HOEFFEL, JOSEPH M. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2466), H5459 [13JY]
Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (H.R. 1074), H6200 [21JY], H6374 [26JY]
Articles and editorials
Crowd Tells of Health Care Horror Stories, Stephen Brady, Doylestown (PA) Intelligencer-Record, H684 [23FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1239), H1596 [23MR]
Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 732), H1697 [24MR]
Babbitt, Dina: release of paintings by the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum in Poland (see H. Con. Res. 162), H6352 [22JY]
Baumel, Zachary: locate and secure return along with other Israeli soldiers missing in action (see H.R. 1175), H1471 [18MR]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H2470 [28AP]
Children and youth: assist State and local prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies, with implementation of juvenile justice witness assistance programs (see H.R. 3132), H10724 [21OC]
———establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns (see H.R. 1193), H7996 [8SE]
———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 837), H10173 [18OC]
China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (see H.R. 1838), H10340 [19OC]
———express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 297), H8468 [21SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 541), H717 [23FE] (see H.R. 2397), H5178 [30JN]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H5334 [1JY]
Clinton, President: abstain from renegotiating international agreements governing antidumping and countervailing measures (see H. Res. 298), H8556 [22SE]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 90), H3694 [26MY]
Computers: prohibit private sales of guns, ammunition, or explosives over the Internet (see H.R. 3020), H9409 [5OC]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H2636 [4MY]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2120), H6019 [20JY]
Contracts: provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H4342 [15JN]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H2470 [28AP]
Council of Conservative Citizens: condemn racist and bigoted views (see H. Res. 35), H796 [24FE]
CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H9515 [6OC]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 1082), H1336 [16MR]
———penalties for intentionally damaging mass transit vehicles or causing death or serious injury to transit employees or passengers (see H.R. 1080), H5573 [14JY]
———youth violence (see H. Res. 357), H11481 [3NO]
Dept. of Defense: use of funds to pay for environmental fines and penalties (see H.R. 3387), H12796 [18NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Pittsburgh, PA, metropolitan area (see H.R. 1973), H3709 [27MY]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H4665 [18JN]
———increase research, treatment, and public education of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), H12227 [17NO]
———increased support and funding to combat diabetes (see H. Res. 325), H11068 [27OC]
———issue special postage stamps to fund AIDS research and education programs (see H.R. 597), H1474 [18MR]
———issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research (see H.R. 1472), H2132 [15AP]
Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 1756), H2997 [11MY]
———assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1750), H2997 [11MY]
———ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 960), H956 [3MR]
Education: provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H9645 [7OC]
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (see H.R. 800), H892 [2MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2355), H4911 [24JN]
EPA: require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy (see H.R. 828), H7996 [8SE]
Families and domestic relations: increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care and enhance early childhood development (see H.R. 1139), H1697 [24MR]
FCC: preserve low-power television stations that provide community broadcasting (see H.R. 486), H3392 [19MY]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H4126 [10JN]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H5367 [12JY]
Financial institutions: give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see H.R. 1929), H3604 [25MY]
Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 515), H892 [2MR]
———protect children from violence (see H.R. 1342), H2811 [5MY]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 902), H2636 [4MY]
———require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 1062), H2636 [4MY]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 772), H1336 [16MR]
Foreign trade: amend trade laws to address import crises (see H.R. 1505), H3861 [8JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 2512), H5571 [14JY]
Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 271), H379 [2FE]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (see H.R. 1221), H11481 [3NO]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1800 [25MR]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6760 [30JY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 358), H268 [19JA] (see H.R. 2723), H8967 [28SE]
———recognize success of lay person CPR training in increasing the rate of survival of cardiac arrest and support efforts to enhance public awareness of the need for such training (see H. Con. Res. 139), H5094 [29JN]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H6599 [29JY]
Housing: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 595), H3606 [25MY]
———expand homeownership (see H.R. 1776), H7886 [5AU]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3154), H11067 [27OC]
———expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H11481 [3NO]
———prevent trafficking of women and children for forced prostitution and labor (see H.R. 1356), H11372 [2NO]
Income: protect retirement security of individuals (see H.R. 1590), H2811 [5MY]
Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H11372 [2NO]
Indonesia: prohibit economic assistance until the results of the referendum in East Timor have been fully implemented (see H.R. 2895), H12227 [17NO]
———prohibit military assistance until the termination of paramilitary funding and human rights violations in East Timor (see H. Con. Res. 97), H4913 [24JN]
