DOOLEY, CALVIN M. (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, H1621 [30MR]
Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 2149), H1674 [3AP]
Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H50 [27JA]
Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894, 4895), H6778 [24JY]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H7991 [21SE]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H. Res. 396), H1078 [15MR]
Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8735 [3OC]
California: develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa Basin Watershed (see H.R. 1113), H2512 [3MY]
———study best scientific method for the long-term protection of giant sequoia groves (see H.R. 4021), H1118 [16MR]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H575 [29FE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H6354 [17JY]
Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H6777 [24JY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]
Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 4049), H2512 [3MY]
Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H5843 [11JY]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities (see H.R. 2463), H6719 [20JY]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6777 [24JY]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]
Crime: constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see H.J. Res. 64), H255 [8FE]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H3172 [16MY]
DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3172 [16MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H4036 [7JN]
———allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H2013 [10AP]
———extend time period for filing complaints by growers for economic losses due to fradulent fruit and vegetable inspections at Hunts Point Terminal Market, Bronx, NY (see H.R. 4965), H7366 [7SE]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H1477 [28MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7282 [6SE]
Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H4675 [19JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1852 [5AP]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]
Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H572 [29FE]
———establish a program for next-generation technology grants to improve teaching and learning in schools (see H.R. 4183), H1851 [5AP]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271), H7281 [6SE]
———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]
Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 2947), H3813 [24MY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]
EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7282 [6SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]
Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H455 [15FE]
Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H2412 [2MY]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (see H.R. 5234), H7932 [20SE]
Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H2770 [9MY]
———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1076 [15MR]
Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1841), H7723 [18SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1629 [30MR]
INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see H.R. 4798), H5654 [29JN]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1589 [29MR]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H2967 [11MY]
Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H5241 [27JN]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H2967 [11MY]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3049 [15MY]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H2606 [4MY]
———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H9505 [6OC]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H3869 [25MY]
———improve methodology for the calculation of Medicare+Choice program payment rates (see H.R. 4951), H7002 [25JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H6719 [20JY]
National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 310), H2339 [13AP]
National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H2411 [2MY]
National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H209 [2FE]
Native Americans: settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 4643), H7212 [27JY]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5656 [29JN]
Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover pigeons distributed for use as human food (see H.R. 4073), H1404 [23MR]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7502 [12SE]
Railroads: preserve, rehabilitate, and improve certain railroad tracks and bridges using funds collected through the diesel fuel tax (see H.R. 4746), H5168 [26JN]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]
Rivers: reduce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 4013), H4336 [13JN]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H2512 [3MY]
———extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H5955 [12JY]
States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H7933 [20SE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for health insurance costs (see H.R. 4113), H1587 [29MR]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4174 [9JN]
———application of the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass facilities (see H.R. 1731), H6777 [24JY]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2341 [13AP]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7503 [12SE]
———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H4174 [9JN]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2655 [8MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3309 [17MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1083), H2512 [3MY]
———treatment of telecommuting (see H.R. 3819), H2411 [2MY]
U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H922 [9MR]
Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H11207 [26OC]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H921 [9MR]
———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8799 [4OC]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2967 [11MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bureau of Reclamation: provide security for dams, facilities, and resources (see H.R. 4948), H7002 [25JY]
Dept. of the Interior: refund certain collections received pursuant to the Reclamation Reform Act (see H.R. 4847), H6051 [13JY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 4518), H3648 [23MY]
House Rules: require that a Chaplain be nominated by the Speaker, the Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader prior to election (see H. Res. 447), H1406 [23MR]
Remarks
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H2175
Bureau of Reclamation: study the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Prosser Diversion Dam Chandler Pumping Plant in Washington (H.R. 3986), H7887, H7888 [20SE]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization, H2598 [4MY]
———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3703 [24MY]
China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H117 [1FE]
Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), H2362
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10080
Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1094 [16MR]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, H6701 [20JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3270 [17MY]
Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (H. Res. 398), H2175
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6701 [20JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5157 [26JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), H2445 [3MY]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 489), H2576 [4MY]
Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-performance computers, H3270 [17MY]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), consideration (H. Res. 542), H5618 [29JN]
Immigration: promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (H.R. 3983), H1052 [15MR]
National Biotechnology Month: observance, E36
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5157 [26JN]
Roemer, Representative: congratulations on birth of child, H6622 [20JY]
Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4147
Votes: position on missed, H12502
World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4810 [21JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1074 [15MR], H2604 [4MY], H3170 [16MY]
Tributes
Campbell, Carl R., E113
Rodriguez, Armando and Betty, E1239