res. 109), 8208 [4MY]

Statehood: commemorate 100th anniversary of certain (see H.R. 1553), 18672 [3AU]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13847 [28JN]

Tariff: edible molasses (see H.R. 1925), 6455 [13AP]

———linear motion guides (see H.R. 2036), 8074 [3MY]

Taxation: allocation of interest expense of affiliated groups of certain financial institutions (see H.R. 2534), 12284 [19JN]

———allocation of research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 2573), 11242 [7JN]

———credit for amounts contributed to health care savings account (see H.R. 1080), 2552 [22FE]

———deduction for dividends paid by domestic corporations (see H.R. 1052), 11243 [7JN]

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747), 2554 [22FE]

———deductions for contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 70), 10443 [31MY]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 6806 [17AP]

———exceptions from rules on contributions of assistance (see H.R. 118), 3101 [1MR]

———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 10789 [5JN]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 12936 [22JN]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 4990 [20MR]

———sale of certain used automobiles (see H.R. 2041), 26589 [31OC]

———sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287), 4202 [15MR]

———tax-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts to purchase first principal residence (see H.R. 1406), 6332 [12AP]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 347 [24JA]

United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]

United Services Organization: commemorative coins (see H.R. 2761), 29605 [16NO]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 350), 15851 [24JY]

———proper display (see H.R. 1295), 4034 [13MR]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 304, 308), 14077 [11JY], 14695 [13JY]

Valladares, Armando: Presidential Medal of Freedom award (see H. Con. Res. 176), 16564 [27JY]

Veterans: receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 19557 [6SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 850), 7544 [26AP]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 21590 [26SE]

World War II: District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 19558 [6SE]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 13847 [28JN]

Commentaries

Panama Canal Treaties called null and void, by, 9443 [16MY]

Documents

Legal Problems With the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties, 7557 [26AP]

Factsheets

MFJ Restrictions Hurt U.S. Trade: by, 3034 [28FE]

Letters

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act: Abdul H. Yusuf, 7551 [26AP]

Nicaraguan freedom fighters: Adolfo Calero, 4142 [14MR]

Remarks by, on

Aeronautics: utilization of trust fund, 5908 [10AP]

Air Force: death of 15 members in helicopter crash in Arizona, 5119 [21MR]

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 12063 [15JN]

Battle of Kosovo: anniversary, 12190 [15JN]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22031 [27SE]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act: enact (H.R. 1233), 7551 [26AP]

Chicago Cubs (baseball team): tribute, 21765 [27SE]

China, Republic of: anniversary, 20422 [13SE]

Civil rights: employers test on nondiscrimination of benefit programs, 283 [19JA]

Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 165), 6866 [18AP]

Congress: bicentennial, 3417 [2MR]

Customs Service 200th Anniversary Year: designate (H.J. Res. 363), 15147 [19JY]

DAR: tribute to essay contest winners, 13655 [27JN]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2788), 20361 [13SE]

Education: social and economic impact of illiteracy, 28342 [9NO]

———tax credit for religious schools, 230 [4JA]

———U.S. system, 28348 [9NO]

EEC: adoption of a restrictive broadcasting directive (H. Res. 257), 25452 [23OC]

Executive departments: accounting methods, 1880 [7FE]

Filson, Lawrence E.: House of Representatives gratitude for service (H. Res. 97), 3087 [1MR]

Foreign trade: elimination of restrictive practices, 9967 [18MY]

———free trade area with Japan (H.R. 1051), 2573 [22FE]

———restrictions on telecommunications market, 3034 [28FE]

———U.S. restrictions, 8860 [10MY]

FRS: establish notes and other currencies redeemable in gold (H.R. 843), 1875 [7FE]

GAO: audit the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 844), 1877 [7FE]

Gold standard: commodity fixed with value, 1885 [7FE]

Government: ethics standards (H.R. 3660), 28843 [14NO], 29499 [16NO]

Greece: independence anniversary, 5055 [22MR]

Holidays: return to traditional observance dates, 2598 [22FE]

Hussey, Ward M.: House of Representatives gratitude for service (H. Res. 97), 3087 [1MR]

Hungary: extend nondiscriminatory treatment to products (H.R. 1594), 19698, 19702 [7SE]

