ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 34631 [9DE], 36094 [17DE]

Appointments

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, 1687 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act: enact (see H.R. 3524), 28619 [21OC]

Contracts: local defense construction obligations (see H.R. 1873), 7427 [31MR]

———local Federal construction obligations (see H.R. 1874), 7427 [31MR]

Corpus Christi, TX: designate Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (see H.R. 781), 2004 [27JA]

Endangered Species Act: ban importation of shrimp from certain countries taking endangered species (see H.R. 1658), 5863 [17MR]

Roads and highways: speed limit in States requiring automobile safety appliances (see H.R. 582), 1073 [8JA]

Texas: establish new VA medical facility (see H.R. 3752), 35073 [11DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 24353 [17SE]

Afghanistan Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5864 [17MR]

Air traffic controllers: rehiring of certain (see H.R. 378), 14059 [28MY]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend block grants for services relative to mental health and substance abuse (see H.R. 3187), 32552 [17NO]

Aliens: individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 579), 1073 [8JA]

———numerical limitation and preference system for admissions (see H.R. 3143), 33063 [20NO]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 18682 [1JY]

———payment under CHAMPUS of certain medical expenses not covered under medicare (see H.R. 2934), 19677 [14JY]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), 15585 [11JN]

Big Bend National Park, TX: authorizing acceptance of land donation (see H.R. 2325), 24890 [22SE]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]

Coast Guard: end strength of Selected Reserve (see H.R. 1640), 5863 [17MR]

Colombia: commending efforts to combat drug trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 74), 13130 [20MY]

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: implement recommendations (see H.R. 442), 865 [7JA]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14), 110 [6JA]

Community Development Block Grant Program: sense of House of Representatives (see H. Res. 67), 4450 [2MR]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit upgrading of Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 302), 15585 [11JN]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 23078 [7AU]

Dept. of State: extension of voluntary departure status for Polish nationals in U.S. (see H. Res. 205), 16775 [18JN]

Diseases: diabetes prevention (see H.R. 3259), 29307 [27OC]

District of Columbia: collection of sales taxes by nonresidents (see H.R. 1891), 18682 [1JY]

Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]

Education: improve elementary and secondary (see H.R. 5), 11946 [11MY]

———individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 579), 1073 [8JA]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 29209 [26OC]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2739 [4FE]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 6208 [18MR]

Employment: bonus for placement of certain persons (see H.R. 2246), 13827 [27MY]

FAA: development of collision avoidance systems (see H.R. 1517), 26062 [1OC]

Federal employees: conduct study on annuities, personnel management, and individual retirement planning (see H.R. 388), 4011 [24FE]

———right to participate as private citizens in political process (see H.R. 3400), 27930 [14OC]

Fish and fisheries: plastic drift nets (see H.R. 940), 2519 [3FE]

Fish and Wildlife Service: land conveyance (see H.R. 2381), 12135 [12MY]

Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 19136 [9JY]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 28620 [21OC]

Great Lakes: commodities exports (see H.R. 3144), 31424 [9NO]

Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 16569 [17JN]

Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 558), 3518 [19FE]

Immigration: waive continuous residence requirement for spouses and children of legalized aliens (see H.R. 1812), 17211 [24JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: waive continuous residence requirement for parents of U.S. citizen children (see H.R. 1813), 17438 [25JN]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 3), 105 [6JA]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 3462 [18FE]

Lasker, Mary: award special gold medal (see H.R. 390), 3518 [19FE]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 129), 2741 [4FE]

Marine accidents: establish title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks (see H.R. 74), 107 [6JA]

Marine transportation: counter unfair practices (see H.R. 1290), 7429 [31MR]

Maritime programs: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 953), 10838 [30AP]

Marshall plan: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207), 9083 [21AP]

Medicare: adult day care (see H.R. 550), 26707 [6OC]

———influenza vaccine (see H.R. 514), 5260 [10MR]

———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 11865 [8MY]

Merchant marine: authorize decorations, medals, and other recognition for service (see H.R. 1430), 14059 [28MY]

———provide benefits to World War II veterans (see H.R. 1235), 14059 [28MY]

Minority Business Development Administration: establish in Dept. of Commerce to clarify relationship with SBA (see H.R. 1769), 8670 [9AP]

Money: redeem U.S. currencies in gold (see H.R. 336), 23650 [9SE]

Narcotics: establish national and international control policy (see H.R. 2454), 12727 [18MY]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259), 4920 [5MR]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 40), 4551 [3MR]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 54), 3518 [19FE]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 10587 [29AP]

National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 4920 [5MR]

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 17698 [26JN]

National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 628), 4780 [4MR]

National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 24), 7239 [30MR]

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 33064 [20NO]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 21378 [28JY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 7780 [2AP]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, 380), 5259 [10MR], 28843 [22OC]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 34), 22314 [4AU]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 10023 [27AP]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]

National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 368), 30390 [2NO]

National Hispanic Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3182), 22798 [6AU]

National Home Remodeling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 163), 6211 [18MR]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 8386 [8AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5864 [17MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 6632 [24MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 33333 [1DE]

National Prom Graduation Kickoff Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 4551 [3MR]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), 19563 [13JY]

National Sea Grant College Program: establishment of strategic research program (see H.R. 3017), 24678 [21SE]

———improve (see H.R. 1717), 6284 [19MR]

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 4781 [4MR]

National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program: establish (see H.R. 1633), 8670 [9AP]

National Telecommunications Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 116), 5098 [9MR]

National Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), 26063 [1OC]

