PHELPS, DAVID D. (a Representative from Illinois)
Appointments
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, H977 [20MR]
Committee To Escort the Speaker-Elect to the Chair, H3 [3JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H1483 (see H.R. 1421), H1493 [4AP]
American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 36), H400 [14FE]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H218 [7FE]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H505 [28FE]
———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 770), H5341 [2AU]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H224 [7FE]
Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6057 [25SE]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1060 [21MR]
Budget: make process more transparent (see H.R. 1257), H1189 [27MR]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H1013 [20MR]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H218 [7FE]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3863 [10JY]
Classified information: establish a process for executive agencies for declassifying and disclosing certain documents relating to human rights abuses in foreign countries (see H.R. 1152), H1059 [21MR]
Coal: develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs and provide tax incentives to encourage the retrofitting, repowering, or replacement of coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2323), H3618 [26JN]
———develop and implement advanced clean coal technology programs for use in coal-based electricity generating facilities (see H.R. 2365), H3802 [28JN]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H8732 [29NO]
Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H1345 [29MR]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1764), H3151 [13JN]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]
———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1410 [3AP]
———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 3480), H10065 [13DE]
Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track (see H.R. 1020), H1925 [3MY]
———require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H2955 [6JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1061 [21MR]
———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H222 [7FE]
Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5456 [6SE]
Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H3805 [28JN]
Education: authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H2997 [7JN]
———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]
———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1703), H5488 [10SE]
———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see H.R. 692), H397 [14FE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H1923 [3MY]
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. 2782), H5336 [2AU]
EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H2184 [15MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 961), H826 [8MR]
Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H2712 [24MY]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2999 [7JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H3261 [19JN]
Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 1506), H1497 [4AP]
———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 1082), H954 [15MR]
Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H7852 [6NO]
Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 1457), H1485 (see H.R. 1457), H1494 [4AP]
Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H2712 [24MY]
Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3805 [28JN]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H3204 [14JN]
Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]
House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H6920 [16OC]
Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]
Illinois: provide for equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes (see H.R. 791), H1489 [4AP]
``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H5928 [21SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H828 [8MR] (see H.R. 737), H1190 [27MR]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H5927 [21SE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]
Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]
Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H621 [1MR]
Israel: recognition of Jerusalem as capital (see H.R. 598), H2184 [15MY]
Lamb, Brian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1565), H1861 [2MY]
Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1489 [4AP]
Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H3619 [26JN]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H2185 [15MY]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H8564 [28NO]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H4863 [30JY]
———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H1557 [24AP]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]
———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H10067 [13DE]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4949 [31JY]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H3803 [28JN]
Mexico: require safety inspections on trucks crossing into the U.S. (see H.R. 677), H624 [1MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE]
National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]
National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 36), H400 [14FE]
National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H223 [7FE]
National Health Service Corps: reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]
National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc.: support efforts to construct a National Railroad Hall of Fame (see H. Res. 177), H3465 [21JN]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H3261 [19JN]
National Stem Cell Donor Bank: establish to preserve donation of qualifying human stem cells and to conduct and support research using such cells (see H.R. 2096), H2996 [7JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H955 [15MR]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]
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. 608), H393 [14FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H1925 [3MY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H443 [27FE]
———preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 154), H3359 [20JN]
Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 1830), H4780 [27JY]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]
Rural areas: improve access to telecommunications and Internet services (see H.R. 2669), H4950 [31JY]
———promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]
SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3011), H6259 [3OC] (see H.R. 3308), H8248 [15NO]
———require submission of certain disagreements to the OMB for resolution and establish a minimum period for the solicitation of offers for a bundled contract (see H.R. 2867), H5455 [6SE]
Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2998 [7JN]
Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3713 [27JN]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4541 [24JY]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H3465 [21JN]
———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H2184 [15MY]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H222 [7FE]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H2998 [7JN]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2184 [15MY]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H3203 [14JN]
———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H395 [14FE]
———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H10966 [20DE]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H3713 [27JN]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1013 [20MR]
———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]
———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1316), H3466 [21JN]
———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 2082), H2955 [6JN]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]
———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]
———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H1346 [29MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H2022 [8MY]
———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5339 [2AU]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H443 [27FE]
Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]
———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [21SE]
U.N.: transfer of evidence to the Israeli Government concerning the abduction of Israeli Defense Force soldiers by Hezbollah forces (see H. Res. 191), H4009 [12JY]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H955 [15MR]
Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 50), H26 [3JA]
———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H4352 [19JY]
———require States to give notice and opportunity for review prior to removing individuals from list of eligible voters in Federal elections for crime convictions (see H.R. 1971), H2713 [24MY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H3359 [20JN]
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. Res. 27), H224 [7FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Food: permit States to use administrative funds to pay costs relating to the processing, transporting, and distributing of donated wild game to eligible food distribution agencies (see H.R. 3477), H10065 [13DE]
Taxation: treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H1482 (see H.R. 1401), H1492 [4AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6177 [3OC]
Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1239
Eastern Illinois University: tribute to men's basketball team, E361
Harrisburg, IL: tribute to Harrisburg High School football team, E127
Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5260 [2AU]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5260 [2AU]
Illinois: tribute to Marion/Herrin, IL, American Legion baseball team, E2108
Taxation: treatment of certain medical savings accounts, H5260 [2AU]
Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5550 [11SE]
Tributes
Duncan, Robert, E2107
Woodland, Stephen K., E1209