VELAZQUEZ, NYDIA M. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7234, H7263 [10JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 123), H8984 [30JY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4528, H4529 [7MY], H4685 [9MY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2484 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Business and industry: pay equity and labor protection for contingent workers (see H.R. 3657), H6414 [13JN]

Crime: development and implementation of national financial crimes strategy (see H.R. 3931), H9566 [31JY]

Health: modify certain programs relative to minority women (see H.R. 3179), H2950 [27MR]

———requirements relative to managed care plans (see H.R. 3751), H7106 [27JN]

Korean War: mint coins in commemoration of Puerto Ricans who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment (see H.R. 3228), H3230 [29MR]

———tribute to Puerto Ricans who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment (see H. Con. Res. 159), H3231 [29MR]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 3628), H6285 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1252 [23FE]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H2951 [27MR]

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H10236 [11SE]

———ensure economic equity for women (see H.R. 3857), H8029 [18JY]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H2316 [14MR]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4166), H11228 [25SE]

Commission on Women's Art in the U.S. Capitol: establish (see H. Con. Res. 128), H3388 [15AP]

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H1985 [7MR]

Consumers: notification of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 3727), H8030 [18JY]

———prohibit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 3221), H10236 [11SE]

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see H.R. 2724), H2467 [19MR]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see H.R. 2725), H2467 [19MR]

———require wages paid under a Federal contract be above local poverty line (see H.R. 3463), H5288 [16MY]

Courts: repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 2701), H6117 [10JN]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see H.R. 3525), H6184 [11JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183, 186, 187), H6183 [11JN], H6414 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: assist the procurement of law enforcement equipment for counterdrug activities by State and local governments (see H.R. 2931), H3650 [18AP]

———prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (see H.R. 3843), H7780 [17JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see H.R. 3927), H10108 [5SE]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 3401), H6712 [24JN]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1248 [20FE]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6285 [12JN]

Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 3520), H5569 [23MY]

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H1248 [20FE]

Financial institutions: enhance surveillance pictures for use in criminal prosecutions (see H.R. 3533), H6532 [19JN]

Forests: designate and protect certain Federal lands (see H.R. 4145), H11047 [24SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893, 3130), H2558 [20MR]

Human rights: eradication of slavery in foreign countries (see H. Res. 49), H3650 [18AP]

Immigration: asylum reform (see H.R. 3744), H7106 [27JN]

INS: promote the naturalization of eligible individuals (see H.R. 3323), H4109 [25AP]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H7107 [27JN]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 3392), H4902 [10MY]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 3621), H11527 [27SE]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3733), H7106 [27JN]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6005 [6JN]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6005 [6JN]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 385), H2316 [14MR]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H6415 [13JN]

National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 206), H9705 [1AU]

NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H1635 [29FE]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 158), H1716 [5MR]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (see H.R. 3457), H5173 [15MY]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2862; H. Res. 360), H914 [25JA], H1226 [1FE]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see H.R. 3081), H4303 [30AP]

Public welfare programs: reform relative to domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 195), H7107 [27JN]

Puerto Rico: application of coastwise trade laws relative to travel to or from Puerto Rico (see H.R. 3020), H1774 [6MR]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H8982 [30JY]

Rose Y. Caracappa U.S. Post Office Building, Centereach, NY: designate (see H.R. 3139), H4110 [25AP]

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3710), H7260 [10JY]

SBA: reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 3990), H9923 [2AU]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4303 [30AP]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H914 [25JA]

Taxation: designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 2246), H331 [5JA]

———increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H5647 [29MY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H11527 [27SE]

Women: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3178), H2950 [27MR]

Remarks by, on

Brooklyn Chinese-American Association: anniversary, E170 [5FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9423 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration (H. Res. 482), H7792 [18JY]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), conference report, H1741 [6MR]

Dept. of Labor: Employment Standards Administration funding relative to garment industry working conditions, H7234 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7234 [10JY]

Education: funding, H2127 [13MR]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5507 [23MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 123), H9748 [1AU]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), consideration (H. Res. 388), H2678 [22MR]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), H5472 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, H9859 [2AU]

Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (H.R. 2715), H3751 [24AP]

Health: modify certain programs relative to minority women (H.R. 3179), E474 [28MR]

———requirements relative to managed care plans (H.R. 3751), H6976 [27JN], E1192 [27JN]

Housing: cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H4665, H4681, H4685, H4686, H4688 [9MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4573 [8MY], H4665, H4681, H4685, H4686, H4688 [9MY]

Immigration: access of illegal immigrants to public education (H.R. 4134), H11077 [25SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2484, H2485, H2486, H2487 [20MR]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 528), H11077 [25SE]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), E1299 [17JY]

Medicare: reform, H6187 [12JN]

Minimum wage: level, H3736 [24AP], H5507 [23MY], H9859 [2AU]

Pantoja, Antonia: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, E1594 [12SE]

Point of order, H2487 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: eligibility of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens, H2484, H2485, H2486, H2487 [20MR]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9423 [31JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration (H. Res. 482), H7792 [18JY]

Puerto Rico: repeal of certain corporate tax credits, H5472 [22MY]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 3322), H5692 [30MY]

Space policy: space station program funding, H5692 [30MY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, H3612 [18AP]

Votes: position on missed, H8386 [25JY]