HOEKSTRA, PETER (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7528 [17SE], H8013 [26SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6919 [4SE], H7347 [16SE], H7383 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H287 [4FE]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

———reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]

Civil liberties: outline constitutional protections of unborn persons (see H.R. 641), H392 [6FE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H8054 [26SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see H.R. 292), H629 [25FE]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H1705 [17AP]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7365 [16SE]

Crime: require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 2667), H8833 [9OC]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit payment under defense contracts of restructuring costs for mergers or acquisitions (see H.R. 925), H765 [5MR]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals without explicit and specific legislation (see H.R. 2846), H10957 [13NO]

———suspend development of national testing proposals until congressional authority is granted (see H. Res. 214), H6715 [1AU]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1017 [13MR]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1340 [8AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H5664 [23JY]

District of Columbia: provide scholarship assistance for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 1797), H3566 [5JN]

Education: allow consolidation of direct student loans (see H.R. 2535), H7830 [24SE]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H2156 [1MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice (see H.R. 2724, 2746), H9501 [23OC], H9613 [28OC]

Employment: exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (see H.R. 71), H725 [4MR]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H669 [26FE]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5297 [15JY]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reduce the cost of credit (see H.R. 1059), H5916 [28JY]

FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose inhalers as nonessential (see H.R. 2221), H5826 [25JY]

Federal agencies and departments: assess impact of policies and regulations on families (see H.R. 2124), H5020 [9JY]

Federal employees: establish medical savings accounts with certain health plans (see H.R. 2465), H7528 [17SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: allow participants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1574), H3720 [11JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H5826 [25JY]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H2445 [8MY]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H9502 [23OC]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H3170 [21MY]

Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H3274 [3JN]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H949 [12MR]

House Rules: repeal relative to statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 30), H156 [9JA]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H8633 [7OC]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 634), H392 [6FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H767 [5MR]

Line Item Veto Act: eliminate the requirement that a budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority (see H.R. 2424), H7118 [9SE]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H10768 [12NO]

Local government: provide for greater local input in transportation planning (see H.R. 1799), H3720 [11JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H2351 [7MY]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H2680 [14MY]

———remove certain limitations on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 2668), H8833 [9OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]

———deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 1613), H2679 [14MY]

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act: clarify application of certain provisions (see H.R. 2038), H9614 [28OC]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H700 [27FE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3568 [5JN]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3797 [12JN], H8727 [8OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 965), H8265 [30SE]

———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]

Power resources: privatize certain Federal power generation and transmission assets (see H.R. 718), H522 [12FE]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H5132 [10JY]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H709 [3MR]

Russia: protection of religious rights (see H. Con. Res. 176), H9558 [24OC]

Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H699 [27FE]

Taxation: allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (see H.R. 2462), H8834 [9OC]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]

———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H522 [12FE]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H7199 [10SE]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1743), H3202 [22MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 367), H4339 [24JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483, 2490), H7601 [18SE], H7911 [25SE]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see H.R. 2231), H10956 [13NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373, 2646), H6715 [1AU], H8929 [21OC]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 519), H1440 [10AP]

Telecommunications: State and local government regulation of citizens band radio equipment (see H.R. 2612), H8438 [6OC]

———State regulation of citizens band radio frequency interference with residential electronic or telephone equipment (see H.R. 2383), H8161 [29SE]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H6706 [31JY]

———transfer taxing and spending authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see H.R. 3045), H10953 [13NO]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: repeal certain Federal programs (see H.R. 2655), H8832 [9OC]

Elections: constitutional amendment to give citizens the right to enact and repeal legislation in a national election (see H.J. Res. 87), H4646 [25JN]

———constitutional amendment to give citizens the right to propose constitutional amendments by initiative process (see H.J. Res. 85), H4646 [25JN]

———constitutional amendment to give citizens the right to recall elected officials (see H.J. Res. 86), H4646 [25JN]

———give citizens the right to enact and repeal legislation in a national election (see H.R. 2061), H4646 [25JN]

———national advisory referendum on a flat income tax rate and the requiring of a national vote to raise taxes (see H.R. 2057), H4646 [25JN]

———permit use of ``None of the Above'' in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 2055), H4646 [25JN]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2758), H9729 [29OC]

Grand Haven, MI: designate as ``Coast Guard City, USA'' (see H. Con. Res. 115), H5296 [15JY]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: limit Federal funding for rerun of leadership election (see H.R. 2656), H8832 [9OC]

Members of Congress: national advisory referendum on term limits (see H.R. 2056), H4646 [25JN]

Small Business Act: exempt subcontracts for dredging activities from local buy requirements under the business development program (see H.R. 1523), H2155 [1MY]

Tariff: desmedipham (see H.R. 2060), H4646 [25JN]

———ethofumesate (see H.R. 2059), H4646 [25JN]

———phenmedipham (see H.R. 2058), H4646 [25JN]

W.G. Jackson (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 1030), H889 [11MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions, H691 [27FE]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7071 [9SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H933-H939 [12MR]

———balance, H1097 [18MR]

———deficit, H5293, H5294, H5295 [15JY], H6009 [29JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H5016, H5017, H5018 [9JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2976 [20MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), conference report, H3508 [5JN]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H913 [12MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), H8901 [21OC]

———operation and maintenance of foghorns along Lake Michigan, H8901 [21OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H5288, H5289 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: establish block grants for local educational agencies, H7383, H7386, H7389 [17SE]

———national testing standards, H7333 [16SE], H8136 [29SE], H8913, H8914, H8915, H8916 [21OC], H9494, H9497 [23OC]

———reform, H1100, H1101, H1102 [18MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5145 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical, prosthetic, and Gulf War Syndrome research funding, H5288, H5289 [15JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8013, H8014 [26SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7071 [9SE], H7332, H7347, H7348 [16SE], H7383, H7386, H7389 [17SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5288, H5289 [15JY]

Education: national policy to improve system, H334-H336 [5FE], H414-H417 [11FE], H691, H693 [27FE], H1076 [18MR], H1179-H1184 [19MR], H1322 [8AP], H2068, H2069, H2070, H2071, H2072, H2073, H2074, H2075 [30AP], H6689-H6694 [31JY], H9491, H9492, H9493, H9494, H9495, H9496, H9497, H9498 [23OC]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H. Res. 139), H9574 [28OC]

———student loan programs, H9493 [23OC]

Elections: constitutional amendment to give citizens the right to recall elected officials, H690 [27FE]

Employment: national labor policy, H6692-H6694 [31JY]

Graafschap, MI: anniversary of Graafschap Christian Reformed Church, E1664 [4SE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H5288 [15JY]

International Brotherhood of Teamsters: limit Federal funding for rerun of leadership election, H7347, H7348 [16SE], H8013, H8014 [26SE], H8134, H8135 [29SE]

IRS: reform, H1099, H1100 [18MR]

Michigan: tribute to Girl Scouts of America Gold Award recipients, E1317 [25JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5145 [11JY]

National objectives: role of Government relative to nonprofit organizations, religious institutions, and businesses, H933-H939 [12MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: convert to Government corporation, improve application process, and protect U.S. inventors (H.R. 400), H1178, H1179 [19MR]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H8134, H8135, H8136, H8137 [29SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1097, H1098, H1099, H1100, H1101, H1102, H1103 [18MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1321 [8AP]

Taxation: rates, H457 [12FE], H5016, H5017, H5018 [9JY], H6009, H6010 [29JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1786 [23AP], H1878 [24AP], H1986 [29AP]

Special order: granted, H1109 [18MR], H5295 [15JY], H6783 [3SE]

Tributes

Brookens, Galen W., E1318 [25JN]