[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4131 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4131


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

                                Received

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                                 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.