[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 4131 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4131

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
   To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los 
    Angeles County, California, as the ``Juanita Millender-McDonald 
                               Highway''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
    The Congress finds the following:
        (1) Juanita Millender-McDonald was born on September 7, 1938, 
    in Birmingham, Alabama, to the Reverend Shelly and Everlina Dortch 
    Millender.
        (2) Juanita Millender-McDonald earned her bachelor's degree 
    from the University of Redlands in 1981, and her master's degree 
    from California State University, Los Angeles, in 1987.
        (3) Juanita Millender-McDonald was a true trailblazer, entering 
    public service in 1990 as a member of the Carson City Council and 
    becoming the first African-American woman to serve on the Carson 
    City Council.
        (4) Continuing as a pioneer, Juanita Millender-McDonald served 
    in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996, and in her 
    first term, she became the first assembly member to hold the 
    position of chairwoman of two powerful California State Assembly 
    committees (Insurance and Revenue and Taxation).
        (5) Continuing to make history, Juanita Millender-McDonald 
    served in the United States House of Representatives from 1996-
    2007, becoming the first African-American woman to chair any full 
    House Committee when on December 19, 2006, she was named Chairwoman 
    of the House Committee on House Administration.
        (6) A leader among leaders, a University of California study 
    named Juanita Millender-McDonald one of the most effective Members 
    of Congress.
        (7) As a Member of Congress, Juanita Millender-McDonald was the 
    first African-American woman to give the national Democratic 
    response to President Bush's weekly radio address.
        (8) Juanita Millender-McDonald initiated the first annual 
    Memorial Day tribute to women in the military at the Women in 
    Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National 
    Cemetery.
        (9) As the founder of the Congressional Goods Movement Caucus, 
    Juanita Millender-McDonald was a leader in the promotion of 
    interstate commerce and a tireless advocate for the Port of Long 
    Beach, and the Port of Los Angeles.
        (10) Juanita Millender-McDonald was instrumental in the 
    $2,500,000,000 project that created the Alameda Corridor, a 20-mile 
    rail expressway that opened in April 2002 and is a vital connection 
    between the ports and America's rail system.
        (11) As the founder and executive director of the League of 
    African-American Women, an organization responsible for the annual 
    ``AIDS Walk for Minority Women and Children'', the legacy of 
    Juanita Millender-McDonald as a humble, selfless champion for women 
    will endure for generations to come.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.
    The portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles 
County, California, from post mile 10.4 to post mile 11.1 shall be 
known and designated as the ``Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway''.
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the portion of California State Route 91 
referred to in section 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.