COOLEY, WES (a Representative from Oregon)

Addresses

David J. Wheeler Federal Building, Baker City, OR, Dedication: by, E579 [19AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

BLM: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3290), H3730 [23AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument in Oregon without public participation and an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4294), H12174 [28SE]

Public lands: right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural electric cooperatives and other lessees (see H.R. 3377), H4396 [1MY]

William L. Jess Dam and Intake Structure, Jackson County, OR: designate (see H.R. 3875), H8247 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: maintain foreign market development programs (see H.R. 2950), H1224 [1FE]

———research, promotion, and market development of canola and rapeseed products (see H.R. 2509), H1775 [6MR]

Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H5380 [21MY]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]

Business and industry: ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 3277), H3649 [18AP]

California: conveyance of certain property (see H.R. 3083), H5935 [5JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H5288 [16MY]

China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H2867 [26MR]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H1225 [1FE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 2270), H737 [22JA]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 3095), H2315 [14MR]

Courts: constitutional amendment to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 8 years (see H.J. Res. 164), H2466 [19MR]

———divide the ninth judicial circuit into two circuits (see H.R. 2935), H2950 [27MR]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 2992), H1635 [29FE]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 4149), H11047 [24SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see H.R. 3665), H6508 [18JN]

———provide diagnostic and certification services to reduce diseases associated with salmonid family of fish (see H.R. 2908), H4503 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit the sale or distribution of sexually explicit material to any individual (see H.R. 3300), H4397 [1MY]

———restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H913 [25JA]

———parental access to children's curriculum and records (see H.R. 3324, 3947), H4109 [25AP], H9705 [1AU]

Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 3862), H8094 [22JY]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3391), H6006 [6JN]

Executive Office of the President: applicability of certain laws (see H.R. 3452), H5052 [14MY]

———civil remedies for the request or receipt of protected records for nonroutine use (see H.R. 3687), H7260 [10JY]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H4424 [2MY]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H4503 [7MY]

Federal aid programs: deny community development block grants to States that allow recovery of damages for injuries suffered in the commission of a felony (see H.R. 3736), H7106 [27JN]

Federal Mortgage Insurance Corp.: establish (see H.R. 1708), H4397 [1MY]

Financial institutions: provide State credit union representation on the National Credit Union Administration Board (see H.R. 1998), H2224 [13MR]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H5501 [22MY]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 2458, 3107), H2224 [13MR], H4397 [1MY]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 121), H1226 [1FE]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3253), H3488 [16AP]

Goals 2000—Educate America Act: repeal (see H.R. 4105), H10601 [18SE]

Hazardous substances: exempt transportation by certain vehicles from Government regulations (see H.R. 3153), H4110 [25AP]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H1325 [27FE]

———regulation of pharmacists (see H.R. 3260), H4503 [7MY]

Health care professionals: exempt from liability for negligence relative to services performed for low-income individuals (see H.R. 2938), H4503 [7MY]

———exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H3650 [18AP]

Idaho: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without public participation and an express act of Congress (see H.R. 4120), H11048 [24SE]

James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Johnson City, TN: designate (see H.R. 3320), H4108 [25AP]

Labor unions: ensure that employees paying mandatory dues may object to the use of their dues for noncollective-bargaining activities (see H.R. 3580), H8095 [22JY]

Lobbyists: prohibit use of funds by Federal agencies to lobby for or against any legislative proposal (see H.R. 3078), H2224 [13MR]

Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Portland, OR: designate (see H.R. 3134), H2664 [21MR]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H4801 [9MY]

Medicare: improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 3753), H7107 [27JN]

Members of Congress: limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1618), H4503 [7MY]

Monuments and memorials: limit authority of the President to designate certain areas as national monuments in California (see H.R. 4242), H11526 [27SE]

———require an act of Congress to extend or establish any national monuments (see H.R. 4147), H11047 [24SE]

National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 3144), H5174 [15MY]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H6415 [13JN]

New Mexico: land conveyance to Carlsbad Irrigation District (see H.R. 3258), H5174 [15MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 3234), H4647 [8MY]

Patents: early publication of patent applications (see H.R. 1733), H5288 [16MY]

Real estate: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 3752), H10525 [17SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see H.R. 3038), H6184 [11JN]

Sequoia National Park: renewal of cabin permits to heirs in Mineral King Addition (see H.R. 3534), H5570 [23MY]

Social Security: investment of surplus from trust funds and protection from public debt limit (see H.R. 3636), H6413 [13JN]

———investment of trust funds surplus (see H.R. 2928), H2316 [14MR]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142, 4068), H3388 [15AP], H10721 [19SE]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H4503 [7MY]

Taxation: deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H2665 [21MR]

———extend the veterans' adjustable rate mortgage demonstration project (see H.R. 3939), H9926 [2AU]

———incentives for the conservation of endangered species (see H.R. 2286), H2320 [18MR]

———treatment of transitional payments under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (see H.R. 3559), H6415 [13JN]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 3783), H7473 [11JY]

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see H.R. 3506), H5500 [22MY]

———improve programs and benefits (see H.R. 3373), H4902 [10MY]

———reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see H.R. 3118), H4902 [10MY]

———revisions of benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error (see H.R. 1483), H4902 [10MY]

Water: adjust the maximum hour exemption for water delivery company employees (see H.R. 3326), H5380 [21MY]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Sakraida, Tara, E569 [18AP]

Letters

Right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural electric cooperatives and other lessees: R. Patrick Reiten, Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, E693 [1MY]

Speaker's Task Force on the Environment: several organizations, E1935 [21OC]

Lists

Private property rights congressional vote index: League of Private Property Voters, E1945-E1951 [21OC]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: Animal Damage Control Program funding, H6194 [12JN]

———immigrant worker program requirements, H2616 [21MR]

———improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1473 [28FE]

———price supports for sugar, H1473 [28FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), H6194 [12JN]

BLM: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3290), E605 [23AP]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3292 [15AP]

Courts: evaluation of President Clinton's judicial appointments, H3668 [23AP]

David J. Wheeler Federal Building, Baker City, OR: designate (H.R. 2061), E579 [19AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), conference report, H777 [24JA]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6570 [19JN], H6661, H6673 [20JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6931 [26JN]

Endangered species: critical habitat designation for marbled murrelet in northern California, H6570 [19JN]

Forests: emergency salvage timber sale program, H6661 [20JN]

———repeal emergency salvage timber sale program, H9908-H9910 [2AU]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H190 [5JA]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H12259-H12261 [2OC]

Immigration: access of illegal immigrants to public education (H.R. 4134), H11101 [25SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2616 [21MR]

Irrigation: establish boundaries for irrigation districts within the Umatilla Basin, OR (H.R. 2392), E1933 [21OC]

League of Private Property Voters: publishing of private property rights congressional vote index, E1945 [21OC]

Local government: payments in lieu of taxes program funding, H6673 [20JN]

Public lands: right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting rural electric cooperatives and other lessees (H.R. 3377), E692 [1MY]

Public welfare programs: reform, H5574 [29MY]

Real estate: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R. 3752), H11277 [26SE]

Sierra Club: political activities, E1935 [21OC]

Veterans: reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (H.R. 3118), H8774 [30JY]

Tributes

Sakraida, Tara, E569 [18AP]