[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1472 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1472

  To designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 located between post 
 mile 5.2 and post mile 6.2 in Los Angeles County, California, as the 
                       ``Jenny Oropeza Highway''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2011

 Ms. Richardson (for herself, Mr. Baca, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Linda T. 
Sanchez of California, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Waters, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Roybal-
Allard, Mr. Berman, Ms. Chu, and Mr. Becerra) 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 between post 
 mile 5.2 and post mile 6.2 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, and passed away on October 20, 2010, 
        after 22 years of public service.
            (2) Jenny Oropeza's career in public service began early 
        with her election to the first of two successful terms as 
        president of the student body of California State University, 
        Long Beach.
            (3) Jenny Oropeza was a pioneer and trailblazer as 
        evidenced by her subsequent election in 1994 to the Long Beach 
        City Council, becoming the first Latina member of that Council.
            (4) While a member of the Long Beach City Council, Jenny 
        Oropeza revitalized Long Beach's historic downtown and 
        strengthened Long Beach's tourism and trade industries.
            (5) In 2000, Jenny Oropeza was elected to the California 
        State Assembly, where she chaired the powerful Budget Committee 
        and fought to prevent the Governor from balancing the budget on 
        the backs of the poor, schools, the environment, and public 
        employees.
            (6) As Chair of the Committee on Transportation of the 
        California State Assembly, 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, and 
        maintenance and secure adequate transit funding.
            (7) In 2005, Jenny Oropeza began her courageous personal 
        battle with cancer and used her experience for good by 
        championing landmark legislation to improve the health and 
        well-being of her constituents during her time in the 
        California State Senate, including passing a bill imposing the 
        first regulations on a dangerous greenhouse gas.
            (8) Recognized by both the League of Conservation Voters 
        and the American Cancer Society, Jenny Oropeza was a recognized 
        leading advocate of efforts against smoking, including through 
        her legislation imposing the strictest ban in the United States 
        on smoking in cars with children.
            (9) Jenny Oropeza uniquely served at the local and State 
        levels of California government, her work was valuable to all 
        she served, and she will continue to be a role model to women 
        lawmakers, Latina lawmakers, and environmentalists for years to 
        come.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    The portion of Interstate Route 710 located in Los Angeles County, 
California, beginning at post mile 5.2 and ending at post mile 6.2 
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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