HILLEARY, VAN (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2617 [23MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1, No Child Left Behind Act, H4130 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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. 914), H739 [7MR]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2165), H4113 [17JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H443 [27FE]

Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2956 [6JN]

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

Cemeteries and funerals: allow State placement of supplemental guide signs for veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 2521), H4111 [17JY]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see H.R. 2175), H3201 [14JN]

———tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (see H. Con. Res. 100), H2890 [5JN]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H828 [8MR]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection: establish (see H.R. 583), H1190 [27MR]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7853 [6NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously 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.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2281 [16MY]

Corporations: encourage contributions to faith-based organizations (see H. Con. Res. 170), H3358 [20JN]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 476), H221 [7FE]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H222 [7FE]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H1295 [28MR]

Cumberland Gap National Historic Park: authorize acquisition of Fern Lake and the surrounding watershed in Kentucky and Tennessee (see H.R. 2238), H3259 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: prohibit funding for national teacher testing or certification and the withholding of funds to States or local agencies that fail to adopt specific certification proposals (see H.R. 966), H827 [8MR]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H508 [28FE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

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. 1008), H876 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3960 [11JY]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H444 [27FE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H3864 [10JY]

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), H622 [1MR]

———authorize recruitment and retention incentive programs, student loan forgiveness, and professional development programs for teachers in rural areas (see H.R. 2102), H3466 [21JN]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 650), H395 [14FE]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H624 [1MR]

———provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 1096), H1010 [20MR]

———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H.R. 1944), H2570 [22MY]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for licensed funeral directors and embalmers (see H.R. 648), H3358 [20JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act: designate Federal agencies responsible for implementation (see H.R. 1534), H1499 [4AP]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 280), H1717 [1MY]

———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1984), H3203 [14JN]

FDA: establish restrictions relative to the qualifications of physicians prescribing the abortion drug known as RU-486 (see H.R. 482), H1410 [3AP]

Federal Prison Industries: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H1555 [24AP]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H1557 [24AP]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H826 [8MR]

———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 31), H25 [3JA]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

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

Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H2849 [25MY]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3069 [12JN]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H1556 [24AP]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3618 [26JN]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H2890 [5JN]

Higher Education Act: make certain student loan interest rate formulas permanent (see H.R. 2781), H5336 [2AU]

``In God We Trust'': support national motto (see H. Res. 15), H444 [27FE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2023 [8MY]

INS: establish a suboffice in Nashville, TN (see H.R. 329), H163 [31JA]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

International Criminal Court Treaty: intentions relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 23), H444 [27FE]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H9240 [11DE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H1011 [20MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H112 [30JA]

———provide grants to agencies to ensure due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 1212), H1187 [27MR]

———tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1660 [26AP]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H2335 [17MY]

———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H4009 [12JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H874 [13MR]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1661 [26AP]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H2890 [5JN]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H648 [6MR]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see H.R. 3046), H7128 [17OC]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H10355 [18DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H1718 [1MY]

Moccasin Bend National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 980), H875 [13MR]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H2998 [7JN]

National Day of Reconciliation: designate (see H. Con. Res. 184), H5340 [2AU]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H1345 [29MR]

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. 1723), H3203 [14JN]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H1660 [26AP]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see H.R. 1890), H2998 [7JN]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

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

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Privacy: protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of any uniform national identifying number (see H.R. 220), H443 [27FE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H1410 [3AP]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 2157), H3149 [13JN]

Schools: allow display of the words ``God Bless America'' in public schools (see H. Con. Res. 248), H6780 [12OC]

———recognize right of students in public schools for silent prayer or meditation, encourage recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, and prevent discrimination based on religious character or speech (see H.J. Res. 54), H3465 [21JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1644), H2335 [17MY]

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

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H1116 [22MR]

———modify reporting requirements (see H.R. 930), H828 [8MR]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 2), H258 [12FE]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 67), H3151 [13JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H225 [7FE] (see H.R. 2683), H4948 [31JY]

———allow a deduction for State tuition program expenses and prohibit exclusion of distributions used for education expenses from gross income (see H.R. 475), H1346 [29MR]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H3358 [20JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1605 [25AP]

———allow tax credit for contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools, upgrading school facilities, and certain technology expenses (see H.R. 1681), H2712 [24MY]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco quota and allotment holders and tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see H.R. 769), H877 [13MR]

———exclusion from gross income for family-to-family sale of farm businesses (see H.R. 1179), H1113 [22MR]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H253 [8FE]

———facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry (see H.R. 1601), H2023 [8MY]

———foster innovation and technological advancement in the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see H.R. 1410), H3466 [21JN]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H4353 [19JY]

———provide a credit for charitable contributions to fight poverty (see H.R. 673), H828 [8MR]

———provide Federal reimbursement to State and local governments for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3301), H8248 [15NO]

———provide Federal reimbursement to States for a limited tax holiday (see H.R. 3172), H7333 [25OC]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H400 [14FE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H877 [13MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H1489 [4AP]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1717 [1MY]

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1438), H3203 [14JN]

———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H3961 [11JY]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see H.R. 744), H651 [6MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H2999 [7JN]

———treatment of prepayments for natural gas (see H.R. 1986), H3806 [28JN]

———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H3806 [28JN]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]

Tennessee: include additional counties as part of Appalachian region (see H.R. 2465), H3959 [11JY]

U.N.: reject any decree, proclamation, or treaty adopted by the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects which would infringe on the right of U.S. citizens to bear arms (see H. Res. 197), H4112 [17JY]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H4217 [18JY]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H877 [13MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H1116 [22MR]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1919), H3002 [8JN]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H4113 [17JY]

———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. 159), H112 [30JA]

———require States to find convincing evidence of fraud before rejecting ballots submitted by absent military voters and direct the Dept. of Defense to develop electronic voting plan for for such voters (see H.R. 311), H167 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: provide grants to rural educational agencies (see H.R. 1148), H1059 [21MR]

Taxation: provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 507), H222 [7FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5673 [14SE]

Arnold AFB, TN: anniversary of Arnold Engineering Development Center, E916 [23MY], E990 [26MY]

Boy Scouts: prohibit use of Federal funds by State or local educational agencies or schools that deny equal access to the Boy Scouts relative to policy on homosexuality, H2618, H2619 [23MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6640 [11OC]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2618, H2619 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10096 [13DE]

———provide for a rural education development initiative, H6640 [11OC]

Health: guarantee Federal remedies that hold health plans accountable for medical decisions and limit non-economical and punitive damages, H5271 [2AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5271 [2AU]

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), H5576 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5576 [11SE]

Tributes

Callahan, Daniel F., E1184 [21JN]

Ramsey, Allen, E1315 [11JY]

Spence, Floyd, E1615 [10SE]