National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 5258 [10MR]

National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 17103 [23JN]

National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), 28518 [20OC]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 5724 [16MR]

Nicaragua: reforms (see H. Res. 290), 28842 [22OC]

Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: charter (see H.R. 2248), 10837 [30AP]

Oil spills: a comprehensive system of liability and compensation for damage and removal costs (see H.R. 1632), 5862 [17MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4918 [5MR]

100th Congress: commemorative medals (see H.R. 972), 2737 [4FE]

———commemorative stamp (see H. Con. Res. 39), 2739 [4FE]

Petroleum: import fee and repeal excess profits tax (see H.R. 2198), 14579 [3JN]

Plastics: disposal of certain materials at sea (see H.R. 940), 2519 [3FE]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 23082 [7AU]

President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness: report on implementation of recommendations (see H.J. Res. 2), 3302 [11FE]

Public safety officers: increase survivor's benefits (see H.R. 1016), 31424 [9NO]

Roads and highways: reimbursement of States for advance construction (see H.R. 316), 4010 [24FE]

Senator Dennis Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), 24135 [16SE]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 13130 [20MY]

Shipping industry: donation of surplus ships to humanitarian organizations (see H.R. 1097), 17103 [23JN]

Small business: fixed term participation period for socially and economically disadvantaged firms (see H.R. 2972), 22314 [4AU]

Social Security: adult day care under medicare (see H.R. 550), 26707 [6OC]

———assist severely disabled in attaining or maintaining their maximum potential for independence (see H.R. 3454), 31635 [10NO]

———comprehensive catastrophic health benefits through prepaid plans (see H.R. 65), 6210 [18MR]

———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 17103 [23JN]

———influenza vaccine under medicare (see H.R. 514), 5260 [10MR]

States: collection of sales taxes by nonresidents (see H.R. 1891), 18682 [1JY]

———health training and education for States along the Mexican border (see H.R. 1144), 16958 [22JN]

Strategic Marine Research Program: establish (see H.R. 1717), 6284 [19MR]

Taxation: installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 11004 [4MY]

———permit rural telephone cooperatives to have qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 3045), 25482 [29SE]

———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044), 25482 [29SE]

Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 5494 [11MR]

Telephone: monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950), 22589 [5AU]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (see H.R. 1154), 4551 [3MR]

Trail of Tears, AR: designate as national historic trail (see H.R. 3303), 32684 [18NO]

Transportation: improve safety and efficiency of rail and air systems (see H.R. 718), 5494 [11MR]

VA: establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 11720 [7MY]

———GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]

———VA coverage for post-traumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 38), 10586 [29AP]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 3461 [18FE]

Wood County, TX: U.S. rights and interests under conservation easement (see H.R. 2382), 12135 [12MY]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 6632 [24MR]

World War II: memorial and museum (see H.R. 3742), 34784 [10DE]

Essays

Constitution—A Living Legacy: Michael Brough, 29770 [28OC]

Remarks by, on

Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act: enact (H.R. 3524), 28552 [21OC], 28773 [21OC]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 11), 1115 [8JA]

Constitution: bicentennial, 29770 [28OC]

Contracts: local defense construction obligations (H.R. 1873), 14514 [3JN], 14591 [3JN]

———local Federal construction obligations (H.R. 1874), 14514 [3JN], 14592 [3JN]

Corpus Christi, TX: designate Dr. Hector Garcia Post Office Building (H.R. 731), 2028 [27JA]

———designate Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (H.R. 781), 10040 [27AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 11906 [11MY], 12655 [18MY], 13063 [20MY]

Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building, Corpus Christi, TX: designate (H.R. 781), 10040 [27AP]

Employment: contracting out of maintenance functions at certain Army depots, 11906 [11MY]

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35022 [11DE], 36094-36096, 36112 [17DE]

Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 36677 [19DE]

FSLIC: facilitate provision of additional financial resources (H.R. 27), 14206 [2JN]

National Teacher Recognition Day: observance, 2190 [28JA]

Nicaragua: limit U.S. participation, 13063 [20MY]

Peace Corps: programs (H.R. 3100), 36677 [19DE]

Personal explanation, 26254 [1OC]

Robstown, TX, High School Cotton Pickers (baseball team): tribute, 15227 [10JN]

Texas: establish new VA medical facility (H.R. 3752), 35448 [11DE]

Turkey: strategic partner in NATO, 36678 [19DE]

VA: opposition to budget reductions (H. Con. Res. 27), 4486 [3MR]

Veterans: GI bill educational assistance program (H.R. 1085), 5757 [17MR]

Votes: position on missed, 26254 [1OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1068 [8JA], 2067 [28JA], 4007 [24FE], 4547 [3MR], 5757 [17MR], 12655 [18MY], 13063 [20MY], 14206 [2JN], 14514 [3JN], 15227 [10JN], 15582 [11JN], 26060 [1OC], 29736 [28OC], 36479 [18DE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 3290 [11FE], 22788 [6AU]

Testimonies

Committee on Armed Services (House): Dept. of Defense's Implementation of Public Law Which Established a 5% Goal for the Award of Contracts to Small Disadvantaged Business, D794 [5NO]

Committee on Rules: Authorizing Appropriations To Carry Out the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1467), D865 [9DE]

———Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1748), D316 [5MY]

Tributes

Garcia, Pat, 13289 [20MY]

Jordan, John, 15629 [11JN]

Muniz, Marco A., 4036 [24FE]

Reyes, Lucas, 35003 [10DE]