PHELPS, DAVID D. (a Representative from Illinois)

Appointments

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, H5653 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: allocate accruing interest to cover health care costs for certain miners (see H.R. 4144), H2771 [9MY]

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

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]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H9011 [5OC]

———provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H9011 [5OC]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H255 [8FE]

Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]

Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

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

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 5182), H7651 [14SE]

Clean Air Act: prohibit the use of certain fuel additives including methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 1367), H1284 [22MR]

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), H6719 [20JY]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]

———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

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

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H4675 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit excessive concentration resulting from mergers among certain purchasers, processors, and sellers of agricultural commodities and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 4339), H2339 [13AP]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H1077 [15MR]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H1077 [15MR]

———draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H1078 [15MR]

———establish compensation for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4398), H3869 [25MY]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 3418), H1077 [15MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4818 [21JN]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1164 [21MR]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 2725), H1163 [21MR]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]

Employment: require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 4596), H5085 [23JN]

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7212 [27JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H342 [10FE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H165 [1FE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H2770 [9MY]

———facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H647 [6MR]

Federal employees: payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash of an Air Force CT-43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia (see H.R. 3295), H455 [15FE]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2551), H2340 [13AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5241 [27JN]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

Foreign countries: require congressional approval of U.S. economic sanctions on agricultural products, medicines, and medical products (see H.R. 3140), H342 [10FE]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 842), H7871 [19SE]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H342 [10FE]

———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), H2341 [13AP]

Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6470 [18JY]

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), H10036 [17OC]

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

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1852 [5AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2341 [13AP]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H998 [14MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H998 [14MR]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2967 [11MY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2341 [13AP]

———extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to cases of transplants not paid for under the program (see H.R. 3107), H2512 [3MY]

———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (see H.R. 61), H373 [14FE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

———revise regulations on participating hospitals relative to nurse anesthetists' services (see H.R. 804), H10473 [19OC]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7652 [14SE]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4784 [20JN]

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

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: restore certain penalties (see H.R. 4296), H2338 [13AP]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

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

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see H.R. 5164), H7871 [19SE]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H1764 [4AP]

National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H9901 [12OC]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H2905 [10MY]

National Labor Relations Act: treatment of employers and performers in the live performing arts (see H.R. 5185), H7651 [14SE]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H632 [1MR]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H342 [10FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

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]

Pipelines: improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H7933 [20SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1406 [23MR]

Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11928 [14NO]

———restore ownership of uranium enrichment facilities to the Federal Government (see H.R. 4883), H7212 [27JY]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H342 [10FE]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H11207 [26OC]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7578 [13SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H2340 [13AP]

Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H2340 [13AP]

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), H6471 [18JY]

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

Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H3869 [25MY]

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

SBA: encourage the expansion of business-to-business relationships and the provision of certain information (see H.R. 4464), H3172 [16MY]

———establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

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

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help them protect themselves (see H.R. 612), H1119 [16MR]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7991 [21SE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H342 [10FE]

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

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11813 [2NO]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7365 [7SE]

Taxation: allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H1119 [16MR]

———authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State child support enforcement programs (see H.R. 1488), H632 [1MR]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2340 [13AP]

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

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7933 [20SE]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H5843 [11JY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H758 [8MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3102), H5955 [12JY]

———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H511 [16FE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H4817 [21JN]

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

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]

Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]

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), H5656 [29JN]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H5737 [10JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1767 [5AP], H4043 [8JN]

Poems

``Illinois Black Gold,'' Raymond D. Null, E1972 [28OC]

Remarks

Budget: deficit, H8292 [27SE]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H8292 [27SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, E694 [10MY]

Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities, E990 [13JN]

Herrin, IL: anniversary, E735 [16MY]

Illinois: dedication of memorial to Southern Illinois coal miners, E1972 [28OC]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H845 [9MR]

Junction, IL: tribute to Gallatin County High School marching band, E693 [10MY]

McLeansboro, IL: anniversary of Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church, E2133 [6DE]

Shelbyville, IL: tribute to Shelbyville Memorial Hospital, E1056 [20JN]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1037 [15MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H8292 [27SE]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H314 [10FE]

Williamson, Julie: Illinois Farm Bureau ``Illinois Ag in the Classroom'' Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1030 [15JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H11204 [26OC]

Tributes

Covelli, Charles and Bernice, E474 [3AP]

Craig, Cleo Dunaway, E83 [8FE]

Fisher, James R., H1767 [5AP]

Kralman, Paul H., E1841 [19OC]

Reed, Wayne, E625 [3MY]

Yates, Sidney R., E1932 [25OC]