Insurance: provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H3215 [17MY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H460 [4FE]
Iran: discrimination against members of minority religious groups (see H. Con. Res. 128), H3859 [8JN]
———impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 1883), H5094 [29JN]
Iron and steel industry: limit steel imports to the average monthly volume of such imports during the 3 years preceding July, 1997 (see H.R. 506), H539 [9FE]
———respond to the surge of steel imports resulting from the financial crises in Asia, Russia, and other regions (see H.R. 412), H2998 [11MY]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and require the President to formally acknowledge such injustices (see H.R. 2442), H6583 [27JY]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H11068 [27OC]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H2921 [6MY]
Library of Congress: assemble a written history of the House of Representatives for publication (see H.R. 2303), H4734 [22JN]
McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H11372 [2NO]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2921 [6MY]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H10120 [14OC]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1471 [18MR]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H9022 [29SE]
———ensure proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical education programs (see H.R. 1483), H7997 [8SE]
———improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 2228), H4341 [15JN]
———modify treatment of certain patient days for purposes of determining the amount of disproportionate share adjustment payments to hospitals (see H.R. 1529), H2299 [22AP]
———repeal restriction on payment for hospital discharges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), H6424 [26JY]
———restore the non-applicability of private contracts for the provision of benefits (see H.R. 958), H1697 [24MR]
———treatment of payments to Medicare+Choice organizations relative to disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1103), H6199 [21JY]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3392 [19MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: restrict use and require recording and reporting of information on use of physical and chemical restraints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see H.R. 1313), H5093 [29JN]
Middle East: oppose unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State (see H. Con. Res. 24), H460 [4FE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 325), H957 [3MR]
National Commission on the Prevention of School Violence: establish (see H.R. 1556), H2922 [6MY]
Natural resources: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund acquisition, improvement, and maintenance of public resources (see H.R. 798), H892 [2MR]
NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 89), H1804 [25MR]
———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H2470 [28AP]
Noise pollution: prohibit operation of civil subsonic turbojets in certain metropolitan areas (see H.R. 561), H1803 [25MR]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize and modify conditions (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1265), H3695 [26MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend to protect State and local government employees (see H.R. 776), H2273 [21AP]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H714 [23FE]
OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 1993), H3710 [27MY]
OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H12226 [17NO]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H717 [23FE]
Pennsylvania: protect and conduct a study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields and authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution (see H.R. 659), H538 [9FE]
Pesticides: implement integrated pest management systems to minimize use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of pesticide use (see H.R. 3275), H12796 [18NO]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer education programs (see H.R. 380), H2810 [5MY]
Philadelphia, PA: designate certain Postal Service buildings (see H.R. 100), H2470 [28AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 417), H271 [19JA] (see H.R. 1739), H2920 [6MY]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H3171 [13MY]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H8967 [28SE]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H6199 [21JY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 783), H10340 [19OC]
Railroads: protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H12227 [17NO]
Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 1190), H1472 [18MR]
Russia: propose principles governing the provision of IMF assistance (see H.R. 3027), H9410 [5OC]
Samuel J. Roberts Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 3068), H10032 [13OC]
Schools: enhance safety (see H.R. 1895), H4223 [14JN]
Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see H.R. 1862), H3391 [19MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 685), H585 [10FE]
———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H5093 [29JN]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (see H.R. 1180), H1471 [18MR]
———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H2928 [10MY]
———permit members of the clergy to revoke their exemption from coverage (see H.R. 133), H816 [25FE]
———protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strengthen and protect Medicare (see H.R. 3165), H11143 [28OC]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H1260 [11MR]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1604), H2469 [28AP]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of Better America Bonds (see H.R. 2446), H5333 [1JY]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H11955 [10NO]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2811 [5MY]
———ensure tax payments from certain religious individuals are used for nonmilitary purposes (see H.R. 1454), H5687 [15JY]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas (see H.R. 1660), H5179 [30JN]
———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H8967 [28SE]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H2921 [6MY]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H2921 [6MY]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 835), H1474 [18MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H3296 [18MY]
