HILLEARY, VAN (a Representative from Tennessee)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H454 [15FE]
American Museum of Science and Energy: designate (see H.R. 4940), H6777 [24JY]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 3590), H5241 [27JN]
Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities, provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enrollment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 4124), H2412 [2MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H342 [10FE]
Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]
Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds to discriminate against the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of organizational, associational, or constitutional beliefs (see H.R. 5306), H8200 [26SE]
Capital punishment: prohibit the execution of pregnant women (see H.R. 4888), H6778 [24JY]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 4292), H2655 [8MY]
Computers: require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H4120 [8JN]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H7502 [12SE]
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: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H7373 [11SE]
———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 4051), H1589 [29MR]
Dept. of Defense: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (see H.R. 4660), H4784 [20JN]
———protect citizen soldiers (see H.R. 4669), H5737 [10JY]
Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]
———establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 4649), H6599 [19JY]
Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H7003 [25JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals in the same manner as Federal employees and allow locality pay adjustments for those employees (see H.R. 1216), H1284 [22MR]
Diseases: increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H11621 [30OC]
Education: importance of music education (see H. Con. Res. 266), H647 [6MR]
———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H5241 [27JN] (see H.R. 5034), H7207 [27JY]
———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: allow States and local school districts flexibility in allocating Federal funds (see H.R. 4141), H1628 [30MR]
———reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2412 [2MY]
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), H1477 [28MR]
FDA: 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), H922 [9MR]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H90 [31JA]
Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H5240 [27JN]
Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]
GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3521), H4485 [14JN]
Health care facilities: require Federal authorities to provide information in medical records, seized from a medical practice to that practice, in order to continue patient care (see H.R. 4689), H4591 [15JN]
Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4152), H2512 [3MY] (see H.R. 4592), H4592 [15JN]
Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H4592 [15JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1284 [22MR]
INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1589 [29MR]
James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (see H.R. 4608), H4120 [8JN]
Law enforcement officers: extend retroactive eligibility dates for educational assistance to the surviving spouse and dependent children of officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 2059), H5436 [28JN]
———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 4550), H7212 [27JY]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2606 [4MY]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H7652 [14SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H922 [9MR]
———waive disproportionate share hospital designation for certain rural hospitals relative to obstetrician requirements (see H.R. 4793), H5654 [29JN]
Medicare: coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H4122 [8JN]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]
———improve Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program (see H.R. 4997), H7992 [21SE]
———increase access to health care for beneficiaries through telehealth services (see H.R. 4841), H7503 [12SE]
———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H5036 [22JN]
———preserve essential rural hospitals (see H.R. 5220), H8469 [28SE]
———provide for a Doctors' Bill of Rights (see H.R. 3300), H575 [29FE]
———provide for equity in the amount of disproportionate share payment adjustments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 4995), H7991 [21SE]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3576), H342 [10FE]
———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]
Money: prohibit inclusion of any information storage capability on U.S. currency or the imposition of any fee or penalty on any person for the holding of such currency (see H.R. 3399), H255 [8FE]
National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 4781), H7212 [27JY]
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]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7373 [11SE]
National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H7872 [19SE]
———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3539), H90 [31JA]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7003 [25JY]
OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H5084 [23JN]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H2411 [2MY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H5037 [22JN]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5084 [23JN]
Social Security: modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 3578), H2512 [3MY]
States: permit funding of prescription drugs for minors relative to parental consent (see H.R. 3302), H7211 [27JY]
———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 3219), H2607 [4MY]
Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H5955 [12JY]
———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H922 [9MR]
———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H9635 [10OC]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———exclude from unrelated business taxable income amounts set aside by a volunteer fire department for purchasing equipment (see H.R. 3168), H5843 [11JY]
———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 4902), H7933 [20SE]
———religious exemption from requirement to provide identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain credits and deductions on tax return (see H.R. 2494), H1852 [5AP]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3413 [18MY]
———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 4328), H5955 [12JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of long-term vehicle storage by tax-exempt organizations which conduct county and similar fairs (see H.R. 2640), H1406 [23MR]
———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H255 [8FE]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H1413 [27MR]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H4817 [21JN]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Tennessee (U.S.S.): tribute for accomplishments during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 421), H9901 [12OC]
Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H7871 [19SE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H632 [1MR]
Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7652 [14SE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H7281 [6SE]
Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12021 [6DE]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2607 [4MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Shiloh National Military Park: increase Federal share for reconstruction of a road and causeway in Hardin County, TN (see H.R. 4190), H1851 [5AP]
Tullahoma, TN: authorize retention of all funds received under certain EPA construction grants (see H.R. 4355), H2410 [2MY]
Letters
Compensation programs for Dept. of Energy employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death: Representative Goodling, H3376 [18MY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), E468
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9662
Channel One Network: tribute to ``OneVote'' program, E2035
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3375 [18MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9662
Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3375 [18MY], H9662
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: State Extended Care Facilities Construction Grant Program funding through reductions in NASA programs, H4734
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4434
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4734
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse, E468
Farri, Vincent and Christina: tribute to birth of child, E2236
Health: prohibit implementation of a uniform medical identifier, H4434
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4055), H2456
James H. Quillen U.S. Courthouse, Greeneville, TN: designate (H.R. 4608), H5197 [27JN]
Votes: position on missed, E1324
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3918 [6JN], H8615 [2OC]
Tributes