HOOLEY, DARLENE (a Representative from Oregon)

Articles and editorials

Every Parent Should Take a Drug Test—Learn About Inhalants, What You Don't Know May Surprise You, New York (NY) Times, H3751 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: issue commemorative postage stamp to honor U.S. farm women (see H. Res. 213), H1164 [21MR]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H632 [1MR]

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

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H7211 [27JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H373 [14FE]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Children and youth: authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H1588 [29MR]

———support mentoring programs (see H. Res. 552), H6052 [13JY]

China, Republic of: ensure that future is resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism and with the express consent of the Taiwanese people (see H. Res. 659), H12095 [14DE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1271), H757 [8MR]

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]

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), H6719 [20JY]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]

———networking and information technology research and development funding (see H.R. 2086), H219 [7FE]

Consumers: protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H5737 [10JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H2606 [4MY]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H573 [29FE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H633 [1MR]

Corps of Engineers: conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects within the Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay Estuaries in Oregon and Washington (see H.R. 5150), H7501 [12SE]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

Crime: improve information on, and protections against, child sexual abuse (see H.R. 2382), H9767 [11OC]

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 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), H1958 [6AP]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H1477 [28MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H6052 [13JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out a vessel scrapping and processing pilot program (see H.R. 4189), H4220 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H757 [8MR]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1852 [5AP]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H7211 [27JY]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H2341 [13AP]

———recognize the severity of colon cancer and the need for education in prevention and early detection (see H. Con. Res. 133), H5737 [10JY]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H1958 [6AP]

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H2341 [13AP]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5737 [10JY]

———establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H2967 [11MY]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H1629 [30MR]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to initiate and improve physical education programs (see H.R. 4536), H5737 [10JY]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H1852 [5AP]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 2947), H165 [1FE]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4042), H3649 [23MY]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (see H.R. 4067), H1477 [28MR]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H8617 [2OC]

Fish and fishing: eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning (see H.R. 3535), H511 [16FE]

Food Security Act: establish the Conservation Security Program (see H.R. 5511), H10472 [19OC]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1163 [21MR]

———prohibit certain defense services to countries ineligible for international military education, training assistance, or arms transfers (see H.R. 1063), H2770 [9MY]

Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 259), H758 [8MR]

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (see H.R. 4828), H7871 [19SE]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H1852 [5AP]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H575 [29FE]

———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see H.R. 5091), H11842 [3NO]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4592), H6052 [13JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]

Homeless: educational assistance for children and youth (see H.R. 2888), H5955 [12JY]

House of Representatives: direct the posting of all lobbying registrations and reports, filed with the Clerk, on the official public Internet site (see H. Res. 462), H1852 [5AP]

Housing: provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments for teachers and public safety officers to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions (see H.R. 3884), H920 [9MR]

Immigration: 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), H6777 [24JY]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6354 [17JY]

———provide H-1B status to nonimmigrants that meet certain educational requirements and whose employers make scholarship payments to institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3508), H922 [9MR]

———provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see H.R. 1926), H7871 [19SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3545), H1077 [15MR]

Indonesia: condemn militia attack on U.N. refugee workers in West Timor and call for an end to militia violence in East and West Timor (see H. Con. Res. 395), H8736 [3OC]

———prohibit military assistance relative to free elections and human rights conditions in East Timor (see H.R. 4357), H2906 [10MY]

Insurance: 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), H1476 [28MR]

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), H10473 [19OC]

Japan: oppose permanent seat on U.N. Security Council until the Japanese Government complies with International Whaling Commission requirements and ends the commercialization of whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 431), H11207 [26OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H7281 [6SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H5036 [22JN]

———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), H255 [8FE]

Little Sandy River: protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit (see H.R. 4580), H8469 [28SE]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H2607 [4MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2512 [3MY]

Medicare: coverage of home health services (see H.R. 4874), H7991 [21SE]

———coverage of medically necessary pancreas transplantation procedures (see H.R. 4495), H7652 [14SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2607 [4MY]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services, apply reasonable standard to determination of medical necessity for ambulance services, and recognize additional costs of ambulance services in rural areas (see H.R. 5153), H7723 [18SE]

———ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (see H.R. 2831), H3813 [24MY]

———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H7003 [25JY]

———preserve essential rural hospitals (see H.R. 5220), H8469 [28SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H2340 [13AP]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H2607 [4MY]

Mexico: adopt measures to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict and to protect human rights in Chiapas (see H. Con. Res. 238), H3926 [6JN]

