GONZALEZ, HENRY B. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, H5040 [10JY]

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Articles and editorials

We Should Have Listened to Henry B., H8577 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H585 [13FE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H701 [27FE]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H3569 [5JN]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H2445 [8MY]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8634 [7OC]

———reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 1015), H888 [11MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5777 [24JY]

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

Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

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

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

———prohibit use of involuntary arbitration to settle claims of employment discrimination (see H.R. 983), H803 [6MR]

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

Consumer Price Index: calculation relative to correction of cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 92), H949 [12MR]

———reduction (see H. Res. 132), H2255 [6MY]

Courts: provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H3203 [22MY]

Credit: prohibit distribution of negotiable checks or instruments relative to consumer solicitations (see H.R. 2053), H4646 [25JN]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1795 [23AP]

Crime: consumer fraud (see H.R. 474), H524 [12FE]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H5487 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H348 [5FE]

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

Diseases: 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), H725 [4MR]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H5491 [21JY]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———research programs for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (see H.R. 751), H585 [13FE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H4836 [26JN]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H5777 [24JY]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

Education: establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H4085 [19JN]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1611 [16AP]

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

———provide tax relief for higher education expenses, increase financial aid, and improve student loan programs (see H.R. 1233), H3204 [22MY]

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), H1186 [19MR]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 4), H157 [9JA]

Eximbank: reauthorization (see H.R. 1370), H1704 [17AP]

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), H1456 [14AP]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H525 [12FE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments and maintenance of Federal agency retirement contributions (see H. Con. Res. 71), H3170 [21MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1441 [10AP]

Financial institutions: clarify consumer liability for unauthorized transactions involving debit cards (see H.R. 2234), H5664 [23JY]

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

———U.S. participation in certain international financial institutions (see H.R. 1488), H2089 [30AP]

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1074), H1187 [19MR]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]

Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 499), H349 [5FE]

FRS: expand the opportunity for private enterprise to compete with the Board of Governors in the transportation of paper checks (see H.R. 2119), H5020 [9JY]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H70 [7JA], H142 [9JA]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 444), H153 [9JA]

———biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 83), H3274 [3JN]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H1542 [15AP]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H1456 [14AP]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2198), H5486 [17JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H1260 [20MR]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 2110), H4912 [8JY]

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

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 337), H157 [9JA]

———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (see H.R. 561), H453 [11FE]

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

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5665 [23JY]

Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H888 [11MR]

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

Indonesia: limit military assistance and arms transfers (see H.R. 1132), H2254 [6MY]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H2156 [1MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H149 [9JA]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 753), H1340 [8AP]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H244 [21JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H453 [11FE]

———improve quality and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and medical informatic networks (see H.R. 1101), H2254 [6MY]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H452 [11FE]

———prohibit payments to nonprofit hospitals that convert to for-profit status without proper disclosure (see H.R. 443), H2091 [30AP]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H5021 [9JY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H145, H152 [9JA]

Motor vehicles: improve public education on proper use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 784), H587 [13FE]

———length and weight limitations on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 551), H725 [4MR]

———school bus safety (see H.R. 1993), H5132 [10JY]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]

NAFTA: parity among participating countries relative to the personal allowance for duty-free merchandise purchased abroad (see H. Con. Res. 51), H1441 [10AP]

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 Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H5177 [11JY]

Organ donors: establish congressional commemorative medal (see H.R. 1505), H2090 [30AP]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H2254 [6MY]

Public welfare programs: eligibility of SSI benefits for disabled children (see H.R. 1455), H1891 [24AP]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H2446 [8MY]

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

Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (see H.R. 650), H1392 [9AP]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H3204 [22MY]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1018 [13MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H586 [13FE]

Social Security: benefit reductions (see H. Res. 132), H2255 [6MY]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H670 [26FE]

SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H1909 [28AP]

Taxation: allow tax credit for equity investments in community development financial institutions (see H.R. 2254), H5777 [24JY]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1186 [19MR]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 291), H5916 [28JY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1241), H1338 [8AP]

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

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H524 [12FE]

———treatment of school-based health insurance programs (see H.R. 1698), H3660 [10JN]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1355), H2680 [14MY]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H2157 [1MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H669 [26FE]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H5401 [16JY]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H2446 [8MY]

United Way (organization): anniversary of Texas gulf coast chapter (see H. Con. Res. 110), H4913 [8JY]

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]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H589 [13FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H589 [13FE]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 165), H1392 [9AP]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4339 [24JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1261 [20MR]

Yosemite National Park: authorize further appropriations to clean up and repair damages to facilities caused by heavy rains and flooding (see H.R. 528), H524 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FRS: expand the opportunity for private enterprise to compete with the Board of Governors in the provision of check-clearing and other services (see H.R. 1442), H1890 [24AP]

———promote accountability and the public interest in operations (see H.R. 1160), H1258 [20MR]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 35), H285 [4FE]

Remarks

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations relative to the privatization of depot maintenance, H4190 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4190 [23JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5259 [15JY]

Housing: cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H2233 [6MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2039 [30AP], H2130 [1MY], H2227, H2233 [6MY], H2411, H2412 [8MY], H2635 [14MY]

———eliminate block grant program giving local municipalities flexibility in administering Federal housing assistance, H2411, H2412 [8MY]

———revise income and occupancy levels for public housing developments, H2227 [6MY]

Public housing: prohibit eviction of families relative to community work requirements, H2130 [1MY]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H252 [4FE]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (H.R. 607), H1561 [16AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5913 [28JY], H6783 [3SE], H7005 [8SE], H7364 [16SE], H7724 [23SE]

Tribute, H2150 [1MY], H6903 [4SE], H8574-H8582 [7OC], E1966, E1976 [8OC], E1992, E2010 [9OC], E2023 [21OC], E2064 [23OC], E2358 [13NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S10782 [9OC]

Resolutions by organizations

In Memory of Ralph Webster Yarborough: Texas Legislature, E2177 [4NO]

Tributes

Rodriguez, Representative, H1627 [17AP]

Tejeda, Frank, H304 [5FE]

Yarborough, Ralph W., E2177 [4NO]