HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 1), H1289 [21MR]

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

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census (see H.R. 1178), H1989 [29AP]

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

Children and youth: require initial intake screenings and the use of youth development specialists in Federal juvenile proceedings (see H.R. 879), H768 [5MR]

———support local reading programs for children (see H.R. 1516), H2155 [1MY]

Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 23), H9502 [23OC]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H8928 [21OC]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H7008 [8SE]

———establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H7118 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H700 [27FE]

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

Dept. of Justice: establish Office of Enforcement and Border Affairs (see H.R. 2588), H8265 [30SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish programs to educate the public on retirement savings (see H.R. 1377), H1705 [17AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs providing counseling and treatment for sexual trauma experienced by veterans (see H.R. 2253), H6963 [5SE]

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

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1456 [14AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5297 [15JY]

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

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

Education: improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 1435), H1890 [24AP]

———increase Pell Grant awards (see H.R. 744), H1262 [20MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H7263 [11SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 851), H10172 [6NO]

FDA: proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose inhalers as nonessential (see H.R. 2221), H8633 [7OC]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1543 [15AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4647 [25JN]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1392 [9AP]

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

Hazardous substances: prohibit the location of solid and hazardous waste facilities near residential, day care, church, and school properties (see H.R. 843), H668 [26FE]

Health: combat fraud relative to payments for health care services (see H.R. 2584), H8264 [30SE]

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

———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2606), H9559 [24OC]

———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), H245 [21JA]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H9730 [29OC]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5132 [10JY]

Housing: authorize public housing agencies to establish rental amounts that do not discourage assisted families from obtaining employment (see H.R. 1014), H1262 [20MR]

Immigration: adjust the status of certain nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Haiti and eliminate certain rules relative to continuous physical presence (see H.R. 3054), H10954 [13NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H10956 [13NO]

———extend certain civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and Customs Service inspectors and canine enforcement officers (see H.R. 1215), H8633 [7OC]

Medicare: reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 1362), H5297 [15JY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

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

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H8439 [6OC]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 38), H1989 [29AP]

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

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H7911 [25SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2183, 2777), H5485 [17JY], H7911 [25SE], H9800 [30OC]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667, 1360), H1542 [15AP], H1795 [23AP]

———restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8834 [9OC]

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

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]

Remy, France: tribute to citizens relative to burial of Houston Braly (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]

———tribute to fundraising efforts of 364th Fighter Group relative to restoration of stained glass windows (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6715 [1AU]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H768 [5MR]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H2091 [30AP]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]

———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), H768 [5MR]

Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 68), H169 [20JA]

SSI: exception to limited eligibility for permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 663), H812 [10MR]

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

———allow tax credit to individuals due unpaid child support and increase the tax liability of individuals owing such child support (see H.R. 1735), H7730 [23SE]

———eliminate the marriage penalty, establish a commission to simplify the tax code, and require the IRS to use alternative dispute resolution (see H.R. 3059), H10954 [13NO]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 195), H1339 [8AP]

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

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H243 [21JA]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H3203 [22MY]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H1340 [8AP]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4836 [26JN]

———eligibility for hospital care and services relative to awarding of Purple Heart (see H.R. 2397), H9559 [24OC]

Water pollution: establish a national clean water trust fund (see H.R. 806), H1988 [29AP]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4837 [26JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H6798 [3SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Weslaco, TX: designate (see H.R. 2737), H9558 [24OC]

Remarks

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, H6896 [4SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4379 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), motion to instruct conferees, H6896 [4SE]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7326 [16SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7326 [16SE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2844 [16MY]

FAA: authorize research, engineering, and development programs (H.R. 1271), H1951 [29AP]

Hershey, PA: bipartisan congressional conference, H1159 [19MR]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (H.R. 994), H7286 [16SE]

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Corridor: funding, E2089 [24OC]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H924 [12MR]

Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants, H4379 [25JN]

Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H256 [4FE]

Votes: correction, H1843 [24AP]

———position on missed, H2564 [13MY], H2762 [15MY], H7350 [16SE], H8216 [30SE]

WIC: funding, E909 [13MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H946 [12MR], H1184 [19MR], H1702 [17AP]

Tributes

Gober, Hershel, E2357 [13NO]

Gonzalez, Representative, H8579 [7OC]

Tejeda, Frank, H305 [5FE]