SERRANO, JOSE E. (a Representative from New York)
Articles and editorials
Kick in the Teeth, New York (NY) El Diario-La Prensa, 18125
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Education: improve secondary school programs (see H.R. 5140), 15338 [21JN]
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 26908 [1OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: pregnancy-related services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 857), 24328 [13SE]
Advertising: require health warnings relative to alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 4493), 6670 [4AP]
Aeronautics: use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 4025), 16896 [11JY]
African-American Higher Education Center: establish in Washington, DC (see H.R. 5577), 23923 [11SE]
American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 27669 [4OC]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see H.R. 3802), 9271 [2MY]
Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 16689 [10JY]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 14110 [14JN]
———family planning counseling (see H.R. 5231), 22531 [3AU]
Business: improve access to Federal technical information and expertise (see H.R. 4659), 25017 [18SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room (see H. Res. 525), 34453 [25OC]
Census: ensure accurate counts (see H.R. 5741), 26312 [27SE]
Children: State child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance services (see H.R. 5011), 14111 [14JN]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 578), 14355 [18JN]
———suspend most favored nation treatment and OPIC operations (see H.R. 2613), 14110 [14JN]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 10679 [16MY]
Clean Water Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 21676 [1AU]
Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 7339 [18AP]
Community Center Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 636), 31724 [21OC]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: limit liability of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure (see H.R. 4494), 13993 [13JN]
Container industry: refund value for certain beverage containers (see H.R. 586), 10679 [16MY]
Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification (see H. Res. 312), 23502 [6SE]
Credit: protection of consumers from use of inaccurate information (see H.R. 4213), 13346 [7JN]
Crime and criminals: combat violence against women (see H.R. 5468), 24036 [12SE]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 557), 20940 [31JY]
Dept. of Defense: credit certain employees with additional years service relative to early volunteer retirement (see H.R. 4531), 16690 [10JY]
———redirect funding to social programs (see H. Con. Res. 259), 23478 [5SE]
Dept. of Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 8405 [26AP]
Dept. of HUD: establish programs to train economically disadvantaged youth in employment and education skills (see H.R. 4324), 10475 [15MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 9498 [7MY]
Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 419), 16897 [11JY]
Drug abuse: funding for resistance education programs by local educational agencies (see H.R. 5064), 14110 [14JN]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), 27394 [3OC]
Economic assistance: promote development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean (see H.R. 4443), 12248 [24MY]
Education: cancellation of certain loans for service in law enforcement or corrections (see H.R. 5338), 18547 [20JY]
———establish grant programs to promote after-school learning activities (see H.R. 4529), 17493 [13JY]
———financial assistance to local agencies to improve urban education (see H.R. 5806), 28448 [10OC]
———improve (see H.R. 5115), 15337 [21JN]
———permit deferral of payments on students loans during professional internships (see H.R. 4690), 11398 [21MY]
———promote writing (see H.R. 5127), 15337 [21JN]
1890 Land-Grant Institutions Centennial Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 12100 [23MY]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 18380 [19JY]
Employer Sanctions Repeal Act: enact (see H.R. 5185), 15849 [27JN]
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 22088 [2AU]
Ethiopia: famine (see H. Res. 384), 13673 [12JN]
Federal aid programs: grants for congregate services programs for certain individuals in federally assisted projects (see H.R. 4595), 9904 [9MY]
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 9903 [9MY]
———flexibility in pay rate adjustments (see H.R. 3979), 21676 [1AU]
Firearms: waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 467), 8404 [26AP]
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 11398 [21MY]
Foreign Language Competence Act: enact (see H.R. 2188), 18380 [19JY]
Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
Forests and forestry: protecting remaining ancient forests in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 4492), 15850 [27JN]
Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see H.R. 3700), 24755 [17SE]
GAO: approve findings relative to employment discrimination of ethnic minorities (see H.J. Res. 534), 7341 [18AP]
Genis, Anatoly: efforts to emigrate from Soviet Union (see H. Con. Res. 383), 30090 [16OC]
Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 9329 [3MY]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 15340 [21JN]
Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 22087 [2AU]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]
Health: birth control and infertility (see H. Con. Res. 309), 14705 [19JN]
———bone marrow availability and registry (see H.R. 4650), 9705 [8MY]
———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (see H.R. 4583), 14705 [19JN]
———establish programs for people of Asian of Pacific Island ancestry (see H.R. 4992), 14705 [19JN]
———national program (see H. Con. Res. 375), 35448 [26OC]
High-Speed Rail Transportation Policy and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 4515), 14705 [19JN]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 18381 [19JY]
Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 3789, 5100), 24328 [13SE], 35448 [26OC]
Homosexuals: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 655), 9270 [2MY]
