DOOLITTLE, JOHN T. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, H2599 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H6419 [19SE]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H4350 [8JY]

Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H8024 [16OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea (see H.R. 5123), H5453 [24JY]

California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1485 [18AP]

Capitol Police Board: promote retention of current officers and members of the Capitol Police and recruitment of new officers and members (see H.R. 5003), H3928 [25JN]

Cleveland National Forest: provide an environmentally sound process for the approval of high-voltage electricity transmission line right-of-way through the Trabuco Ranger District (see H.R. 5409), H6417 [19SE]

Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H6256 [13SE]

———penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2472 [14MY]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1202 [10AP]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4554 [11JY]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (see H.R. 2621), H2945 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]

District of Columbia: repeal law banning firearms (see H.R. 4642), H2165 [7MY]

Drugs: distribution chain of prescription drugs (see H.R. 68), H4766 [16JY]

———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H2471 [14MY]

Endangered Species Act: authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H634 [27FE]

———improve protection of habitats (see H.R. 3707), H932 [14MR]

———provide a public right-to-know for landowners in implementing (see H.R. 3706), H932 [14MR]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to use the best sound science available in implementing (see H.R. 3705), H932 [14MR]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 448), H1154 [9AP]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H2945 [22MY]

Families and domestic relations: importance of prenatal care for women and children (see H. Res. 346), H367 [13FE]

———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H201 [6FE]

Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H142 [5FE]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H6059 [4SE]

———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6420 [19SE]

Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see H. Con. Res. 466), H8023 [16OC]

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), H1003 [19MR]

Forests: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H5996 [26JY]

Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6374 [18SE]

FTC: classify advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc as an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 5544), H7018 [3OC]

Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H3860 [24JN]

House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]

Immigration: oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1091 [20MR]

———secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H5998 [26JY]

INS: increase authority of the Attorney General to remove or discipline employees (see H.R. 4009), H1087 [20MR]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2608 [16MY]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H201 [6FE]

Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]

Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4719), H3161 [4JN]

Natrona County, WY: transfer certain public lands to the Corp. of the Presiding Bishop (see H.R. 4103), H1153 [9AP]

Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]

OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4069 [26JN]

Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]

———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6983 [2OC]

Postal Service: protection of post offices (see H. Con. Res. 181), H3161 [4JN]

Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H2512 [15MY]

———limit acquisition by the U.S. of land located in counties in which 50 percent or more of the land is already owned by the U.S. (see H.R. 3962), H1156 [9AP]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]

Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]

Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H1338 [16AP]

Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H634 [27FE]

Taxation: 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), H6419 [19SE]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 66), H6172 [10SE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H3161 [4JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H141 [5FE]

———reduce capital gains rates and allow exclusion of dividends for individuals (see H.R. 5466), H6692 [25SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1284 [11AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of elementary and secondary education expenses (see H.R. 5193), H5194 [23JY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H834 [12MR]

Wild and Scenic Rivers System: ensure congressional involvement in the process of States designating rivers as wild, scenic, or recreational (see H.R. 4808), H2943 [22MY]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]

Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Financial institutions: allow certain premier certified lenders to elect to maintain an alternative loss reserve (see H.R. 5198), H5452 [24JY]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 5222), H5790 [25JY]

Meningitis Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 340), H737 [6MR]

Wilderness areas: provide for expedited decisions on study areas, and that lands designated as study areas, shall be used in accordance with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act (see H.R. 4589), H1672 [25AP]

Remarks

Bott, Donald: Dow Jones & Co., Inc., Newspaper Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1773 [7OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4739 [16JY], H4838 [17JY]

Financial institutions: allow certain premier certified lenders to elect to maintain an alternative loss reserve (H.R. 5198), E1354 [25JY]

High Sierra Packers Association: compensation for losses incurred as a result of injunction issued against the Forest Service, H4739 [16JY]

House of Representatives: authorize the taking of an official photograph in the House Chamber (H. Res. 378), H1267 [11AP]

Klamath Basin: prohibit the renewal of certain agricultural leases permitting the growing of alfafa or row crops, H4838 [17JY]

Meningitis Awareness Month: support (H. Con. Res. 340), H3577 [17JN]

Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, H1414 [18AP]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H371, H404, H422 [13FE]

———exempt communications pertaining to the right to keep and bear arms from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H422 [13FE]

Rocklin (CA) Placer Herald: anniversary, E1524 [9SE]

Tributes

Robison, Sally A., E662 [30AP]

Skeen, Representative, H4739 [16JY]

Tuccelli, Russell A., E1274 [16JY]