[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
DOOLEY, CALVIN M. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H4962 [22JN], H5017 [23JN]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 1150, Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
Reform Act, H535 [24FE]
Sonny Bono funeral attendees, H18 [27JA]
Articles and editorials
Digital Watch--The Big Picture, Jerome Meyer, E662<bullet> [23AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu,
(see H. Res. 365), H578 [24FE]
American GI Forum of the U.S. (nonprofit corporation): grant
Federal charter, (see H.R. 3843), H5738 [16JY]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2055 [1AP]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4022),
H4324 [9JN]
Bankruptcy: reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H2423 [28AP]
Budget: authorize expedited consideration of certain proposed
rescissions, (see H.R. 1321), H5957 [20JY]
Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area: establish, (see H.R.
3604), H2931 [6MY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H2056 [1AP]
------ Superfund Program reauthorization and reform, (see H.R.
2727), H2056 [1AP]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the
operation of automobiles and trucks, (see H.R. 2327), H4241
[5JN]
------ provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to
improve the quality and availability of after-school programs,
(see H.R. 4621), H8626 [24SE]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Colleges and universities: improve and strengthen recruitment and
training of math and science teachers, (see H.R. 3338), H902
[5MR]
Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint): establish, (see H.J.
Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional
empowerment zones, (see H.R. 3622), H6999 [3AU]
Congressional Research Service: make certain information available
to the public on the Internet, (see H.R. 3131), H3972 [22MY]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: improve agricultural
credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
H5736 [16JY]
Courts: moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R.
1283), H1550 [25MR]
Crime: prevent violence against women, (see H.R. 3514), H1336
[19MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: reform agricultural credit programs, (see
H.R. 3513), H1336 [19MR]
Dept. of HHS: disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
H.J. Res. 123), H5494 [14JY]
Dept. of HUD: modernize requirements and establish consensus
process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
H2052 [1AP]
Diseases: ovarian cancer research programs, (see H.R. 953), H2813
[5MY]
Ecology and environment: facilitate protection of tropical forests
through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
forests, (see H.R. 2870), H386 [5FE]
Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3247 [13MY]
Education: encourage States to develop and implement alternative
teacher certification and licensure programs, (see H.R. 3440),
H1111 [11MR]
------ encourage use of school resource officers, (see H.R. 4009),
H5405 [25JN]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3105 [12MY]
EPA: design and implement a performance-based measurement system to
encourage the development of new environmental monitoring
technologies, (see H.R. 3065), H1550 [25MR]
European Union: canned fruit subsidy, (see H. Res. 406), H3972
[22MY]
Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits
relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
(see H.R. 2273), H4880 [19JN]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral
economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H1112 [11MR]
------ promote stability in the Caucasus, deter renewed aggression,
and facilitate the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict,
(see H.R. 2983), H1237 [17MR]
------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 4283), H7179 [4AU]
Government: require a balanced Federal budget, repayment of the
national debt, and Social Security system solvency, (see H. Con.
Res. 228), H1445 [24MR]
Guam: commitment to increase self-government consistent with self-
determination, (see H. Res. 494), H5297 [24JN]
Hazardous substances: require one-call notification system to
protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H1445 [24MR]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2606
[29AP]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H3489
[19MY]
IMF: quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see H.R.
4150), H5402 [25JN]
Immigration: strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341),
H3366 [18MY]
Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish, (see
H.R. 3502), H1299 [18MR]
Insurance: allow children covered under private health insurance
under a State health plan to continue receiving benefits under
the Vaccines for Children Program, (see H.R. 3794), H3024 [11MY]
------ coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from
mastectomies, (see H.R. 164), H6697 [29JY]
------ require coverage of post-delivery follow-up care for certain
mothers and newborns, (see H.R. 2854), H330 [4FE]
Kate Mullany National Historic Site: establish, (see H.R. 4206),
H7415 [6AU]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: tribute, (see H. Con. Res. 247), H1777
[30MR]
Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights, (see H.R.
350), H5404 [25JN]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H6880 [31JY]
Library of Congress: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
(see H.R. 3790), H6820 [30JY]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1550 [25MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: exonerate from responsibility in the
sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H7290 [5AU]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
------ permit presumptive eligibility for low-income children, (see
H.R. 3640), H2814 [5MY]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
1375), H3744 [21MY]
------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 3205), H1112
[11MR], (see H.R. 3567), H3488 [19MY]
------ eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor used in
calculating blended capitation rate for Medicare+Choice
organizations, (see H.R. 4492), H7690 [14SE]
------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
medical education programs, (see H.R. 3855), H3744 [21MY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: anniversary, (see H.