House of Representatives: inclusion of certain information in franked mass mailings by Members (see H. Res. 349), 7443 [19AP]
Housing: alleviate homelessness and increase opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 4621), 8303 [25AP]
———preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 17492 [13JY]
Hunger: response to emergency afflicting U.S. families (see H.R. 4110), 15715 [26JN]
Idaho Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 13346 [7JN]
Infrastructure: national policy for rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 362), 22530 [3AU]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 13672 [12JN]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 19770 [26JY]
Israel: reopen universities in West Bank and Gaza (see H. Con. Res. 315), 20941 [31JY]
———support unified status of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 290), 6673 [4AP]
Jesse Owens Building of the U.S. Postal Service, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 5235), 22531 [3AU]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 9093 [1MY]
Kenya: civil liberties (see H. Con. Res. 356), 22532 [3AU]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 13993 [13JN]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 10926 [17MY]
Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 14355 [18JN]
Louis ``Satchmo'' Armstrong Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15466 [25JN]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 15040 [20JN]
Magnetic Levitation Transportation and Competitiveness Act: enact (see H.R. 4549), 10680 [16MY]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency treatment for pregnant women (see H.R. 5536), 25524 [24SE]
———disregard reparation payments from West Germany relative to individuals who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services (see H.R. 4516), 17963 [18JY]
———drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 5750), 33826 [24OC]
———funding of abortion in case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 314), 16691 [10JY]
Medicare: coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483), 16690 [10JY]
Medicare/medicaid: funding for long-term health care services (see H. Con. Res. 246), 22532 [3AU]
Middle East: national day of prayer for members of the Armed Forces and U.S. hostages (S.J. Res. 381) (see H.J. Res. 673), 30251 [17OC]
Motor vehicles: national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 3925), 17963 [18JY]
National Academy of Sciences: feasibility study relative to research on environmental issues (see H.R. 5341), 22532 [3AU]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 20939 [31JY]
National Agricultural Research Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 548), 17841 [17JY]
National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 648), 28800 [12OC]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 16187 [28JN]
National Cancer Institute: additional authorizations to conduct certain research on breast cancer (see H.R. 3251), 16896 [11JY]
National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 220), 16896 [11JY]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 11597 [22MY]
National County Government Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 27669 [4OC]
National Culinary Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 9329 [3MY]
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 535), 15716 [26JN]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 23679 [10SE]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 21677 [1AU]
National Drug-Free Schools and Communities Education and Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 27669 [4OC]
National Ducks and Wetlands Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 599), 16187 [28JN]
National Ellis Island Month: designate (see H. Res. 455), 22087 [2AU]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 18548 [20JY]
National Federation of the Blind Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 667), 29017 [13OC]
National Give Kids a Fighting Chance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 515), 19273 [25JY]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 18380 [19JY]
National Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 27152 [2OC]
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 644), 25018 [18SE]
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 15040 [20JN]
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 608), 23924 [11SE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 10927 [17MY]
National Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 652), 35448 [26OC]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 513), 29471 [15OC]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 517), 9094 [1MY]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 28449 [10OC]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 15850 [27JN]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 19770 [26JY]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 27395 [3OC]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 15716 [26JN]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 13347 [7JN]
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 15850 [27JN]
National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 585), 12247 [24MY]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 15716 [26JN]
Native American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15339 [21JN]
Natural resources: establish a national policy for the conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 1268), 10010 [10MY]
Navy: reassessment of Strategic Homeporting Program (see H.R. 4684), 11597 [22MY]
New Columbia: admission as State of the Union (see H.R. 51), 10679 [16MY]
Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095), 7983 [24AP]
Older Americans Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 276), 9094 [1MY]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 15040 [20JN]
Organ donation: include information with individual income tax refund payments (see H.R. 5805), 28448 [10OC]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 7339 [18AP]
Pepper, Claude: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 7341 [18AP]
Physician Regulatory Relief and Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 4475), 11597 [22MY]
