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

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7831 [24SE], H8015 [26SE]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2094 [30AP], H2267 [7MY]

Appointments

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

Take Daughters to Work? Union Offers Another Idea, Steven Greenhouse, New York (NY) Times, E757 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 156), H7729 [23SE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H7199 [10SE]

Alcoholic beverages: FCC study on advertising of distilled spirits on radio and television (see H. Res. 171), H10421 [8NO]

Armenia: agricultural assistance program funding (see H.R. 500), H2874 [16MY]

———anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H3274 [3JN]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H347 [5FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see H.R. 2005), H4914 [8JY]

Balanced Budget Act: disapproval of line-item veto of certain Medicaid provisions (see H.R. 2436), H7730 [23SE]

Business and industry: reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H.J. Res. 65), H1260 [20MR]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1302), H1439 [10AP]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H4835 [26JN]

Contracts: require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 182), H245 [21JA]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H3923 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H6707 [31JY]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H5777 [24JY]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H286 [4FE]

———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2351 [7MY]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H4087 [19JN]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3274 [3JN]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1989 [29AP]

Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 1727), H6918 [4SE]

———penalties relative to gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1530), H2168 [5MY]

Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H4222 [23JN]

———increase postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic and other under-represented student populations (see H.R. 2495), H7599 [18SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1707 [17AP]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 4), H702 [27FE]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H4836 [26JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 1870), H3796 [12JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see H.R. 234), H286 [4FE]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H629 [25FE]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2761), H9729 [29OC]

Financial institutions: provide consumer protection (see H.R. 1900), H3863 [17JN]

Firearms: prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H286 [4FE]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H5916 [28JY]

Health: establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 2006), H5570 [22JY]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H6716 [1AU]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H8929 [21OC]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H4339 [24JN]

Hurston, Zora Neale: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6026 [29JY]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H9865 [31OC]

INS: standards for naturalization (see H.R. 574), H284 [4FE]

Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H9865 [31OC]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H7008 [8SE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H5569 [22JY]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H585 [13FE]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10957 [13NO]

Medicare: multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H888 [11MR]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H3568 [5JN]

National forests: ban clearcutting, protect native biodiversity, and designate certain Federal lands as Northwest Ancient Forests and roadless areas (see H.R. 1376), H1705 [17AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]

New York: waiver of certain health care provider tax provisions under Medicaid (see H.R. 2437), H7730 [23SE]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

———impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H7830 [24SE]

NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]

Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 2431), H9801 [30OC]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 282), H1440 [10AP]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H10421 [8NO]

Public welfare programs: restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8727 [8OC]

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 950), H767 [5MR]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H1705 [17AP]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H1541 [15AP]

SBA: reauthorize women's business training program (see H.R. 1495), H2090 [30AP]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H669 [26FE]

States: require equal education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H8833 [9OC]

Taxation: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 687), H452 [11FE]

———strengthen provisions relative to individuals who relinquish U.S. citizenship (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 548), H804 [6MR]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2187), H5486 [17JY]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]

Weapons: production of Trident II missiles (see H.R. 1814), H4222 [23JN]

———restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4221 [23JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1715 [21AP]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H4647 [25JN]

———increase research and education on the drug DES (see H.R. 1788), H3865 [17JN]

World War II: require apology and reparation of victims of Japanese war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 126), H6919 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Chinese Student Protection Act: extend provisions to certain aliens who entered the U.S. without inspection (see H.R. 2728), H9502 [23OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering and other financial crimes (see H.R. 1756), H3273 [3JN]

Health: establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2606), H8320 [2OC]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2090 [30AP]

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2201), H5487 [17JY]

Queens, NY: relief of certain aliens (see H.R. 2210), H5569 [22JY]

Motions

Iran: sanctions relative to acquisition of certain missiles (H. Res. 188), H10128 [6NO]

Proposals

Committee on House Oversight (House) investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H9807 [31OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations, H3668 [11JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2718 [15MY], H2862 [16MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3480 [5JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3584 [10JN]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1871), H3723 [12JN]

Brooklyn, NY: tribute to students who succeed under adverse conditions, E1257 [19JN]

Budget: balance, H893 [12MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4378 [25JN], H4651, H4701 [26JN], H5026 [10JY], H5133 [11JY], H5307 [16JY], H5409 [17JY], H5580 [23JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4378, H4561 [25JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3028 [20MY]

———submission of budget proposal by the President without budgetary contingencies (H. Res. 89), H914 [12MR]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8236 [30SE]

Children and youth: summer youth employment program funding relative to disadvantaged youth programs, H2850 [16MY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1302), H1394 [10AP], H4090 [20JN]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H5790 [25JY], H5875 [28JY], H5996, H5997, H6000, H6001, H6002 [29JY], H8167 [30SE], H9807 [31OC]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2365 [8MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and implement a strategy to combat money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756), H3280 [4JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8015, H8016 [26SE], H8236 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), motion to instruct conferees, H9648 [29OC]

Dornan, Robert K.: limit admission to House floor and rooms (H. Res. 233), H7534 [18SE]

Education: national policy to improve system, H3173 [22MY], H6804 [4SE]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H8637 [8OC]

———vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5533 [22JY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2850 [16MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1136 [19MR]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), consideration (H. Res. 46), H553 [13FE]

Health: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (H.R. 1506), H2011 [30AP]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H2267 [7MY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H1547 [16AP], H2044 [30AP], H2132 [1MY], H2201 [6MY], H2267, H2270, H2271 [7MY], H2639 [14MY]

———reduce minimum rental amounts and contributions relative to public housing, H2267, H2270, H2271 [7MY]

Immigration: obtain suspension of deportation of aliens under rules in place at the time of application for residency, H9648 [29OC]

INS: prohibit funding to deport certain crime victims, H8015, H8016 [26SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5875 [28JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2209), consideration (H. Res. 197), H5790 [25JY]

Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 2201), E1445 [17JY]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H980 [13MR]

New York, NY: anniversary of Borinquen Plaza Senior Center, E1439 [16JY]

———tribute to 12th Congressional District high school graduates, E1229 [17JN]

———tribute to St. Leo's School students, E1277 [20JN]

Public housing: prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2132 [1MY]

———require payment of minimum wage relative to community work requirements, H2201 [6MY]

Puerto Rican Traveling Theater: anniversary, E1694 [9SE]

Take Our Daughters to Work Day: observance, E757 [24AP]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4701 [26JN]

———child tax credit, H4701 [26JN], H5307 [16JY], H5409 [17JY], H5580 [23JY]

———rates, H3810 [17JN], H3930 [19JN], H4651 [26JN], H5026 [10JY], H5133 [11JY], H5307 [16JY], H5580 [23JY]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H258 [4FE]

Votes: position on missed, H2761 [15MY], E1727 [10SE]

WIC: funding, H2258 [7MY], H2718 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1786 [23AP], H1878 [24AP]

Tributes

Cadena, Christopher, E1277 [20JN]

Cadena, Jonathan, E1277 [20JN]

Fahey, Thomas, E1197 [12JN]

Osman, Etta Weiss, E2296 [10NO]

Rodriguez, Kimberly, E1227 [17JN]

Rosero, Fausto A., E1868 [25SE]