[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6509 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6509

 To designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los Angeles 
         County, California, as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2010

Ms. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los Angeles 
         County, California, as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Jenny Oropeza was born on September 27, 1957, in 
        Montebello, California.
            (2) Jenny Oropeza's career in public service began with her 
        election to the first of two successful terms as president of 
        the student body of California State University, Long Beach, 
        from which she graduated in 1979 with a degree in business 
        administration.
            (3) Jenny Oropeza was a pioneer and trailblazer as 
        evidenced by her early service, subsequent election in 1994 to 
        the Long Beach City Council, and thereby bringing new 
        priorities and focus in the community by becoming the first 
        Latina member of that Council.
            (4) In 2000, Jenny Oropeza was elected to the California 
        State Assembly, where she chaired the powerful Committee on 
        Transportation.
            (5) As Chair of the Committee on Transportation, Jenny 
        Oropeza, who had served 5 years on the Board of the Los Angeles 
        County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was a strong and 
        effective champion of policies to improve highway construction, 
        safety, maintenance and secure adequate transit funding.
            (6) In 2006, Jenny Oropeza was named a recipient of the 
        prestigious Smith-Weiss Environmental Champion Award by the Los 
        Angeles League of Conservation Voters for her efforts to reduce 
        air pollution, prevent cancer, and protect the environment.
            (7) In light of State Senator Jenny Oropeza's personal 
        battle, California Senator Oropeza bravely used those 
        experiences to effect landmark legislation to improve the 
        health and well-being of all Americans.
            (8) The American Cancer Society recognized Jenny Oropeza as 
        a leading advocate of efforts against smoking, including 
        through her legislation imposing the strictest ban in the 
        United States on smoking in cars with children.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los Angeles County, 
California, beginning at post mile 6.5 and ending at post mile 7.5 
shall be known and designated as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway''.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the portion of Interstate Route 710 
referred to in section 2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Jenny Oropeza Highway''.
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