SHIMKUS, JOHN (a Representative from Illinois)

Articles and editorials

But He Tried To Help Somebody, T.C. Christian, Jr., Pure-News USA (publication), E668 [8MY]

Was He or Wasn't He?—Deflating Lincoln to a Human Scale, Clarence Page, Chicago (IL) Tribune, H4599 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H2512 [3MY]

Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H6778 [24JY]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: declare the American GI as the ``Person of the Century'' for the 20th century (see H. Con. Res. 282), H2013 [10AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H5737 [10JY]

Boyden, Sam: tribute (see H. Res. 643), H10473 [19OC]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2607 [4MY]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 5175), H7651 [14SE]

Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7212 [27JY]

Children and youth: encourage communities to implement the Amber Plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H. Res. 605), H8617 [2OC]

———provide that children's sleepwear be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see H.R. 329), H1852 [5AP]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H1477 [28MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H5241 [27JN]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H5737 [10JY]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

———legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Crime: life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (see H.R. 4047), H1163 [21MR]

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H7212 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H6355 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6778 [24JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6778 [24JY]

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H1407 [23MR]

Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H10473 [19OC]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H2512 [3MY]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2655 [8MY]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H8062 [25SE]

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (see H.R. 2641), H2012 [10AP]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: eliminate certain plumbing supply regulations (see H.R. 623), H255 [8FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H165 [1FE]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H4675 [19JN]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H219 [7FE]

FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H2341 [13AP]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H48 [27JA]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

———facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H5036 [22JN]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H342 [10FE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H8200 [26SE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H5084 [23JN]

FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H2770 [9MY]

Financial institutions: encourage acceptance of environmentally sound processes for dry and wet cleaning as safe investments (see H. Con. Res. 383), H7373 [11SE]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H7723 [18SE]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H4590 [15JN]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H209 [2FE]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

———promote awareness, research, and treatment of latex allergies (see H. Con. Res. 387), H7210 [27JY]

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H1589 [29MR]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 551), H6600 [19JY]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H11446 [27OC]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10809 [24OC]

J.T. Weeker Service Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 5016), H7206 [27JY]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H6719 [20JY]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7502 [12SE]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H3869 [25MY]

———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2512 [3MY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7652 [14SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H4220 [12JN]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H8200 [26SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H8469 [28SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2411 [2MY]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H4591 [15JN]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H7212 [27JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7933 [20SE]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H9011 [5OC]

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6778 [24JY]

National Health Center Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 381), H7128 [26JY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H3474 [19MY]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H1477 [28MR]

Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]

———promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H998 [14MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2512 [3MY]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3926 [6JN]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7503 [12SE]

Railroads: delay effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings (see H.R. 5059), H7208 [27JY]

———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H511 [16FE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4831), H7212 [27JY]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 923), H165 [1FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4485 [14JN]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5291), H8199 [26SE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H4784 [20JN]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H6052 [13JY]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H7871 [19SE]

———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H2655 [8MY]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H1764 [4AP]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7503 [12SE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4214, 4245), H3649 [23MY]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2239 [12AP]

———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports (see H.R. 1116), H5843 [11JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H5843 [11JY]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (see H.R. 4498), H3412 [18MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H632 [1MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3523 [22MY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H1284 [22MR]

———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H2512 [3MY]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H373 [14FE]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4591 [15JN]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H8061 [25SE]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H7281 [6SE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8062 [25SE]

Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]

Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2338 [13AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H4220 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5655 [29JN]

Latvia: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 319), H2606 [4MY]

Lithuania: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 258), H573 [29FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3833), H646 [6MR] (see H.R. 3846), H756 [8MR]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H4043 [8JN]

Letters

Tribute to Representative Ewing: Eric Nicoll, H10799 [24OC]

———George H. Ryan, Governor of Illinois, H10799 [24OC]

Remarks

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 1451), H229 [8FE]

Alton, IL: tribute to Bucket Brigade (volunteer group), E1053 [20JN]

Army: anniversary (H.J. Res. 101), H4322 [13JN]

