SHARP, PHILIP R. (a Representative from Indiana)
Analyses
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act amendments (H.R. 5520), 23120
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 987, Tongass Timber Reform Act, 22257 [3AU]
———H.R. 1465, Pollution Prevention, Response Liability, and Compensation Act, 1523 [7FE]
———H.R. 3030, clean air restoration and standards, 16158 [28JN]
———H.R. 4151, Human Services Reauthorization Act, 26011 [26SE]
———H.R. 4739, Dept. of Defense authorization of appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels, 27737 [5OC]
———H.R. 5835, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 31029 [18OC], 31154 [19OC]
———S. 2088, Energy Policy and Conservation Act amendments, 18472 [20JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Foreign investments: improve quality of data (see H.R. 4060, 4520), 2123 [21FE], 7337 [18AP]
Iraq: deny any windfall resulting from invasion of Kuwait (see H.R. 5580), 23923 [11SE]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: automotive fuel posting requirements (see H.R. 5520), 22528 [3AU]
Power resources: encourage solar, wind, and geothermal power production by removing the size limitations in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (see H.R. 4808), 10233 [14MY]
———establish national energy strategy (see H.R. 5521), 22528 [3AU]
———national energy strategy reflecting ecological concerns (see H.R. 5767), 26908 [1OC]
Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (see H.R. 5731), 26312 [27SE]
———short-term extension (see H.R. 4167), 3101 [1MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: price support program for peanuts (see H.R. 4845), 12249 [24MY]
Amtrak: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5075), 14704 [19JN]
Antarctic regions: encourage negotiations toward a new treaty (see H.J. Res. 418), 4461 [15MR]
Batteries: recycling and disposal of lead-acid and dry-cell batteries (see H.R. 2853), 19769 [26JY]
Budget: expedite consideration of Presidential proposals to rescind authority (see H.R. 3800), 8404 [26AP]
———modification of the deficit reduction agreement (see H. Con. Res. 379), 27668 [4OC]
Business: promote employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 4226), 9904 [9MY]
Census: enumeration of members of the Armed Forces assigned outside the U.S. (see H.R. 4903), 15040 [20JN]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 10679 [16MY]
Clean Air Act: amend to provide benefits to workers terminated as a consequence of revision of that act's standards (see H.R. 4460), 9271 [2MY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 11597 [22MY]
CPSC: reauthorize (see H.R. 4952), 12246 [24MY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 22088 [2AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 8304 [25AP]
Drug abuse: allow taxpayers to designate $1 of their income tax liability toward assisting antidrug programs (see H.R. 4264), 4376 [14MR]
Economic and Budgeting Commission: establish (see H.R. 5082), 17841 [17JY]
Education: promote writing (see H.R. 5127), 15337 [21JN]
Executive departments: uniform standards, rights, and measures of accountability for contracting of commercial activities (H.R. 4015) (see H.R. 4015), 1895 [20FE]
Federal employees: method for establishing pay raises for Members of Congress, the Judiciary, and senior Government officials (see H.R. 5416), 25524 [24SE]
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 4573 [20MR]
Foreign trade: establish a bipartisan task force on export development (see H.R. 3836), 6673 [4AP]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]
Health: establish certain administrative entities and programs regarding women's medical care (see H.R. 5290), 21676 [1AU]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 16689 [10JY]
Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7442 [19AP]
Israel: reopen universities in West Bank and Gaza (see H. Con. Res. 315), 13673 [12JN]
Japan: foreign trade actions (see H. Con. Res. 312), 8404 [26AP]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: appropriations (see H.J. Res. 455), 38 [23JA]
Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. citizens held in Iraq and Kuwait (see H.J. Res. 673), 33826 [24OC]
National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 6672 [4AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), 4276 [13MR]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 752 [30JA]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 3475 [6MR]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 16897 [11JY]
National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 30251 [17OC]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 24036 [12SE]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), 20939 [31JY]
National Parents and Teachers Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 663), 32593 [22OC]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 29471 [15OC]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 18548 [20JY]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 20939 [31JY]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 8715 [30AP], 27395 [3OC]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 15040 [20JN]
Pepper, Claude: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 7341 [18AP]
Petroleum: suspend enforcement of certain regulations on underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321), 2124 [21FE]
Poland: anniversary of adoption of the Constitution (see H.J. Res. 669), 30089 [16OC]
Public utilities: payments to customers relative to energy and water conservation services and measures (see H.R. 4249), 4275 [13MR]
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 24756 [17SE]
Rockefeller, Laurance S.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3625), 4508 [19MR]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Savings and loan associations: independent counsel investigation of certain Federal officials (see H. Res. 407), 17494 [13JY]
Small business: tax credit for handicap accessibility (see H.R. 3652), 10679 [16MY]
Solid waste: treatment and disposal (see H.R. 3885), 464 [24JA]
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3735), 8304 [25AP]
