TORRES, ESTEBAN EDWARD (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H7991 [28JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1817, military construction, family housing, and base closure and realignment appropriations, H8665 [7SE]

———H.R. 1868, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9954 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 749), H969 [31JA]

Native Americans: provide remedies for sovereign tribal governments relative to gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 1578), H4617 [9MY]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

U.N.: U.S. membership in the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (see H. Res. 152), H5190 [17MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H6829 [11JY]

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14964 [15DE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]

Animals: prohibit export of American black bear viscera (see H.R. 353), H400 [19JA]

———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H8994 [14SE]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3048 [10MR]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to individuals killed or wounded due to friendly fire during peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 1376), H6736 [10JY]

———procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H4619 [9MY]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4336 [5AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H325 [18JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H4433 [7AP]

Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H3733 [23MR]

California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (see H.R. 1781), H5691 [7JN]

Capital Budget Commission: establish (see H.R. 1302), H4433 [7AP]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H10726 [24OC]

Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (see H.J. Res. 84), H4031 [30MR]

Citizenship: demonstration projects to celebrate process of becoming and being U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1980), H8063 [31JY]

Civil liberties: protect the right to travel to foreign countries (see H.R. 1702), H7012 [13JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H5072 [16MY]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H295 [17JA]

Colleges and universities: allow employees in classified positions to serve in other academic capacities (see H.R. 2134), H7916 [27JY]

Congressional Award Board: revise and extend authorities (see H.R. 2396), H10485 [19OC]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H2224 [24FE]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H13870 [30NO]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H890 [30JA]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 1704), H7012 [13JY]

———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 1703), H7012 [13JY]

———exception to trade embargo for medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1700), H5571 [24MY]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 883), H6913 [12JY]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H400 [19JA]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H4620 [9MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H11587 [31OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2442), H12350 [14NO]

———outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H3417 [21MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H1968 [21FE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H8537 [4AU]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4795 [10MY]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H10484 [19OC]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4336 [5AP]

Ecology and environment: funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 83), H7011 [13JY]

ERISA: joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 1355), H12190 [13NO]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H400 [19JA]

———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H8806 [12SE]

Federal employees: treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations relative to defense base closures (see H.R. 2375), H10307 [18OC]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H1968 [21FE]

Financial institutions: small business loan disclosures (see H.R. 398), H1157 [2FE]

Firearms: gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4618 [9MY]

Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 76), H6736 [10JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H1752 [14FE]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H15136 [19DE]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 1281), H4105 [3AP]

FTC: prescriptions for contact lenses (see H.R. 1454), H6830 [11JY]

Fuhrman, Mark: investigation relative to perjury and possible criminal wrong doing committed by the former Los Angeles police detective (see H. Res. 243), H10726 [24OC]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]

Harry S Truman (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.R. 445), H1052 [1FE]

Health: deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (see H.R. 1912), H7068 [17JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950), H12085 [9NO]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1689 [13FE]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H231 [11JA]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H1208 [3FE]

———disclosure of source of amendments, measures, and committee reports (see H. Res. 132), H6699 [30JN]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H4335 [5AP]

India: civil liberties violations in Kashmir (see H. Res. 123), H3974 [29MR]

———suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4958 [15MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H5471 [23MY]

Major League Baseball: arbitration procedures to resolve players' strike (see H.R. 870), H1752 [14FE]

Medicare: reform (see H.R. 2422), H9670 [28SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H11587 [31OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 772), H1050 [1FE]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H890 [30JA]

———level (see H.R. 619, 940), H890 [30JA], H3975 [29MR]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H890 [30JA]

NAFTA: effect on Caribbean Basin Initiative (see H.R. 553), H1908 [16FE]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 721), H839 [27JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of power resources (see H.R. 2241, 2242), H8535 [4AU]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H468 [20JA]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H15136 [19DE]

Petroleum: exports of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 70), H1208 [3FE]

———exports of certain domestically produced crude oil, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 70), H2373, H2393 [28FE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 852), H1371 [7FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

Public works: national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 1405), H4433 [7AP]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 1591), H4618 [9MY]

Refuse disposal: provide refunds for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 1444), H5692 [7JN]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]

Rural areas: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (see H.R. 556, 557), H1461 [8FE]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2310), H13341 [18NO]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 696), H1968 [21FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 1079, 2627), H4415 [6AP], H13731 [28NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H4916 [12MY]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H5905 [13JN]

States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6158 [20JN]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H7012 [13JY]

Tariff: French beaujolais wine (see H.R. 2529), H12190 [13NO]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1442), H4916 [12MY]

———allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for deficit reduction, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1444), H7801 [26JY]

———benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H4874 [11MY]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10994 [26OC]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H2584 [2MR]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H6270 [22JN]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682), H3808 [24MR]

———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 726), H1611 [10FE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H468 [20JA]

