CRANE, PHILIP M. (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 434, Trade and Development Act, H2469 [3MY]

Articles and editorials

Case for China Trade, Arlington Heights (IL) Daily Herald, H3729 [24MY]

Political Calculations and Gore's Gulf War Vote, Alan K. Simpson, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, E1458 [13SE]

Prescription Drug Costs—Has Canada Found the Answer? William McArthur, National Journal, E1673 [4OC]

South America Has Suffered From White House Neglect, David Malpass, Wall Street Journal, E1795 [13OC]

Time To Eliminate the Costly Death Tax, William W. Beach, Heritage Foundation Backgrounder (publication), H4025 [7JN]

We're Not Executing the Innocent, Paul G. Cassell, Wall Street Journal, E1063 [20JN]

What's So Great About Canada's Medical System? Bill McArthur, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, E1460 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4154), H2412 [2MY]

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

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 4444), H3049 [15MY]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1164 [21MR]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H3649 [23MY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1644), H632 [1MR]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2749), H7365 [7SE]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H3869 [25MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H373 [14FE]

———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1406 [23MR]

Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H3173 [16MY]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4818 [21JN]

International law: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see H.R. 4654), H5085 [23JN]

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

Medicare: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H7281 [6SE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H997 [14MR]

———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7282 [6SE]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H4485 [14JN]

———provide relief for small business from consolidated billing requirements and exclude services of certain providers from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (see H.R. 5392), H9010 [5OC]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]

———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), H3813 [24MY]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7282 [6SE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H757 [8MR]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

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

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

Special days and holidays: specify that the legal public holiday known as Washington's Birthday be called by that name (see H.R. 1363), H2411 [2MY]

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

Taxation: clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7280 [6SE]

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

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see H.R. 4977), H8062 [25SE]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H5956 [12JY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H931 [13MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2239 [12AP]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

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

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H574 [29FE]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H7365 [7SE]

———treatment of depreciation of computers and peripheral equipment (see H.R. 1560), H8736 [3OC]

———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H7932 [20SE]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H6719 [20JY]

Veterans: 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), H7502 [12SE]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (S. 1109), return to Senate (see H. Res. 645), H10808 [24OC]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (see H.R. 4868), H6469 [18JY]

———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), concur with Senate amendment (see H. Res. 644), H10808 [24OC]

Georgia, Republic of: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 4782), H5654 [29JN]

Taxation: treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 5486), H10256 [18OC]

Letters

Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6922 [25JY]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H6922 [25JY]

Provide wage-based tax credits in Puerto Rico: several Representatives, H6839 [25JY]

Vietnamese trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions: several trade associations, H7010 [26JY]

Withdraw U.S. membership and funding from the World Trade Organization: Ernest S. Micek, Emergency Committee for American Trade, H4805 [21JN]

———U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion, H4806 [21JN]

Lists

U.S. Alliance for Trade Expansion, H4806-H4808 [21JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, E1891 [24OC]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (S. 1109), return to Senate (H. Res. 645), H10754 [24OC]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 4601), H4708 [20JN], E1007 [14JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6616 [20JY]

Chicago, IL: FAA allocation of slots at O'Hare International Airport, H1027 [15MR]

———Metra Commuter Rail System funding, H3428 [19MY]

———transportation projects funding, H9026 [6OC]

China, People's Republic of: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 103), H6407, H6422 [18JY]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3599, H3600, H3608, H3615 [23MY], H3673, H3710, H3728 [24MY]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1714 [6OC]

Courts: errors in capital punishment sentencing, E1063 [20JN]

Customs Service: prohibit import of diamonds from certain conflict regions in Africa, H6658 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6656, H6658 [20JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), H3428 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9026 [6OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5052 [23JN], H5152 [26JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, E1891 [24OC]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, E1460 [13SE]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1027 [15MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2578, H2586 [4MY], E1011 [14JN]

———authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), corrections in enrollment of conference report (S. Con. Res. 112), H2973 [15MY]

———protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, E1891 [24OC]

Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, H2578 [4MY]

———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), H6902, H6922 [25JY], E2235 [15DE]

———temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 644), H10727, H10752 [24OC]

Gore, Vice President: Senate vote in Persian Gulf Conflict debate, E1458 [13SE]

House of Representative: appreciation for support during illness, H2019 [11AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H844 [9MR]

International Customs Day: observance, E15 [27JA]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, E1673 [4OC]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5352 [28JN]

Miami, FL: selection as permanent location for the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (S. Con. Res. 71), H2054 [11AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: prohibit interference with certain foreign intellectual property laws or policies designed to make pharmaceuticals or medical technologies more affordable, H5152 [26JN]

———trade agreement compliance staff funding, H5052 [23JN]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6520 [19JY]

Point of order, H6656 [20JY]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (H.R. 2138), H6839 [25JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, E1999 [28OC], E2052 [1NO]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H592 [1MR], E222 [2MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, E2052 [1NO]

South America: U.S. policy, E1795 [13OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H317, H325 [10FE]

———exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations, E1999 [28OC]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H325 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4025, H4031 [7JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7327 [7SE]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6839 [25JY]

———Puerto Rico Conservation Trust funding through return of excise tax receipts from rum produced in Puerto Rico, E1011 [14JN]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7164 [27JY]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H11891, H11892, H11894, H11897 [14NO]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (H.R. 5486), E1867 [19OC]

Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7009, H7010, H7012, H7013, H7018 [26JY]

Votes: position on missed, H10841 [25OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4793, H4795, H4797, H4805, H4809, H4811, H4813 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1161 [21MR]

Special order: granted, H10806 [24OC]

Texts of

H.R. 5486, tax treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment, E1868 [19OC]

Tributes

Archer, Representative, H11421 [27OC]

Beese, Carol, E1907 [25OC]

Ewing, Representative, E1906 [25OC]

Porter, Representative, H10252 [18OC]

Wilson, Arlene E., E910 [7JN]