———treatment of capital gains and estate taxes relative to certain farm property (see H.R. 2497), H5456 [13JY]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H11955 [10NO]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 838), H5750 [16JY]
———treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring assembly equipment (see H.R. 1122), H6353 [22JY]
Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site, Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy: designate (see H.R. 52), H1697 [24MR]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1728), H9410 [5OC]
Trade and Development Agency: reauthorize (see H.R. 1993), H3710 [27MY]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 895), H1597 [23MR]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1732), H2919 [6MY]
Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (see H.R. 1775), H10724 [21OC]
Weapons: strengthen firearms and explosives laws (see H.R. 1768), H3085 [12MY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 41), H5573 [14JY]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 357), H2921 [6MY] (see H.R. 1248), H2928 [10MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Crime: use of antique firearms (see H.R. 2377), H5091 [29JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Valley Forge National Historic Park (see H.R. 1961), H3693 [26MY]
Education: encourage school personnel to participate in technology education (see H.R. 3156), H11067 [27OC]
Government: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal payments, benefits, services, and tax advantages (see H.R. 3221), H11556 [4NO]
Essays: Voice of Democracy
Forbes, Eleanor, E706
Letters
American Land Sovereignty Protection Act: Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center, H3406 [20MY]
Remarks
Abington, PA: tribute to Abington Senior High School for recognition by Corp. for National and Community Service as a National Service-Learning Leaders School, E1120
Agriculture: relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices and weather, H9235
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1906), conference report, H9235
Armed Forces: support for troops carrying out NATO military operations against Serbia (H. Res. 130), H1667 [24MR]
Budget: deficit, H916 [3MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2000-2009 (H. Con. Res. 68), H1720, H1733 [25MR]
———treatment of any budget surpluses, H916 [3MR]
Census: allow precensus local review, H2019
———require use of postcensus local review (H.R. 472), H2019
Cheltenham, PA: Cheltenham Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1117
China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 1794), E2034
Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H1733 [25MR], H2965 [11MY]
Crime: use of antique firearms, H5619 [15JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1059), motion to instruct conferees, H5208 [1JY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1401), H4044 [10JN]
Dept. of the Interior: restore funding to the State-side program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, H5413 [13JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2466), H5413 [13JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2490), H5619 [15JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Valley Forge National Historic Park (H.R. 1961), E1111
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2670), H7014 [4AU]
Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H1720 [25MR]
Education: encourage school personnel to participate in technology education (H.R. 3156), E2223
Education Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act: allow State participation in activities (H.R. 800), H1096 [10MR]
Elkins Park, PA: McKinley Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1117
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (H.R. 2122), H4580 [17JN]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H6662 [29JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2606), H6662 [29JY]
Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions (H.R. 1152), H6787 [2AU]
Goltz, William: Boy Scout Heroism Award recipient, E916
Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (H.R. 1074), H6369, H6374, H6376 [26JY]
———accounting of costs and benefits (H.R. 1074), consideration (H. Res. 258), H6301, H6302 [22JY]
———analyze extent to which costs imposed on incorporated entities by regulatory programs are offset by Federal subsidies, H6374, H6376 [26JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H6853 [3AU]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 358), H684 [23FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H9560 [7OC]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes, H4044 [10JN]
———presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes (H. Con. Res. 42), H1207 [11MR]
———tribute to U.S. and NATO troops for carrying out military operations against Serbia, H5208 [1JY]
———U.S. participation in NATO military operations against Serbia relative to human rights violations, H4044 [10JN]
LSC: funding, H7014 [4AU]
National security: national missile defense system (H.R. 4), H1434 [18MR]
Pennsylvania: protect and conduct a study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields and authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution (H.R. 659), H4702, H4705 [22JN], H10127
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 417), H8264 [14SE]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R. 883), H3406 [20MY]
Serbia: direct the President to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces pursuant to the War Powers Resolution (H. Con. Res. 82), H2415 [28AP]
Transportation and Community Systems Preservation Program: awarding of grants to encourage integration of smart growth policies in transportation projects design, H2965 [11MY]
U.N.: designation of Biosphere Reserves, World Heritage Sites, and Ramsar Sites, H3406 [20MY]
Votes: position on missed, H10833
Willow Grove, PA: Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1117
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H951 [3MR], H1255 [11MR], H2994 [11MY]
Tributes
Birnhak, J. Robert and Marilyn Price, E1889
Rice, Melvin, E688