DOOLEY, CALVIN M. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H10469 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 809), H1467 [27FE]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H9213 [2OC]

———ensure regulatory equity among dairy farmers for milk sales in certain non-federally regulated marketing areas (see H.R. 1659), H3684 [6MY]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 244), H134 [8JA]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H10340 [4NO]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H5267 [11JN]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief activities associated with California wildfires (see H.R. 3407), H10235 [30OC]

Armed Forces: expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H.R. 3208), H9132 [1OC]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 58), H706 [13FE] (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H392 [11FE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H5046 [5JN]

———express appreciation for support by British Prime Minister of U.S. policy on use of Armed Forces in Iraq (see H. Res. 154), H2704 [2AP]

Bob Hope Post Office Building, Burbank, CA: designate (see H.R. 3011), H8382 [17SE]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant, Byron, CA: designate (see H.R. 3467), H10977 [6NO]

California: establish additional permanent Federal judgeships for the eastern district (see H.R. 3486), H11149 [12NO]

———tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California (see H. Res. 425), H10341 [4NO]

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. 1446), H2400 [26MR]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1902 [13MR]

Colleges and universities: expand and enhance post-baccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 2238), H7020 [16JY]

———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1684), H3051 [9AP]

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center: establish (see H.J. Res. 57), H4737 [22MY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H11702 [20NO]

Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 593), H320 [5FE]

———increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 1480), H2587 [1AP]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 1812), H11702 [20NO]

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see H. Res. 193), H3304 [10AP]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H1678 [6MR]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 394), H217 [28JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H4010 [13MY]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1095), H1955 [18MR] (see H.R. 1519), H2514 [31MR]

———extend authorization for the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program (see H.R. 1708), H4012 [13MY]

Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 1130), H1679 [6MR]

———implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (see H.R. 2828), H7453 [23JY]

Discrimination: express that high-level Federal officials should not belong to a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race (see H. Con. Res. 130), H3305 [10AP]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H3453 [29AP]

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 1822), H7455 [23JY]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H703 [13FE]

Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H5267 [11JN]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

Endangered Species Act: reform process for designating critical habitat (see H.R. 2933), H7782 [25JY]

———require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H3053 [9AP]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H4739 [22MY]

Forest Service: facilitate land exchange eliminating a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest and allow the Boy Scouts permanent use of parcel of land currently under a special use permit (see H.R. 379), H171 [27JA]

Francisco A. Martinez Flores Post Office, Duarte, CA: designate (see H.R. 2396), H5088 [9JN]

Health: increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see H. Res. 142), H1902 [13MR]

———promote improved nutrition for needy Americans by incorporating more fruits, vegetables, and juice products into Federal nutrition programs (see H.R. 2592), H8017 [5SE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2759), H8382 [17SE]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 197), H4738 [22MY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H9615 [16OC]

———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1275), H2823 [3AP]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 2435), H5266 [11JN]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 3123), H8381 [17SE]

———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 3271), H9478 [15OC]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H6262 [26JN]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H9214 [2OC]

Intelligence services: establish a select committee to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence structure to meet global threats (see H. Res. 307), H6264 [26JN]

IRS: require abatement of interest on erroneous tax refund checks without regard to the size of the refund (see H.R. 1756), H3303 [10AP]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

J. Stephen Horn Post Office Building, Signal Hill, CA: designate (see H.R. 2309), H7020 [16JY]

James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco, CA: designate (see H.R. 3557), H11701 [20NO]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H11651 [19NO]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H3641 [5MY]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H1514 [4MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9129 [1OC]

———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 3092), H9377 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H4739 [22MY]

———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain areas (see H.R. 1676), H6707 [14JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H10340 [4NO]

Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building, Berkeley, CA: designate (see H.R. 2510), H8382 [17SE]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 328), H3452 [29AP]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1288), H3637 [1MY]

Middle East: extend certain trade benefits (see H.R. 2267), H4737 [22MY] (see H.R. 2467), H5365 [12JN]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H463 [12FE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H2703 [2AP]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 240), H5469 [17JN]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H2703 [2AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (see H.R. 2366), H9131 [1OC]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2366), H10458 [5NO]

Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1368), H2131 [19MR]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Postal Service: extend procedures for closing or consolidation of post offices to the relocation or construction of post offices (see H.R. 3432), H10339 [4NO]

Public lands: preserve the use and access of pack and saddle stock animals to public lands where there is a historical tradition of such use (see H.R. 2966), H9377 [8OC]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H9214 [2OC]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H3975 [9MY]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8284 [16SE]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend to provide procedures for claims relative to drinking water (see H.R. 306), H137 [8JA]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H2268 [20MR]

Sierra National Forest: land exchange (see H.R. 1651), H2863 [7AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H6869 [15JY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 887), H1332 [25FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H328 [7FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for certain distributions from a controlled foreign corporation to encourage personnel and economic investments by companies (see H.R. 1162), H1681 [6MR]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H7949 [4SE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H2473 [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. 284), H1954 [18MR]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 286), H136 [8JA]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H8905 [24SE]

———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 991), H1955 [18MR]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H2586 [1AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H2402 [26MR]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H3355 [11AP]

———provide a credit for qualified clean-fuel vehicles used in certain ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 2865), H7615 [24JY]

———provide a credit for qualifying clean technology engines (see H.R. 2838), H7454 [23JY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H8216 [11SE]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H4528 [21MY]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3220), H12922 [8DE]

———restore estate tax and repeal carryover basis rule, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and reduce rate of estate and gifts taxes to the generally applicable capital gains rates (see H.R. 2610), H6261 [26JN]

———treatment of clean-fuel vehicles used by businesses within Clean Air Act nonattainment areas (see H.R. 185), H2586 [1AP]

U.N.: urge establishment of broad Security Council authority to help the people of Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 122), H3638 [1MY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA]

Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 664), H1467 [27FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3452 [29AP]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H. Res. 65), H3454 [29AP]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1737), H3302 [10AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H9613 [16OC]

Fresno County, CA: GSA conveyance of a U.S. courthouse (see H.R. 1274), H1901 [13MR]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1568), H2702 [2AP]

Robert E. Coyle U.S. Courthouse, Fresno, CA: designate (see H.R. 1273), H1901 [13MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: country of origin labeling requirements implementation funding, H6645 [14JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), H6645 [14JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, H667 [13FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H667 [13FE]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, E537 [20MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H3023 [9AP]

Courts: broaden category of class action cases that would stay in State court, H5295 [12JN]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 1115), H5295 [12JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (H.R. 3308), E2065 [16OC]

Fresno County, CA: GSA conveyance of a U.S. courthouse (H.R. 1274), H11179 [17NO]

Hardy, Fred: Fresno-Madera-Tulare-Kings Central Labor Council Lifetime Achievement award recipient, E127 [4FE]

Lemoore, CA: tribute to Lemoore Naval Air Station pilots who engaged in military action in Iraq, E986 [15MY]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5962 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H6661 [14JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H5618 [19JN]

Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc.: installment payment due under consent judgement in court case with the Bureau of Reclamation, H667 [13FE]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7497 [24JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7497 [24JY]

Tributes

Arias, Miguel, E2528 [8DE]

Betancourt, Paul H., E682 [3AP]

Graves, Robert J., E1465 [14JY]