———treatment of certain interest on automobile loans (see H.R. 1957), H6655 [29JN]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H3417 [21MR]

———treatment of dyed diesel fuel relative to recreational boaters (see H.R. 1821), H8806 [12SE]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1461 [8FE]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H5571 [24MY]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 2338), H10485 [19OC]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H12128 [10NO]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1027), H2176 [23FE]

Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H6913 [12JY]

———permit tax-exempt financing of certain transportation facilities (see H.R. 1790), H5752 [8JN]

Turkey: invasion of Northern Iraq (see H. Res. 124), H4620 [9MY]

———protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H13142 [16NO]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H8806 [12SE]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4431 [7AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H3156 [14MR]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H3327 [16MR]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H296 [17JA]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H10047 [12OC]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]

———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H970 [31JA]

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H4619 [9MY]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H6082 [16JN]

Letters

Affirmative action policies: Dave Malcolm, E1769 [13SE]

Poems

``Sometimes I Want To Cry,'' Porshia M. Zabala, E1277 [16JN]

Remarks by, on

American Heritage Club (organization): tribute, E638 [21MR]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4503 [2MY]

Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid, H6495 [28JN]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3203 [15MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10801 [25OC], H11196 [26OC]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, E1769 [13SE]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9344 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber development, H8602 [7SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7036 [17JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7898 [27JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (H.R. 942), H1701 [14FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6495, H6524, H6536, H6557 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1868), conference report, H11529 [31OC]

Gingrich, Representative: signing of book contract, H415 [20JA]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9535 [27SE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), E118 [18JA]

Los Angeles, CA: tribute to El Rancho High School Academic Decathalon Team, E2321 [8DE]

———tribute to Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's South Central Leadership Program participants, E2187 [15NO]

———tribute to Tools for Success Scholarship Program, E981 [9MY]

Major League Baseball: application of antitrust laws (H.R. 749), E236 [31JA]

Medicaid: reform, H11196 [26OC]

Mexican-American Opportunity Foundation: tribute, E997 [11MY]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency, H955 [31JA]

Montebello, CA: anniversary, E1845 [27SE]

———tribute to Montebello Women's Clubhouse for inclusion in National Register of Historic Places, E1974 [18OC]

NAFTA: withhold contribution to North American Development Bank relative to actions by Mexico, H6536 [28JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7036 [17JY]

Pico Rivera, CA: anniversary of Bobby Sox Association, E746 [30MR]

———tribute to World War II veterans at Villa Nueva Senior Park, E2132 [8NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3529 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15523 [21DE]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (H.R. 1522), E777 [4AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (H.R. 1523), E777 [4AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (H.R. 1524), E777 [4AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (H.R. 1525), E777 [4AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H549 [24JA]

Rio Hondo Community College: anniversary, E2115 [7NO]

San Gabriel Valley, CA: tribute to Don Bosco Technical Institute, E1704 [6SE]

Santa Barbara, CA: tribute to Parent Project, E1523 [27JY]

Taxation: treatment of gaming on Native American reservations, H10801 [25OC]

Tomas Rivera Center: anniversary, E1614 [3AU]

Turkey: allocation of foreign aid, H6524 [28JN]

University of California at Los Angeles: tribute to men's basketball team, E766 [4AP]

Veterans Day: observance, E2147 [9NO]

VOA: anniversary, E543 [7MR]

Votes: position on missed, H3449 [22MR], E118 [18JA], E680 [24MR], E770 [4AP], E1397 [10JY], E2090 [1NO]

Whittier College: tribute to Center of Mexican-American Affairs, E2048 [26OC]

World War II: closing of commemorations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II, E2132 [8NO]

Zabala, Porshia M.: International Society of Poets Poet of the Year nominee, E1277 [16JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H4176 [4AP], H6267 [22JN], H7548 [24JY]

Schedules

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims: immigration issues, D661 [24MY]

Tributes

Aguirre, Maria T., E1075 [18MY]

Anthony, Deborah J., E1523 [27JY]

Bautista, Richard A., E1892 [29SE]

Fiore, John V., E1071 [18MY]

Gomez, Rudy and Mona, E1523 [27JY]

Havice, Sally, E2287 [5DE]

Hill, Gertrude, E1706 [6SE]

Holmes, Phillip J., E1689 [5AU]

Houge, James C., E676 [23MR]

Jordan, Rudy, E1728 [7SE]

McCormick, Pat, E673 [23MR]

Mineta, Representative, E1903 [10OC]

Pulice, Richard F., E1196 [8JN]

Rivera, Dolly, E1970 [18OC]

Sapolu, Jesse, E635 [21MR]

Steiner, Wilfred W. (Bill), E98 [13JA]

Valdez, Beatriz, E1773 [13SE]

Valles, Rodolfo, E2301 [6DE]

Waters, Somerset R., III, E1314 [22JN]

Young, Robert O., E1851 [28SE]