HOEKSTRA, PETER (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1576 [29MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4221 [12JN], H4245 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H922 [9MR]

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 2985), H342 [10FE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H3413 [18MY]

Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H8200 [26SE]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6354 [17JY]

Corporations: improve disclosure of charitable contributions (see H.R. 887), H342 [10FE]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H1589 [29MR]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H5169 [26JN]

Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H4036 [7JN]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 409), H90 [31JA]

———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (see H. Res. 578), H7933 [20SE]

EPA: make grants for the remediation of sediment contamination in certain areas of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4283), H7003 [25JY]

ERISA: establish requirements for certain stock purchase arrangements maintained by employers for employees and provide favorable tax treatment for such arrangements (see H.R. 3462), H5436 [28JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 5026), H7207 [27JY]

———clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H50 [27JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H455 [15FE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H511 [16FE]

———establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 5385), H8799 [4OC]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H4817 [21JN]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4645), H5085 [23JN]

———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 4744), H5737 [10JY]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H3173 [16MY]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H8201 [26SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H8201 [26SE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1477 [28MR]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H996 [14MR]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H4784 [20JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H5241 [27JN]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 481), H3474 [19MY]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H3050 [15MY]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H2339 [13AP]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H1407 [23MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H7872 [19SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H342 [10FE]

Ohio: constitutionality of State motto (see H. Res. 494), H2967 [11MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 4747), H5168 [26JN]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H165 [1FE]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5169 [26JN]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4592 [15JN]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Research: requirements for disclosures relative to transfers of human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3980), H1076 [15MR]

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H1763 [4AP]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]

Taxation: allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and provide for a report on State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 2362), H1958 [6AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1958 [6AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4006), H5169 [26JN]

———religious exemption from requirement to provide identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits and deductions on tax return (see H.R. 2494), H2770 [9MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3173 [16MY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H342 [10FE]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H1852 [5AP]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corp. for National and Community Service: State commissions audit funding (see H.R. 4309), H2338 [13AP]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4080), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: prohibit sales of excess Federal computer equipment and other excess Federal property on the commercial market (see H. Res. 641), H10257 [18OC]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H1851 [5AP]

Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 4310), H2338 [13AP]

Taxation: permit the disclosure of return information to verify the accuracy of information provided on applications for Federal student financial aid (see H.R. 4661), H4484 [14JN]

Motions

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H11514 [29OC], H11546 [30OC], H11668 [31OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1576, H1583 [29MR]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1981 [10AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1308, H1357, H1395 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, H2256 [13AP]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), motion to instruct conferees, H1981 [10AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H8441 [28SE], H11512 [29OC]

Corp. for National and Community Service: State commissions audit funding, H1576 [29MR]

Dept. of Education: GAO audit, H747-H751 [8MR]

———investigation and audit, H7842 [19SE], H8768, H8769, H8771, H8772 [4OC]

———reform, H7357, H7359, H7360, H7361, H7362 [7SE]

———theft of Impact Aid Program funds, H8768, H8769, H8771 [4OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4245, H4246 [13JN], H11508 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11546 [30OC], H11668 [31OC]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H5430 [28JN]

Education: direct funding and control to local educational agencies, H11506 [29OC]

———national policy to improve system, H747-H751 [8MR], H2256 [13AP], H3904, H3905, H3906, H3907, H3908 [6JN], H8297 [27SE], H8440, H8442, H8443 [28SE], H8768, H8769, H8770, H8771, H8772, H8773 [4OC], H11506, H11509 [29OC], E966 [9JN]

———tribute to home educators and home schooled students (H. Res. 578), H8185 [26SE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (H.R. 3240), H5430 [28JN]

Gale, Christopher: Boys and Girls Clubs of America Midwest Region Youth of the Year award recipient, H7970 [21SE]

GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education, H1583 [29MR]

———conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (H.R. 4079), H4178, H4180, H4181 [12JN]

Gore, Vice President: economic plan, H8442 [28SE]

Government: waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, H8295 [27SE], H8440, H8442, H8443 [28SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, H3904, H3905 [6JN]

———funding through reductions in various education programs, H4245, H4246 [13JN]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 310), H2370 [2MY]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3557), H383 [15FE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H600, H619, H620 [1MR]

Taxation: disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), H6380, H6382 [18JY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, H11508, H11509, H11511 [29OC]

———rates, H8442 [28SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5166 [26JN], H5841 [11JY], H6047 [13JY], H7868 [19SE], H10806 [24OC], H11525 [29OC]

Statements

Educational Fascism in Minnesota: John H. Scribante, E966 [9JN], E1032 [15JN]

Tributes

Ewing, Representative, H10801 [24OC]

Kooiman, Germaine O. (Jerry), E2148 [7DE]

Scribante, John H., E966 [9JN], E1032 [15JN]

Steen, Norman B., H8814 [5OC]