Carlinville, IL: tribute to Carlinville Middle School students for Saving Prairies and Helping Environmental Regions Expand Successfully project, E933 [9JN]

CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (H.R. 5175), H8128 [26SE]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10413 [19OC]

Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (H. Con. Res. 271), H10457 [19OC]

———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research, E1486 [14SE]

Education: support teachers (H. Res. 492), H2730 [9MY]

Edwardsville, IL: tribute to Metro-East Lutheran High School Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering team, E917 [8JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), H5226 [27JN]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (H.R. 5331), H8718 [3OC]

Godfrey, IL: anniversary of Evangelical United Church of Christ, E914 [8JN]

Highland, IL: tribute to Highland Council of the Catholic Fraternal Life Insurance Co., E401 [23MR]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10413 [19OC]

Illinois: tribute to Golden Apple Scholar award recipients from the 20th Congressional District, E397, E404, E405, E406 [23MR], E460 [30MR]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H776 [9MR]

Irvington, IL: anniversary of Friedens Church of Christ, E1100 [23JN]

Jefferson County, IL: African American Heritage Award recipients, E1054 [20JN]

———tribute to Senior Saints Hall of Fame award recipients, E910 [7JN]

Korean War: anniversary, H739 [8MR]

Kunz, Josey: Illinois State Organ/Tissue Donor Poster Contest award recipient, E911 [7JN]

Latvia: independence anniversary (H. Con. Res. 319), H6082 [17JY], E643 [4MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: authorize funds for the establishment of an interpretive center on his life and contributions (H.R. 3084), H4598 [19JN]

Lithuania: independence anniversary, H494 [16FE]

———independence anniversary (S. Con. Res. 91), H725 [8MR]

Medicare: correct reductions to service provider payment rates previously reduced under the Balanced Budget Act, H7638, H7639 [14SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (H.R. 3580), H7639 [14SE]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H883 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H776 [9MR]

Mississippi River: Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan funding, H5226 [27JN]

Moore, Connie: Illinois Women of Achievement award recipient, E906 [7JN]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children, H9630 [10OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9630 [10OC]

Mount Vernon, IL: tribute to American Legion Jefferson Post 141, E398 [23MR]

National Health Center Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 381), H7189 [27JY]

Nichols, Lindsay: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Illinois, E403 [23MR]

Okawville, IL: tribute to Okawville Junior Senior High School girls' basketball team, E461 [30MR]

Operation First Choice (organization): USA Today Make a Difference Day Award recipient, E1037 [19JN]

Razma, Antanas: Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture Man of the Year Award recipient, E1218 [13JY]

Schmitt, Shirley: St. Jacob Elementary School Recycling Coordinator of the Year award recipient, E599 [2MY]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2296 [13AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H508 [16FE], H7649 [14SE], H12529 [15DE]

Tributes

Bartel, Allen C., E2119 [4DE]

Baugh, Shelly, E1036 [19JN]

Beard, Cheryl, E917 [8JN]

Buss, Dusty, E930 [9JN]

Callarman, Janice, E1037 [19JN]

Ewing, Representative, H10798, H10799, H10802 [24OC]

Fridley, John, E598 [2MY], E909 [7JN]

Furuya, Art, E1464 [13SE]

Hoffman, Lena, E1724 [6OC]

Houle, Molly, E915 [8JN]

Linwong, Matt, E1039 [19JN]

McClure, Mike, E917 [8JN]

Meier, Charles, E937 [9JN]

Phillips, Howard, E398 [23MR]

Porter, Representative, H10243 [18OC]

Portwood, Shirley Motley, E1466 [13SE]

Rakers, Michelle, E400 [23MR]

Russell, Stephen, E458 [30MR]

Shakoor, Nadia: Intel Corp., International Science and Engineering Fair participant, E1041 [19JN]

Shroyer, Marion, E1218 [13JY]

Stonecipher, Alberta, E1035 [19JN]

Thomas, Kenzal, E941 [9JN]

Watson, Richard A., E626 [3MY]

Wolfe, Ray, E908 [7JN]

Wolters, Steve, E458 [30MR]