ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Hispanic Heritage Month: Antonia C. Novello, E3115
Appointments
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select), H1088 [21FE]
Conferee: H.R. 2100, authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense military functions and to prescribe military personnel levels, H6586 [16SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: compensation of immigration judges (see H.R. 2630, H4437 [12JN])
Education: college participation rates of minority groups (see H.R. 3098, H6137 [30JY])
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: designate (see H.R. 3866, H10930 [22NO])
Health care facilities: establish a new veterans hospital in south Texas (see H.R. 3188, H6317 [1AU])
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 1642, H2084 [22MR])
Wetlands Research and Policy Center: establish (see H.R. 2917, H5513 [16JY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H8188 [22OC])
American Hispanic Literature Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 244, H2768 [2MY])
Antarctic regions: environmental protection treaty (see H.R. 1920, H2399 [22AP])
———oil spill protection (see H.R. 1921, H2399 [22AP])
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])
Armed Forces: Bronze Star to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in the defense of Corregidor Island in the Philippines (see H.J. Res. 367, H9144 [4NO])
Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, H1417 [5MR])
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])
Cheney, Sec. of Defense: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2672, H5651 [18JY])
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1, H53 [3JA])
Coast Guard: reimbursement for response to Middle East oilspills (see H. Con. Res. 229, H10366 [18NO])
Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11892 [26NO])
———mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])
Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])
Colorado River: authorizing appropriations for storage project (see H.R. 387, H81 [4JA])
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H697 [24JA])
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14, H62 [3JA])
Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])
Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H8496 [24OC])
Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H6540 [12SE])
Democracy Day: designate election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 3681, H8919 [31OC])
Drug abuse: Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H3037 [14MY])
Education: alternative methods for qualifying ability-to-benefit students for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 907, H990 [6FE])
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2181 [11AP])
FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])
Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H854 [4FE])
Fire fighters: fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H5515 [16JY])
Fish: relief for shrimp fishermen required to use turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 1478, H1848 [19MR])
Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H5515 [16JY])
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 343, H7380 [3OC])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H1671 [12MR])
Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H3624 [23MY])
Health: analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H2811 [7MY])
———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])
Health care professionals: incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])
———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])
Higher Education Act: amend (see H.R. 3553, H8496 [24OC])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 280, H8496 [24OC])
Irish-American Heritage Month: establish (see H.J. Res. 350, H9144 [4NO])
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138, H3495 [22MY])
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H9144 [4NO])
———regulations relative to certain contributions, taxes, and transfers toward State expenditures (see H.R. 3550, H9494 [6NO])
National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182, H3038 [14MY])
National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H5299 [9JY])
National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H4613 [18JN])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2603 [30AP])
National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197, H2181 [11AP])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H1280 [27FE])
National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H9581 [7NO])
National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H2109 [9AP])
National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H4099 [6JN])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120, H2602 [30AP])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H5515 [16JY])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 312, H6721 [23SE])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H6195 [31JY])
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 181, H5433 [11JY])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 300, H9581 [7NO])
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H7801 [10OC])
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])
Paine, Thomas: establish monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1628, H5650 [18JY])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 91, H2262 [16AP])
Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 227, H5342 [10JY])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H8189 [22OC])
Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1292, H1455 [6MR])
Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H1473 [7MR])
Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])
Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H6940 [26SE])
Refugee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 323, H8496 [24OC])
Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6879 [25SE])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H10931 [22NO])
Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H5515 [16JY])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])
Ships and vessels: equity of revenue availability and regulation of gambling (see H.R. 3282, H7107 [30SE])
———reporting of foreign passenger vessel casualties (see H.R. 1191, H1324 [28FE])
Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H3624 [23MY])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7815 [11OC])
Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H6139 [30JY])
Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H8662 [29OC])
———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2565 [25AP])
———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])
———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6539 [12SE])
———small issue bonds (see H.R. 710, H2812 [7MY])
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1456 [6MR])
———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H6386 [2AU])
Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1527, H8496 [24OC])
Tourist trade: assist growth of U.S. travel industry (see H.R. 418, H6194 [31JY])
Up With People Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 345, H7815 [11OC])
Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H3855 [4JN])
Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H5211 [26JN])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H6676 [17SE])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])
———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])
———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])
———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])
Year of the American Indian: designate (see H.J. Res. 342, H7380 [3OC])
Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])
Essays
How JROTC Has Prepared Me for Responsible Citizenship, Olga Torres, E3583
Letters
Military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq: Andy Alaniz, E907
Poems
``To Our Children,'' Dan Alfaro, E1092
Remarks by, on
Brownsville, TX: Community Health Center grant recipient from Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Program, E1479
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 1), H3949
———restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), H9540 [7NO]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 51), H920 [6FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 51), H920 [6FE]
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 51), H920 [6FE]
Corpus Christi, TX: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, E562
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2521), conference report, H10623 [20NO]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), H5090
Drug abuse: national drug control policy, E1599
Employment: quotas, H3949
Firearms: establish national hotline to check on prospective handgun buyers, H2864 [8MY]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (H.R. 7), H2864 [8MY]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary: designate (H.R. 3866), H11028 [23NO]
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (H. Res. 101), H3553 [23MY]
Health care facilities: establish a new veterans hospital in south Texas (H.R. 3188), E2841
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 4), H671 [23JA]
Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, E562
———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H481
———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H579 [18JA]
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 1642), H3753 [3JN], E1108
Robstown, TX: tribute to Cotton Pickers (baseball team), H5217
State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant Program: funding, H5090
Wetlands Research and Policy Center: establish (H.R. 2917), E2565
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1075 [20FE], H1134 [21FE], H1667 [12MR], H2076 [22MR], H2563 [25AP], H2766 [2MY], H5816 [24JY], H6379 [2AU], H6796 [24SE], H8661 [29OC]
Leave of absence: granted, H1470 [7MR], H4865 [20JN]
Special order: granted, H5265 [27JN]
Testimonies
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: National Parks Legislation, D541 [7MY]
Tributes
Alaniz, Andy, H1422 [6MR], E907
Alfaro, Dan, E1092
Benavides, Hilario, E2839
Castro, Veronica J. S., E572
Garza, Arthur, H1422 [6MR], E568
Ramirez, Yolanda E., E4194
Saenz, Homer G., E2695
Shannon, Edward J., E2893
Torres, Olga, E3583
Valentine, Roger, H1422 [6MR]