DOOLEY, CALVIN M. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6147 [2OC], H6344 [4OC]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2533 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1408 [3AP] (see H.R. 2866), H5592 [11SE]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 2270), H3464 [21JN]

Armed Forces: eliminate requirement that covered beneficiaries obtain nonavailability-of-health-care statements relative to obstetrics and gynecological care for pregnancies (see H.R. 1511), H1718 [1MY]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H5340 [2AU]

Aviation: preserve nonstop service to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for certain communities in case of airline bankruptcy (see H.R. 2387), H4014 [16JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H163 [31JA]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1861 [2MY]

California: implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (see H.R. 1985), H2709 [24MY] (see H.R. 3208), H7717 [1NO]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H1013 [20MR]

CERCLA: reauthorize and reform Superfund program and promote brownfields redevelopment (see H.R. 324), H1346 [29MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H3806 [28JN]

Clean Air Act: impose certain requirements on areas upwind of ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 3362), H8564 [28NO]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes, and cancel the removal, and adjust the status of certain alien college-bound students who are long-term U.S. residents (see H.R. 1918), H5340 [2AU]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H2889 [5JN]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (see H. Con. Res. 132), H3714 [27JN]

———importance of the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) specification in protecting the privacy of Internet users (see H. Res. 159), H2998 [7JN]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2454), H5340 [2AU]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H3712 [27JN]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H219 [7FE]

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6505 [10OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 98), H3067 [12JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H5406 [5SE]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H223 [7FE]

Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see H.R. 1241), H1188 [27MR]

Dept. of Transportation: give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (see H.R. 3067), H7128 [17OC]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H3068 [12JN]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H3713 [27JN]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H2281 [16MY]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see H.R. 1689), H1860 [2MY]

Education: allow home school students who are eligible for enrollment in the overseas defense dependents' education system to use auxiliary services of system schools (see H.R. 830), H828 [8MR]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2849 [25MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 345), H164 [31JA]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees (see H.R. 2070), H4725 [26JY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

———provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees and reduce the time they must be continuously employed before applying for admission to the U.S. (see H.R. 2278), H3464 [21JN]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2023 [8MY]

Firearms: require criminal background checks for sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms at certain events and provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement (see H.R. 2377), H3803 [28JN]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H4949 [31JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H1061 [21MR]

Foreign countries: require the President to report on the effectiveness of the imposition of unilateral economic sanctions by the U.S. (see H.R. 1828), H5406 [5SE]

Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H1718 [1MY]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1605 [25AP]

Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Head Start Act: ensure that every eligible child has the tools to learn to read (see H.R. 1201), H1114 [22MR]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H877 [13MR]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H444 [27FE]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H2083 [9MY]

Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building, Santa Ana, CA: designate (see H.R. 1366), H1861 [2MY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2690), H6505 [10OC]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H7333 [25OC]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H3712 [27JN]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

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. 1266), H2082 [9MY]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1195), H2082 [9MY]

———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1713), H1923 [3MY]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance, guarantee affordable premiums, and improve compensation for accident victims (see H.R. 1704), H2387 [21MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H400 [14FE]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA: designate (see H.R. 2804), H5927 [21SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H1113 [22MR]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H3806 [28JN]

Local government: require adoption of a health standard establishing a legal presumption that heart, lung, and respiratory disease are occupational diseases for public safety officers (see H.R. 709), H3465 [21JN]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1717 [1MY]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3260 [19JN]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]

———importance of comprehensive modernization (see H. Con. Res. 155), H2998 [7JN]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H8421 [27NO]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

National Health Service Corps: reauthorize, amend scholarship and loan programs tax status and repayment rules, and simplify application process (see H.R. 1968), H2678 [23MY]

National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8248 [15NO]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H2022 [8MY]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 72), H929 [14MR]

OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H3358 [20JN]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see H.R. 2887), H7128 [17OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6421 [5OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H2082 [9MY]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H8564 [28NO]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2961), H8421 [27NO]

Science: benefits of biotechnology (see H. Res. 173), H3358 [20JN]

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2751), H5334 [2AU]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2081 [9MY]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 1805), H2141 [10MY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H2281 [16MY]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans and extend the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2771), H5335 [2AU]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1116 [22MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H2334 [17MY]

———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H5736 [19SE]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H1661 [26AP]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H5488 [10SE]

Taxation: accurately codify the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1848), H2388 [21MY]

———allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]

———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1275), H1490 [4AP]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1190 [27MR]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H8732 [29NO]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H6380 [4OC]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes (see H.R. 1376), H1409 [3AP]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see H.R. 869), H1489 [4AP]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1013 [20MR]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and terminate the minimum tax preference for incentive stock options (see H.R. 2383), H5456 [6SE]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H167 [31JA]

———incentives to assist small refiners to comply with new regulations on sulfur content in diesel fuel (see H.R. 2502), H4013 [16JY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1026), H928 [14MR]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H112 [30JA]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 2040), H3069 [12JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 3501), H10066 [13DE]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 1304), H3466 [21JN]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H6137 [2OC]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 1483), H2185 [15MY]

———treatment of loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1401), H2142 [10MY]

Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3310), H8336 [16NO]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H6056 [25SE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6138 [2OC]

———tribute to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 232), H6920 [16OC]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (see H.R. 3005), H6259 [3OC]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1556 [24AP]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H1112 [22MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Drug abuse: provide assistance to States to expand and establish treatment programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment (see H.R. 1896), H2333 [17MY]

Letters

Response to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers: by, S8406 [31JY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H10357 [19DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6179 [3OC], H6344, H6346, H6353 [4OC]

———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities, H6353 [4OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1519 [24AP]

CERCLA: provide relief for small businesses from certain liability, promote cleanup, reuse, and revitalization of brownfields, and enhance State response programs (H.R. 2869), H10902 [19DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: competitive research grant funding, H6344, H6346 [4OC]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2533, H2535 [22MY]

———national policy to improve system, H144 [31JA]

———require a comparison between achievement levels and State annual achievement objectives of certain student subgroups, H2533, H2535 [22MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 345), H144 [31JA]

Health: expand health care access and choice of coverage through association health plans, H5259 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5259 [2AU]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 2269), H8200 [15NO]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5577 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9000 [6DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1551 [24AP]

Tributes

Hawkins, Stephen J., E110 [6FE]

Hill, Rita Bee, E785 [10MY]

Ngo, Vinh Trong, E1149 [19JN]

Ong, Betty Ann, E2317 [14DE]

Vuich, Rose Ann, E1604 [6SE]