DOYLE, MICHAEL F. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
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]
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association: tribute to individuals who are being awarded the Medal for Military Service (see H. Con. Res. 283), H1077 [15MR]
Animals: conservation of great apes (see H.R. 4320), H3926 [6JN]
———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H7281 [6SE]
———provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H997 [14MR]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H757 [8MR] (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]
Austria: inclusion of extremist party in coalition Government (see H. Res. 429), H1285 [22MR]
Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see H. Con. Res. 367), H5655 [29JN]
Budget: support year 2000 proposed budget (see H.R. 3054), H3309 [17MY]
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), H341 [10FE]
Children and youth: expand access to health care (see H.R. 4932), H7212 [27JY]
China, People's Republic of: apply certain measures in response to the illegal sale, transfer, or misuse of certain controlled goods, services, or technology (see H.R. 4829), H7212 [27JY]
China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H1120 [16MR]
———high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 401), H9011 [5OC]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7503 [12SE]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]
Community development: enhance availability of capital and credit for citizens and communities and ensure that community reinvestment keeps pace as financial service providers become affiliated (see H.R. 4893), H6599 [19JY]
———increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]
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]
Consumers: protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H5956 [12JY]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]
Credit cards: prevent issuers from taking advantage of traditional college students and protect parents of such students (see H.R. 3142), H5169 [26JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: ensure milk producers receive a fair price for milk marketed for domestic consumption and establish a National Milk Pricing Board (see H.R. 5052), H7208 [27JY]
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 HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H5085 [23JN]
Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H11195 [25OC]
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), H2412 [2MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H219 [7FE]
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6471 [18JY]
———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]
Diseases: increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2123 [11AP]
———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H9768 [11OC]
———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H6778 [24JY]
Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H7997 [22SE]
Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1657), H10809 [24OC]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H1477 [28MR]
FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H90 [31JA]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H3926 [6JN]
Federal employees: health benefits coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 2321), H2512 [3MY]
———make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians (see H.R. 3841), H6470 [18JY]
———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H3925 [6JN]
———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H6470 [18JY]
Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H511 [16FE]
Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5095), H7366 [7SE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H6470 [18JY]
Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H5036 [22JN]
———improve relations with India and intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 572), H7502 [12SE]
FRS: reduce interest rates (see H. Res. 536), H5240 [27JN]
George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building, York, PA: designate (see H.R. 5210), H7870 [19SE]
Gertrude A. Barber Post Office Building, Erie, PA: designate (see H.R. 4625), H4173 [9JN]
Government: prohibit the acquisition of products produced by forced labor (see H. Con. Res. 308), H8201 [26SE]
Health: allow certain retirees who lose employer-based coverage to acquire coverage under Medicare or COBRA and require employers to notify retirees of any changes in their health benefits (see H.R. 3631), H2341 [13AP]
———application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H574 [29FE]
———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H373 [14FE]
———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see H.R. 5091), H12095 [14DE]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1406 [23MR]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]
Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 5311), H11207 [26OC]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H1284 [22MR]
Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H2906 [10MY]
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), H511 [16FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5180), H8736 [3OC]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H758 [8MR]
Insurance: implement coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 3224), H50 [27JA]
———make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H4675 [19JN]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 1515), H2012 [10AP]
———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H7365 [7SE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H4035 [7JN]
Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10036 [17OC]
Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 347), H373 [14FE]
Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4554), H3867 [25MY]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H373 [14FE]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2122 [11AP]
Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H1078 [15MR]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H998 [14MR]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H278 [9FE]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H4817 [21JN]
———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H8201 [26SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4121 [8JN]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H7208 [27JY]
———coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 3840), H6052 [13JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———coverage of screening mammography, pap smears, and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4330), H8062 [25SE]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H5436 [28JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H3926 [6JN]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 2892), H7281 [6SE]
———extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to cases of transplants not paid for under the program (see H.R. 3107), H50 [27JA]
———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]
———improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]
———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H3926 [6JN]
———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7501 [12SE]
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914), H4817 [21JN]
———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H6600 [19JY]
———prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 141), H209 [2FE]
———prohibit the use of risk-based managed care payments for certain administrative costs (see H.R. 3682), H4817 [21JN]
———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H7723 [18SE]
———reimbursement of routine patient care costs for individuals participating in approved clinical trials (see H.R. 61), H373 [14FE]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H511 [16FE]
———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]
Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]
Middle East: U.S. policy on Jericho (see H. Con. Res. 286), H2906 [10MY]
Mitchell, George J.: urge the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Northern Ireland peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 242), H49 [27JA]
Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]
National Guard: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H9901 [12OC]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H7365 [7SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H2905 [10MY]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H50 [27JA]
NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 4429), H2966 [11MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H89 [31JA]
Poland: anniversary of workers' strikes that led to the creation of the independent trade union Solidarnosc (see H. Con. Res. 416), H8735 [3OC]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2411 [2MY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1285 [22MR]
———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3412 [18MY]
Power resources: permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2771 [9MY]
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), H2411 [2MY]
Radioactive substances: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]
Railroads: enhance competition between rail carriers (see H.R. 2784), H3813 [24MY]
———modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]
Robert S. Walker Post Office, Millersville, PA: designate (see H.R. 5418), H9901 [12OC]
Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 4506), H8469 [28SE]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Selective Service System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 402), H7651 [14SE]
Senior citizens: recognize need for a White House Conference to discuss and develop national recommendations concerning quality of care in assisted living facilities (see H.J. Res. 107), H8469 [28SE]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H574 [29FE]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H4674 [19JN]
———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]
———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H4121 [8JN]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4651), H6355 [17JY]
———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H7366 [7SE]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H5169 [26JN]
Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission: reauthorize (see H.R. 4420), H6471 [18JY]
Taxation: allow certain individuals a credit for elective deferrals and individual retirement account contributions (see H.R. 2553), H6599 [19JY]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H342 [10FE]
———allow small employers a tax credit for costs incurred in establishing a qualified employer plan (see H.R. 1021), H7578 [13SE]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3869 [25MY]
———exclusion from gross income of the sale or exchange of qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 5054), H8617 [2OC]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]
———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3517), H5241 [27JN]
———provide that ancestors or lineal descendants of members of the Armed Forces shall be taken into account in determining tax-exempt status of veterans' organizations (see H.R. 4434), H5737 [10JY]
———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H1120 [16MR]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H455 [15FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H5240 [27JN]
———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H5240 [27JN]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H1119 [16MR]
———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H4036 [7JN]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H8617 [2OC]
———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H8617 [2OC]
———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H8062 [25SE]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3438), H2340 [13AP]
Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H6720 [20JY]
U.N.: promote full equality for Israel (see H.R. 3405), H165 [1FE]
Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H5084 [23JN]
Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4131), H2239 [12AP]
———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H6777 [24JY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H921 [9MR]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H2012 [10AP]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H9011 [5OC]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7281 [6SE]
———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 4606), H5037 [22JN]
Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]
———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]
National parks and recreation areas: establish the Steel Industry National Historic Park in Pennsylvania and extend the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail between Cumberland, MD, and Pittsburgh, PA (see H.R. 5030), H7207 [27JY]
Remarks
Carroll, Elizabeth Rose: Congressional Artistic Discovery student art competition winner, E719
Dept. of HHS: review of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network rules and policies, H1708 [4AP]
Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4545 [15JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4545 [15JN]
Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (H.R. 2418), H1708 [4AP]
Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1867
Natural gas: promote research and development of methane hydrate resources (H.R. 1753), Senate amendments (H. Res. 453), H1636
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition: report on the future of the U.S. steel industry and the role of technology, E1482
Votes: position on missed, E780