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to certain minimum allotments under the program of formula grants (see H.R. 5443), 27668 [4OC]
Raye, Martha: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 322), 9704 [8MY]
Refuse and refuse disposal: management standards and recycling requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 5359), 20939 [31JY]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Samuel S. Stratton Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 5739), 27152 [2OC]
Saudi Arabia: proposed sale of MLA2 tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Apache helicopters, and Patriot guided missile units (see H.J. Res. 674), 32593 [22OC]
Savings and loan associations: independent counsel investigation of Federal officials involved in scandal (see H. Res. 407), 16187 [28JN]
———prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 5050), 16186 [28JN]
School lunch program: restore benefits under the Dependent Care Food Program (see H.R. 4084), 12248 [24MY]
Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 8405 [26AP]
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4793), 13672 [12JN]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (see H.R. 4793), 13672 [12JN]
Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 20939 [31JY]
Somalia: economic assistance (see H. Con. Res. 207), 13672 [12JN]
South Africa: prohibit U.S. investments and other activities (see H.R. 21), 10926 [17MY]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15041 [20JN]
Statue of Liberty Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 25177 [19SE]
Student loans: reduce interest rate for entering teaching profession (see H.R. 3256), 10475 [15MY]
Substance Abuse Treatment Corps: establish (see H.R. 4868), 13993 [13JN]
Taxation: deduction for college tuition (see H.R. 5537), 22529 [3AU]
———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 13263 [6JN]
———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 13992 [13JN]
———deduction of State and local income and property taxes (see H. Res. 459), 22530 [3AU]
———incentives for establishing tax enterprise zones (see H.R. 5190), 33826 [24OC]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 16186 [28JN]
———permanently extend the exclusion for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 496), 17493 [13JY]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 19273 [25JY]
Television: improve competition and services relative to programming and prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2437), 15040 [20JN]
Trademarks: limit infringement actions relative to registered marks of professional sports teams (see H.R. 5411), 25524 [24SE]
Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 21676 [1AU]
University of Nevada: tribute to basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 300), 8405 [26AP]
Veterans: pension for World War I service (see H.R. 1918), 14110 [14JN]
———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 23678 [10SE]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3859), 9904 [9MY]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]
White House Conference on Aging: convene (see H. Con. Res. 333), 14355 [18JN]
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act: enact (see H.R. 4773), 13672 [12JN]
Women: acquired immune deficiency syndrome research grants (see H.R. 5393), 32593 [22OC]
———acquired immune deficiency syndrome research programs (see H.R. 5392), 32593 [22OC]
———promote health care (see H.R. 5397), 20243 [27JY]
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 662), 30090 [16OC]
Year of Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 21676 [1AU]
Youth: education and job training assistance (see H.R. 4937), 12246 [24MY]
———establish school-based community service programs (see H.R. 4330), 10680 [16MY]
Certificates of election
House of Representatives, 5448 [27MR]
Oaths of office
House of Representatives, 5696 [28MR]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, 17862 [18JY]
Remarks by, on
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (H.R. 4300), 25565 [25SE], 27091
Budget: education and child care funding, 30963 [18OC]
———impact of deficit reduction agreement, 27937 [6OC], 27954 [7OC]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 4000), 22167
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 16677 [10JY]
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 11137
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 23910
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve secondary school programs (H.R. 5140), 16674, 16675, 16677 [10JY]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 9960
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), 15295 [21JN]
House of Representatives: responding to tributes, 5696 [28MR]
Housing: amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (H.R. 1180), 20857
Immigration: reform preference system and provide for administrative naturalization (S. 358), waiving certain points of order against consideration of conference report (H. Res. 531), 35130
Job Training Partnership Act: amend to improve delivery of services (H.R. 2039), 26204
Language and languages: declare English as the official language of the U.S. Government (H.R. 4424), 37181
New York, NY: anniversary of Bronx Public School 93, 12103
———anniversary of William Lloyd Garrison School, 12104
———tribute to Bronx Community College's Minority Honors Programs, 28702
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 661), 26913
Poverty: domestic economic assistance, 18476 [20JY]
Puerto Rico: plebiscite on political status, 9208 [2MY]
———plebiscite on political status (H.R. 4765), 28326 [10OC]
———plebiscite on political status (H.R. 4765) (H.R. 4765), 28336
———referendum on political status, 17862 [18JY]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 25583
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 4793), 25583
Staten Island, NY: closing of the Navy home port, 23910
Urban areas: inner city lifestyles, 19703 [26JY]
Votes: position on missed, 14933
Remarks in House relative to
House of Representatives: welcome, 5696, 5699 [28MR]
Leave of absence: granted, 15037 [20JN]
Tribute, 5800 [28MR]
Testimonies
Committee on Rules: Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act (H.R. 4765) (testimony), D649 [27SE]