MARTINEZ, MATTHEW G. (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8770 [12SE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H326 [18JA], H403 [19JA], H873 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Federal employees: review of employment discriminations claims (see H.R. 2133), H7916 [27JY]

Los Angeles, CA: construction of thermal destruction facility (see H.R. 2583), H11767 [2NO]

———prevent construction of a gas recovery treatment facility (see H.R. 2267), H8596 [6SE]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2056), H7179 [18JY]

Public works: national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 1405), H4335 [5AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H14927 [14DE]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H7067 [17JY]

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

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

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H6830 [11JY]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 1739), H5905 [13JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H4512 [2MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H175 [9JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H468 [20JA]

———require an operating and a capital budget to distinguish between Federal funds and trust funds (see H.R. 1233), H4336 [5AP]

Business and industry: require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H15639 [27DE]

California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (see H.R. 1781), H6831 [11JY]

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

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H2584 [2MR]

———provide child care through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 986), H1907 [16FE]

China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1752 [14FE]

———visit of President Lee Teng-hui (see H. Con. Res. 53), H4336 [5AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]

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

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H1752 [14FE]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H7012 [13JY]

———redesign $1 coin to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. (see H.R. 616), H5983 [14JN]

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]

Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (see H.R. 967), H1850 [15FE]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H1461 [8FE]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H7012 [13JY]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6699 [30JN]

Diseases: pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4916 [12MY]

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

———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H14003 [5DE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1050), H8537 [4AU]

———promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H14927 [14DE]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H5072 [16MY]

Education: substitute educational quality evaluations for cohort default rates in eligibility determinations for student assistance programs (see H.R. 903), H3327 [16MR]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

———clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H13804 [29NO]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8994 [14SE]

———reauthorize, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2275), H9671 [28SE]

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

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H4619 [9MY]

———require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 1568), H5472 [23MY]

Families and domestic relations: interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 95), H1460 [8FE]

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

Federal employees: treatment of life insurance options for disabled retirees (see H.R. 2688), H15633 [22DE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H4441 [1MY]

Firearms: permit Federal licensees to conduct business at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 659), H4873 [11MY]

———regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H593 [24JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H5191 [17MY]

FRS: impact of interest rates on the housing industry (see H. Res. 98), H4796 [10MY]

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]

Gambling: limit authority of States to regulate gambling devices on vessels (see H.R. 253), H2716 [6MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H537 [23JA]

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200, 2071), H2989 [9MR], H7256 [19JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950; H. Con. Res. 79), H6831 [11JY]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H4619 [9MY]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 797), H3975 [29MR]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26), H468 [20JA]

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12127 [10NO]

Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H166 [9JA]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H8597 [6SE]

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

Income: create a livable wage (see H.R. 768), H1612 [10FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1986), H6698 [30JN]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201), H4177 [4AP]

Investments: reform conduct of private securities litigation (see H.R. 555), H803 [26JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H2811 [7MR]

Labeling: repeal requirement for saccharin notice (see H.R. 1787), H11767 [2NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H5367 [18MY]

———counseling programs for disabled police officers (see H.R. 384), H325 [18JA]

———establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 878), H5609 [25MY]

Legal Services Corp.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1806), H7012 [13JY]

Medicaid: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H2651 [3MR]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H9245 [19SE]

———chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H4546 [3MY]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H2651 [3MR]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6830 [11JY]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H229 [11JA]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779), H2651 [3MR]

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

———screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H1849 [15FE]

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

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 764, 940), H1208 [3FE], H1751 [14FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H5905 [13JN]

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 499, 2651), H2811 [7MR], H15088 [18DE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3808 [24MR]

National Voter Registration Act: voluntary compliance by States (see H.R. 326), H537 [23JA]

Native Americans: status of Indian children (see H.R. 1448), H4620 [9MY]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H4512 [2MY]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H537 [23JA]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13804 [29NO]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (see H.R. 70), H4105 [3AP]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 852), H6397 [27JN]

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

Recreation areas: require camps to report on incidents of injuries and illnesses to Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 1194), H3049 [10MR]

Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1612 [10FE]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields: establish (see H.R. 763), H3049 [10MR]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: improve information provided in account statements and distribute statements annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1319), H3807 [24MR]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6913 [12JY]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H4177 [4AP]