———political repression of foreign observers (see H. Con. Res. 350), H4120 [8JN]

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), H7211 [27JY]

NIH: establish Office of Autoimmune Diseases (see H.R. 2573), H6052 [13JY]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 730), H757 [8MR]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H166 [1FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Oregon: provide for additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 3567), H208 [2FE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 404), H8062 [25SE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5656 [29JN]

Privacy: prohibit the sale, share, or transfer of information acquired by Internet sites that include a pledge that it would not be released (see H.R. 4814), H6052 [13JY]

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), H757 [8MR]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 2955), H1285 [22MR]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7503 [12SE]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———provide equitable payments to providers of services under the Medicare Program and provide coverage of additional children under the Medicaid Program (see H.R. 5001), H7206 [27JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H6777 [24JY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H2607 [4MY]

———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8617 [2OC]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H5737 [10JY]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 2265), H1852 [5AP]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1958 [6AP]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 1294), H1119 [16MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H2341 [13AP]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H922 [9MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]

———repeal information reporting requirement imposed on educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits (see H.R. 1389), H931 [13MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H2411 [2MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H1163 [21MR]

———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H8469 [28SE]

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), H5169 [26JN]

Veterans: authorize certain disabled veterans and their dependents to use Dept. of Defense commissary stores and post and base exchanges (see H.R. 362), H7002 [25JY]

———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]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H4174 [9JN]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7503 [12SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H997 [14MR]

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]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H2606 [4MY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7723 [18SE]

World Trade Organization: file complaint against oil-producing countries for violating trade rules prohibiting quantitative limitations on import or export of resources or products across borders (see H. Con. Res. 276), H1407 [23MR]

World War II: war crimes committed by the Japanese military (see H. Con. Res. 357), H4818 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

Drugs: prevent abuse of inhalants (see H.R. 4565), H3868 [25MY]

Mart, Adelina: relief (see H.R. 4863), H6052 [13JY]

Mart, Julian: relief (see H.R. 4863), H6052 [13JY]

Mart, Paul: relief (see H.R. 4863), H6052 [13JY]

Mart, Veronica: relief (see H.R. 4863), H6052 [13JY]

Letters

Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act: John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, H8759 [4OC]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5586 [29JN]

Armed Forces: tribute to Marines who lost their lives in V-22 Osprey aircraft accident in Marana, AZ, E869 [25MY]

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3125 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3125 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1392 [23MR]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H176 [2FE]

Children and youth: authorize grants for education programs to combat inhalant abuse, H3751 [24MY]

Coastal zones: prohibit use of offshore oil and gas revenues by States under Federal moratorium on offshore leasing, H2864 [10MY]

———use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2864 [10MY]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports, E2015 [28OC]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (H.R. 4311), E587 [13AP]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, H11212 [26OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1865 [6AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4253 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11742 [1NO]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, E2015 [28OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, H1392 [23MR]

———reductions in school class size, H11742 [1NO]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H4253 [13JN]

Financial institutions: repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 4067), H2077 [11AP]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), consideration (H. Res. 445), H1206 [22MR]

Harney County, OR: designate wilderness areas and a cooperative management and protection area in the vicinity of Steens Mountain (H.R. 4828), H8759 [4OC]

Housing: expand homeownership (H.R. 1776), H1862, H1865 [6AP]

———provide for one percent FHA mortgage loan downpayments to purchase homes within employing jurisdictions, H1862 [6AP]

Mart, Adelina: relief (H.R. 4863), E1240 [14JY]

Mart, Julian: relief (H.R. 4863), E1240 [14JY]

Mart, Paul: relief (H.R. 4863), E1240 [14JY]

Mart, Veronica: relief (H.R. 4863), E1240 [14JY]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5373 [28JN]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 664), H420 [15FE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 310), E705 [11MY]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H11485, H11486, H11487, H11488 [28OC]

Portland, OR: regional affordable housing pilot project funding, H1862 [6AP]

Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads (H.R. 2389), H9614 [10OC]

Salem, OR: tribute to 21st Century Community Schoolhouse, E705 [11MY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11212 [26OC]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2792 [10MY]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6827 [25JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2264 [13AP]

Tillamook County, OR: railroad reconstruction funding, H5586 [29JN]

Votes: position on missed, E1054, E1056 [20JN], E1178 [30JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1761 [4AP], H3804 [24MY]

Tributes

Bruns, Steve, H2020 [11AP]

Neuberger, Maurine B., H1731 [4AP]

Weddle, Mike, H2783 [10MY]