States: payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (see H.R. 5323), 20244 [27JY]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 9904 [9MY]
Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 508), 3668 [7MR]
Taxation: deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 13523 [11JN]
———extend the energy investment credit for solar energy and geothermal property (see H.R. 2395), 22087 [2AU]
———permanently extend the exclusion for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 496), 18789 [23JY]
———treatment of certain acquisitions of productive equipment of small- and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 5493), 25017 [18SE]
———treatment of Federal annuities (see H.R. 214), 3474 [6MR]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 66), 10926 [17MY]
———treatment of the sale of farmland sold in the same taxable year as the farmer's principle residence (see H.R. 5429), 23478 [5SE]
Thrift institutions: Government prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 5050), 14705 [19JN]
Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 19273 [25JY]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 17589 [16JY]
World War II: District of Columbia memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 4460 [15MR]
———mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]
Letters
Public utility pollution reduction requirements: Council of Economic Advisers, 35367
———several Senators, 35374
Motions offered by
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend (H.R. 3193), 17536 [16JY]
FERC: staggered terms for members (H.R. 908), 5498 [27MR]
———staggered terms for members (S. 388), 5516 [27MR]
Power resources: effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (S. 247), pass in lieu of H.R. 711, 26828 [1OC]
Remarks by, on
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11347, 11350 [21MY], 11904, 11929, 11948, 11992 [23MY]
———clean air standards (H.R. 3030), consideration (H. Res. 399), 11821 [23MY]
Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir, WY: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2567), 14075 [14JN]
China, People's Republic of: participation in global warming convention, 7408 [19AP]
Clean Air Act: compensation for unemployment resulting from implementation, 11948 [23MY]
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (S. 1630), 5498 [27MR]
———enact (S. 1630), conference report, 34996 [26OC], 35367
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 24308 [13SE], 26824 [1OC]
Corporations: protection of employees and investors relative to leveraged buyouts, 718 [30JA]
Electric power: financing availability for independent producers, 19782
Energy Policy and Conservation Act: extend authority (S. 2231), 4546 [20MR]
———extend authority (S. 2952), 22300, 22301 [3AU]
———extend (H.R. 3193), 17531, 17533, 17534 [16JY]
Export Administration Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4653), 13248 [6JN]
FDA Revitalization Act: enact (S. 845), 35152, 35153 [26OC]
FERC: limit jurisdiction over local distribution wholesalers of natural gas (H.R. 5707), 32757, 32758, 32759 [23OC]
———staggered terms for members (S. 388), 5515 [27MR]
Foreign investments: improve quality of data (H.R. 4060), 2268
———improve quality of data (H.R. 4520), 7680
International Data Improvement Act: enact (S. 2516), 32752, 32756 [23OC]
Marine transportation: reduce pipeline collision hazard (H.R. 4888), 29182 [15OC]
National defense: revitalize the defense industrial base (H.R. 486), conference report, 34102
National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), conference report, 9861 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), veto, 13316 [7JN]
Petroleum: expand strategic reserve (S. 2088), 17534 [16JY]
———expand strategic reserve (S. 2088), clerical error correction (S. 3156), 35151 [26OC]
———expand strategic reserve (S. 2088), conference report, 24022, 24023 [12SE], 24299, 24300, 24301, 24306 [13SE]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: automotive fuel posting requirements (H.R. 5520), 23119
Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), conference report, 22295
Power resources: effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (H.R. 711), 26818, 26822, 26824 [1OC]
———effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (S. 247), 26824 [1OC]
———encourage solar, wind, and geothermal power production by removi ng the size limitations contained in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (H.R. 4808), 10314
———encourage solar, wind, and geothermal power production by removing the size limitations in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (H.R. 4808), 32759, 32760, 32762 [23OC], 37180
———establish national energy strategy (H.R. 5521), 23080
Public utilities: pollution reduction requirements, 35367
States: payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (H.R. 5323), 21610
Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (H.R. 5731), 26446
———short-term extension (H.R. 4167), 3251
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2121 [21FE], 19768 [26JY], 22515 [3AU]
Reports
Emissions Trading in the Electric Utility Industry: Resources for the Future, 19782
Reports by conference committees
Petroleum Strategic Reserve Expansion (S. 2088), 24296-24299 [13SE]
Reports filed
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Expansion: committee of conference (S. 2088) (H. Rept. 101-698), 24328 [13SE]
Testimonies
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Foreign Investment Information (S. 289, 856), D475 [19JY]
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Government Data Collection and Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S., D677 [3OC]
Committee on Rules: Clean Air Act Amendments (H.R. 3030), D331 [22MY]
Texts of
H.R. 711, effectiveness of State energy conservation programs, 26818 [1OC]
H.R. 4060, Foreign Investment Policy Improvements Act, 2268
H.R. 4167, Energy Policy and Conservation Act extension, 3251
H.R. 5520, Petroleum Marketing Practices Act amendments, 23119
H.R. 5731, strategic petroleum reserve drawdown to control oil prices, 26446 [27SE]
S. 247, effectiveness of State energy conservation programs, 26824-26827 [1OC]