States: expedite review of criminal records of applicants for security officer employment (see H.R. 2092), H7461 [21JY]

———Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H7012 [13JY]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6270 [22JN]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H4512 [2MY]

———business meal and entertainment expense deductions (see H.R. 974), H6698 [30JN]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1850 [15FE]

———deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H6200 [21JN]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1752 [14FE]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H4433 [7AP]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1389), H4177 [4AP]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H6083 [16JN]

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

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1985), H9671 [28SE]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 769), H3572 [22MR]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5374 [22MY]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H4619 [9MY]

———treatment of dyed diesel fuel relative to recreational boaters (see H.R. 1821), H5904 [13JN]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1208 [3FE]

———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4546 [3MY]

———treatment of postsecondary education expenses (see H.R. 1272), H5191 [17MY]

———treatment of student loan interest (see H.R. 1229), H4619 [9MY]

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

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 1807, 2030), H5753 [8JN], H7011 [13JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]

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), H10307 [18OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

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]

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H2892 [8MR]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H2393 [28FE]

Letters

Educational programs funding: Barbara L. Chavira, Montebello, CA, Unified School District, E1730 [7SE]

———Inez Z. Gutierrez, Azusa, CA, Unified School District, E1729 [7SE]

———Peter J. Knapik, Baldwin Park, CA, Unified School District, E1729 [7SE]

———Rolland M. Boceta, Garvey School District, E1730 [7SE]

———Ronald Prescott, Los Angeles, CA, Unified School District, E1730 [7SE]

———Terry J. Larsen, Alhambra, CA, School District, E1730 [7SE]

Restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for ERISA employee benefit plans: Olivia S. Mitchell, H8739 [12SE]

Poems

``Chapel in the Dome,'' Charlotte F. Leonard, E1706 [6SE]

Remarks by, on

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4506 [2MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H5060 [16MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3298 [16MR]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1911 [11OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8006 [31JY], H8072, H8139 [1AU], H8182 [2AU], H8325 [3AU], H13780 [29NO], E1729 [7SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H13780 [29NO]

———program funding, H8006 [31JY], H8072 [1AU], H8182 [2AU]

———student loan programs, H5591 [25MY]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (H.R. 849), H3823 [28MR]

———child labor, minimum wage, and occupational safety standards, H519 [23JA]

ERISA: housing construction investments, H8765 [12SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8742, H8744, H8747, H8751, H8753, H8754, H8761, H8763, H8765, H8767, H8769, H8770 [12SE], E1996 [20OC]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (H. Res. 215), H8739 [12SE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (H.R. 785), H1028 [1FE]

Federal-State relations: exempt Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act protections from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H873, H875 [30JA]

———exempt Older Americans Act protections from unfunded Federal mandates refrom, H873, H875 [30JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H519 [23JA], H576 [24JA], H873, H875 [30JA]

———treatment of children's health relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H576 [24JA]

Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (H.R. 743), H9527, H9533 [27SE]

Los Angeles, CA: construction of thermal destruction facility (H.R. 2583), E2134 [8NO]

Medicare: reform, E1146 [26MY]

NLRB: funding, H8139 [1AU]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2056), E1458 [18JY]

OSHA: program funding, H3298 [16MR]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, E1996 [20OC]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H674 [25JA]

———reform, H450 [20JA], H1028 [1FE]

———reform (H.R. 4), H674 [25JA], H3376 [21MR]

Senior citizens: program funding, H8325 [3AU]

Veterans: tribute the Veteran Family Service Corp., E1187 [8JN]

Votes: correction, E1704 [6SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H10724 [24OC]

Special order: granted, H466 [20JA], H1049 [1FE], H5070 [16MY], H5606 [25MY], H8062 [31JY], H8172 [1AU], H10305 [18OC]

Schedules

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House): Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families: Older Americans Act, D802 [28JN]

Committee on Rules (House): Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Statements

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for ERISA Employee Benefit Plans, H8739 [12SE]

Tributes

Jewell, Keith, H8125 [1AU]

Leonard, Charlotte F., E1706 [6SE]

Madigan, Edward R., H198 [11JA]

Preciado, Robert, E1187 [8JN]