———political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 25191 [19OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 29499 [16NO]

ITC: report on bilateral trade agreements with East Asian countries, 6357 [12AP]

Japan: enforce semiconductor agreement and prevent unfair trade practices (H. Res. 146), 10815, 10816, 10817 [6JN]

———U.S. trade policy, 13971 [29JN]

Lucas, William: nomination, 17113 [31JY]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 23101 [3OC]

Members of Congress: use of franking privilege to disseminate copies of the Constitution (H.R. 1149), 3549 [6MR], 7731 [2MY]

Mihailovich, Draza: authorize monument in honor of World War II service (H.J. Res. 156), 3039 [28FE], 5901 [10AP]

Minimum wage: increase, 28339 [9NO]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding of controversial projects, 20361 [13SE]

National Quality Month: designate (H.J. Res. 204), 20757 [19SE]

Nicaragua: compliance with the Arias peace plan, 4142 [14MR]

Panama Canal: repeal act and abrogate treaties (H. Con. Res. 47), 1865 [7FE], 7557 [26AP], 22066 [27SE]

———transfer of authority to Panama (H. Con. Res. 127), 9614 [18MY]

Pensions: trustee boards to consist of equal representation of employees and employers, 22031 [27SE]

Poland: political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 25191 [19OC]

Postal Service: privatization, 3048 [28FE]

Rowe, James N.: assassination (H. Con. Res. 121), 10037 [23MY]

Social Security: optional coverage for employees of religious organizations (H.R. 846), 1870 [7FE]

———taxing of benefits, 1883 [7FE]

Soviet Union: military buildup, 31775 [21NO]

Spirit of America: military pagent, 11264 [7JN]

Taxation: accumulated earnings, 228 [4JA]

———delay the implementation of nondiscrimination rules (H.R. 1682), 5633 [5AP]

———encourage the extended family unit by increasing certain exemptions (H.R. 517), 289 [19JA]

———flat rate tax system, 216 [4JA]

———rate for capital gains, 3997 [9MR]

———rate for capital gains (H.R. 461), 225 [4JA]

———regressive and inefficient excise taxes, 2218 [9FE]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation skipping taxes, 232 [4JA]

———treatment of tips (H.R. 464), 223 [4JA]

U.N.: U.S. participation, 3044 [28FE]

U.S. flag: treatment and display, 4001 [9MR]

U.S. Trade Representative, ITC, and the Customs Service: authorizing appropriations (S. 1164), 30373 [20NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 196 [4JA], 261 [19JA], 1744 [7FE], 2547 [22FE], 2880 [28FE], 3241 [2MR], 3498 [6MR], 3855 [9MR], 4110 [14MR], 5082 [21MR], 5169 [22MR], 5512 [5AP], 5893 [10AP], 6328 [12AP], 7542 [26AP], 8070 [3MY], 8843 [10MY], 9648 [18MY], 10048 [23MY], 11240 [7JN], 12179 [15JN], 12492 [20JN], 13958 [29JN], 17095 [31JY], 20402 [13SE], 20772 [19SE], 22067 [27SE], 22873 [3OC], 28334 [9NO], 28844 [14NO], 30031 [17NO]

Special order: granted, 8070 [3MY], 20646 [18SE], 26960 [2NO], 28844 [14NO]

Reports

Arias-Sanchez Peace Plan—A Broken Dream, 4142 [14MR]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 19327 [4AU]

Statements

Legal Problems With 1977 Panama Canal Treaties: by, 1865 [7FE]

Testimonies

Committee on Foreign Affairs: U.S. Policy Toward Panama, D478 [26JY]

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Strategic Importance of the Panama Canal, D724 [2NO]

Committee on Ways and Means: Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 1864), D237 [3MY]

———Revenue Issues, D700 [26OC]

Delay Implementation of Tax Rules on Certain Employer-Provided Benefits, 8411 [4MY]

Tributes

Chappell, Bill, Jr., 5888 [10AP]

Collins, James M., 17093 [31JY]

Mihailovich, Draza, 5901 [10AP]

Nichols, Bill, 3235 [2MR]

O'Hara, James G., 9384 [16MY]

Pepper, Claude, 12467 [20JN]