SHARP, PHILIP R. (a Representative from Indiana)

Analyses

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act amendments (H.R. 5520), 23120 [15AU]

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, 35368-35374 [2NO]

———several Senators, 35374 [2NO]

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 [2NO]

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 [26JY]

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 [21FE]

———improve quality of data (H.R. 4520), 7680 [20AP]

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 [26OC]

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 [15AU], 32762, 32764, 32765 [23OC]

Pollution: limitations on liability for damages from oil (H.R. 1465), conference report, 22295 [3AU]

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 [14MY]

———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 [2NO]

———establish national energy strategy (H.R. 5521), 23080 [3AU]

Public utilities: pollution reduction requirements, 35367 [2NO]

States: payment of certain thrift deposit insurance premiums as a condition for future Federal deposit insurance coverage (H.R. 5323), 21610 [1AU]

Strategic petroleum reserve: drawdown to control oil prices (H.R. 5731), 26446 [27SE], 26635 [28SE]

———short-term extension (H.R. 4167), 3251 [1MR], 4535, 4536 [20MR]

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 [26JY]

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 [21FE]

H.R. 4167, Energy Policy and Conservation Act extension, 3251 [1MR]

H.R. 5520, Petroleum Marketing Practices Act amendments, 23119 [15AU]

H.R. 5731, strategic petroleum reserve drawdown to control oil prices, 26446 [27SE]

S. 247, effectiveness of State energy conservation programs, 26824-26827 [1OC]