Con. Res. 274), H3013 [7MY]
National Institute for the Environment: establish, (see H.R. 2914),
H904 [5MR]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide
certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
status, (see H.R. 3553), H6282 [23JY]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
H.R. 4235), H7000 [3AU]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7179 [4AU]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, (see
H.R. 3526), H3972 [22MY]
Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building, Oakland, CA: designate, (see
H.R. 3295), H677 [26FE]
Ships and vessels: limit restriction on carriage of certain
noncontainerized agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise
trade by foreign-built freight vessels, (see H.R. 4236), H5957
[20JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
612), H7414 [6AU]
------ payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care,
(see H.R. 2908), H1643 [26MR]
States: permit use of funds under the State Children's Health
Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant women, (see
H.R. 3837), H3972 [22MY]
Taxation: allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
3659), H2053 [1AP]
------ allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work
opportunity tax credit hiring incentives, (see H.R. 2995), H4325
[9JN]
------ application of the credit for electricity produced from
renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass
facilities, (see H.R. 4407), H7289 [5AU]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H3311 [14MY]
------ eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing,
(see H.R. 1241), H755 [3MR]
------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R. 3815),
H3013 [7MY]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H241 [3FE]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H1236 [17MR]
------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
H1550 [25MR]
------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
(see H.R. 2613), H3488 [19MY]
------ provide a source of interest-free capital for school
construction and renovation in States experiencing increased
enrollment, (see H.R. 3652), H2053 [1AP]
------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
production, (see H.R. 3688), H6697 [29JY]
------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
(see H.R. 3127), H3744 [21MY]
------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
------ treatment of contributions of computer technology and
equipment to elementary or secondary schools, (see H.R. 4476),
H7585 [10SE]
------ treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through
certain veterans educational assistance allowances, (see H.R.
3942), H4835 [18JN]
21st Century Scholars Program: establish, (see H.R. 777), H447
[11FE]
Veterans: improve access to health care services for certain
Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H5297 [24JN]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H6071 [21JY]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the
National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act, (see H.R. 3561), H1642 [26MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights, (see H.J.
Res. 66), H5494 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Ecology and environment: provide for innovative strategies for
achieving superior environmental performance, (see H.R. 3180),
H445 [11FE]
EPA: implementation of revised ozone and particulate matter
standards, (see H.R. 3505), H1335 [19MR]
Remarks
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:
transfer of special grants to implement research provisions,
H5017 [23JN], H5018 [23JN]
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H3760 [22MY], H4125
[4JN], H4132 [4JN]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), consideration of conference report (H.
Res. 446), H3767 [22MY], H3769 [22MY]
----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), insert language of H.R. 2534 in lieu (H.
Res. 365), H519 [24FE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5017 [23JN], H5018 [23JN]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations and
rescissions (H.R. 3579), motion to instruct conferees, H2288
[23AP]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2211<bullet> [22AP]
Arms Export Control Act: exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), H5449
[14JY]
Bankruptcy: reform laws (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 462),
H4346 [10JN]
California: flood control projects funding, H4920 [22JN]
Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
census, H6973<bullet> [3AU]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
121), H6082 [22JY]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11961<bullet>
[18DE]
------ reconsider decision to be formally received in Tiananmen
Square during visit to the People's Republic of China (H. Con.
Res. 285), H4120 [4JN]
Colleges and universities: reporting requirements for reductions in
athletic funding or scholarships, H2876 [6MY]
Delano, CA: anniversary of Philippine Weekend Festival,
E1352<bullet> [20JY]
------ tribute to American Legion Auxiliary Merle Reed Unit,
E432<bullet> [19MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain
uses of Exchange Stabilization Fund, H5708 [16JY], H5709 [16JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5708 [16JY], H5709 [16JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H6973<bullet>
[3AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6568 [29JY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4060),
H4920 [22JN]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to
unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
H4125 [4JN]
Foodlink for Tulare County, Inc.: anniversary, E1797<bullet> [24SE]
Heitzman, Mearle: Central Valley Chapter of the California
Restaurant Association honoree, E2221<bullet> [16OC]
Higher Education Act: reauthorize (H.R. 6), H2876 [6MY]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H3966 [22MY], H6868
[31JY]
IMF: funding, H2288 [23AP]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R.
4112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 550), H8543
[24SE]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (H.R. 2431),
H3277 [14MY]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take certain actions in
response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res.
588), H10371 [10OC]
Political campaigns: application of term ``express advocacy''
relative to communications providing voting records or positions
taken by candidates for public office, H5460 [14JY], H5461
[14JY]
------ ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2183), H4688
[17JN], H4787 [18JN], H5460 [14JY], H5461 [14JY]
------ influence and legality of foreign contributions, H4787 [18JN]
------ prohibit use of soft money in Federal elections, H4787 [18JN]
------ restrictions on issue advocacy by interest groups, H4787
[18JN]
San Joaquin Valley, CA: develop water resource management plan,
H6568 [29JY]
Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6776 [30JY]
Tributes
Cortez, Gilbert, E2218<bullet> [16OC]
Fazio, Representative, H8543 [24SE]