ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H152 [9JA]

Afghanistan: peace process and human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 156), H8929 [21OC]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H9502 [23OC]

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 630), H2445 [8MY]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H950 [12MR]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H8928 [21OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9800 [30OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H2590 [13MY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1440 [10AP]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6704 [31JY]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 1129), H3204 [22MY]

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

Carlos J. Moorhead Post Office Building, Glendale, CA: designate (see H.R. 681), H3274 [3JN]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

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

Colleges and universities: allow employees in classified positions in community colleges to serve in certified or other academic capacities (see H.R. 431), H3865 [17JN]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Consumers: prohibit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 795), H1018 [13MR]

———protection from unreasonable credit card fees or interest rates (see H.R. 1975), H6707 [31JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 96), H2681 [14MY]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1258 [20MR]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 3081), H10955 [13NO]

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), H5665 [23JY]

Dept. of the Interior: moratorium on oil and gas development on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3073), H10954 [13NO]

———prohibit issuance of oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3074), H10954 [13NO]

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

Discrimination: condemn all prejudice against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and support political and civic participation by these persons (see H. Con. Res. 191), H10420 [8NO]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 40), H1262 [20MR]

———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), H5297 [15JY]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H4836 [26JN]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5401 [16JY]

———treatments relative to the transmission of HIV (see H.R. 3072), H10954 [13NO]

Drugs: authorize funds to control methamphetamine (see H.R. 1175), H1259 [20MR]

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

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), H3797 [12JN]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H3568 [5JN]

———strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 1861), H9801 [30OC]

Education: 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]

EPA: take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see H. Con. Res. 91), H7601 [18SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: expand coverage and allow leave for parental involvement in educational and extracurricular activities (see H.R. 234), H949 [12MR]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1707 [17AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 1453), H5826 [25JY]

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

Firearms: prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce (see H.R. 12), H5778 [24JY]

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

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H2351 [7MY]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 100), H453 [11FE]

Hazardous substances: storage of nuclear waste on any territory or possession of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 32), H890 [11MR]

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

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

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H890 [11MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H157 [9JA]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 366), H157 [9JA]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 74), H9614 [28OC]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H3798 [12JN]

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

———provide rental assistance for victims of domestic violence to enable such victims to relocate (see H.R. 871), H890 [11MR]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7365 [16SE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1176), H1259 [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]

———clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302), H7730 [23SE]

———treatment of aliens born in the Philippines or Japan who were fathered by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2540), H10768 [12NO]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H7830 [24SE]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1117), H1111 [18MR]

———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), H1707 [17AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

Latin America: prohibit sale or transfer of highly advanced weapons (see H.R. 2345), H7528 [17SE]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8633 [7OC]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H812 [10MR]

Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA: designate (see H.R. 2348), H6704 [31JY]

Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 778), H1040 [17MR]

———locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 253), H1018 [13MR]

———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 780), H1040 [17MR]

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]

Native Americans: improve Indian reservation roads and related transportation services (see H.R. 2665), H8832 [9OC]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H724 [4MR]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 1786), H10956 [13NO]

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

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H4087 [19JN]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H7528 [17SE]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 2777), H590 [13FE], H9800 [30OC]

Postal Service: maintain Postal Uniform Allowance Program (see H. Con. Res. 168), H8834 [9OC]

Public welfare programs: restore benefits to legal immigrants through reductions in arms transfer subsidies (see H.R. 2597), H8299 [1OC]

———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]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1262 [20MR]

Sequoia National Forest: increase recreational opportunities and establish National Forest Preserve to protect Giant Sequoia ecosystem (see H.R. 2077), H7604 [22SE]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1707 [17AP]

Surplus Government property: transfer certain property to State and local governments for law enforcement and safety purposes (see H.R. 404), H5177 [11JY]

Tariff: treatment of live plants and fresh cut flowers (see H.R. 54), H348 [5FE]

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

———authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State child support enforcement programs (see H.R. 2189), H9039 [22OC]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1259 [20MR]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H9039 [22OC]

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

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H157 [9JA]

Telecommunications: universal service support for schools and libraries (see H.R. 280), H768 [5MR]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H1893 [24AP]

———treatment of taxes relative to payments made pursuant to tobacco industry settlement legislation (see H.R. 2387), H7200 [10SE]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H5916 [28JY]

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: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7601 [18SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H3213 [30MY]

———ratify equal rights amendment as part of the Constitution upon ratification by certain State legislatures (see H. Res. 26), H5488 [17JY]

———research programs relative to HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 1571), H3865 [17JN]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 1427), H6707 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (see H. Res. 291), H9773 [30OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 851), H669 [26FE]

Lozano, Ana: relief (see H.R. 2618), H8438 [6OC]

Lozano, Fauricio: relief (see H.R. 2618), H8438 [6OC]

Lozano, Sergio: relief (see H.R. 2618), H8438 [6OC]

Public welfare programs: clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program (see H.R. 1950), H3923 [18JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H951 [13MR]

Proposals

Committee on House Oversight (House) investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H9814 [31OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), veto, H3644 [10JN]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4380, H4564 [25JN]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H8227, H8235 [30SE]

Children and youth: suicide rate, H952 [13MR]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H5998, H6000, H6001, H6002 [29JY], H9814 [31OC]

———investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H. Res. 291), H9583 [28OC], H9773 [30OC]

Dept. of HUD: low-income housing preservation funding, E1522 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8012 [26SE], H8227, H8235 [30SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), E1522 [25JY]

Education: vocational education funding (H.R. 1853), H5438 [17JY]

———vocational education programs for women, girls, and gender equity, H5438 [17JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1117 [19MR]

Hispanas Organized for Political Equity (organization): tribute, E498 [18MR]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2639 [14MY]

Latina History Day: observance, E498 [18MR]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1999 [9OC]

Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants, H4380 [25JN]

Tobacco products: prohibit use of Federal funds to promote sale or export to foreign countries, H8012 [26SE]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (H.R. 836), H4312 [24JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3656 [10JN], H4337 [24JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 291, Committee on House Oversight (House) investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H9583 [28OC]

Tributes

De La Cruz, Angel, H4312 [24JN]

Gonzalez, Representative, E1976 [8OC]

Javellana, Percy, H4312 [24JN]

Salem, Orcencio, H4312 [24JN]

Tejeda, Frank, H311 [5FE]