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
Political Calculations and Gore's Gulf War Vote, Alan K. Simpson, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, E1458
Prescription Drug Costs—Has Canada Found the Answer? William McArthur, National Journal, E1673
South America Has Suffered From White House Neglect, David Malpass, Wall Street Journal, E1795
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
What's So Great About Canada's Medical System? Bill McArthur, Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal, E1460
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
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
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
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6616
Chicago, IL: FAA allocation of slots at O'Hare International Airport, H1027
———Metra Commuter Rail System funding, H3428
———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
China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1714
Courts: errors in capital punishment sentencing, E1063
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
———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), conference report, H9026
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
———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, E1460
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1027
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, H2578, H2586 [4MY], E1011
———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
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
———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
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
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, E1673
———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
SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, E1999
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H592 [1MR], E222
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, E2052
South America: U.S. policy, E1795
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H317
———exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations, E1999
———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
———Puerto Rico Conservation Trust funding through return of excise tax receipts from rum produced in Puerto Rico, E1011
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7164
———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
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
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
Tributes
Archer, Representative, H11421
Beese, Carol, E1907
Ewing, Representative, E1906
Porter, Representative, H10252
Wilson, Arlene E., E910