BONILLA, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2160, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H6760 [3SE]
———H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]
———H.R. 2266, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6761 [3SE]
Frank Tejeda funeral attendee, H259 [4FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 725), H3476 [4JN]
———make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H9615 [28OC]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation (see H.R. 1842), H5401 [16JY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]
———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]
Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]
CERCLA: limit funding expended for administration, oversight, support, studies, investigations, monitoring, assessments, evaluations, and enforcement activities (see H.R. 2086), H4834 [26JN]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H7601 [18SE]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H4836 [26JN]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]
Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H1705 [17AP]
Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H4222 [23JN]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military construction and increased pay and improved health care for members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2858), H10171 [6NO]
Drugs: provide a mandatory life penalty for certain offenses involving methamphetamine (see H.R. 2363), H6705 [31JY]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]
Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H3476 [4JN]
Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H2590 [13MY]
Endangered Species Act: grounds for civil actions relative to suffering or injury resulting from violations or noncompliance with the act (see H.R. 752), H585 [13FE]
EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5778 [24JY]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2939), H10419 [8NO]
Federal employees: limitations relative to use of official time (see H.R. 986), H803 [6MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H4836 [26JN]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H890 [11MR]
Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1392 [9AP]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H2445 [8MY]
Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H2091 [30AP]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H1111 [18MR]
———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H5487 [17JY]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2351 [7MY]
Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see H.R. 1108), H1440 [10AP]
Labor unions: ensure employees have adequate access and information relative to use of union dues or fees (see H.R. 928), H1988 [29AP]
———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 59), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1339 [8AP]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]
———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1186 [19MR]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H145, H152 [9JA]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2), H154 [9JA]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education: establish (see H.R. 1511), H2155 [1MY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of standards (see H.R. 2661), H8832 [9OC]
OSHA: disapprove rule relative to occupational exposure to methylene chloride (see H.J. Res. 67), H1261 [20MR]
Political campaigns: require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]
Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1360), H1703 [17AP]
———permit State use of nongovernmental personnel in determining Medicaid, food stamp, and WIC program eligibility (see H.R. 1709), H3201 [22MY]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1262 [20MR]
———private property owner rights (see H.R. 992), H3070 [20MY]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: designate (see H.R. 2625), H9730 [29OC]
Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]
Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H3569 [5JN]
Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]
———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H408 [10FE]
———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H156 [9JA]
———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]
———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 70), H1439 [10AP]
———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H1392 [9AP]
———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 683), H804 [6MR]
———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H7263 [11SE]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H708 [3MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2483), H9559 [24OC]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 158), H1542 [15AP]
———treatment of education (see H.R. 2847), H10768 [12NO]
———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 86), H524 [12FE]
Television: treatment of voluntary guidelines relative to applicability of antitrust laws (see H.R. 1510), H2155 [1MY]
Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2446 [8MY]
Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 211), H9559 [24OC]
Wetlands: permit use of certain agricultural lands (see H.R. 640), H392 [6FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Fort Davis National Historic Site: authorize expansion (see H.R. 3047), H10953 [13NO]
Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 499), H282 [4FE]
NAFTA: parity among participating countries relative to the personal allowance for duty-free merchandise purchased abroad (see H. Con. Res. 51), H1261 [20MR]
Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H522 [12FE]
Remarks
Agriculture: Federal crop insurance program reform, H5675 [24JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5675, H5724 [24JY]
American Heart Month: observance, E325
Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border patrol and control activities, H6896 [4SE]
Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H. Res. 276), H9467 [23OC]
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]
———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), motion to instruct conferees, H6896 [4SE]
———disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (H.R. 2631), H10383
———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5977 [29JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7767
Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2298, H2299 [7MY]
Frank M. Tejeda Post Office Building, San Antonio, TX: designate (H.R. 499), H293 [5FE]
Galt, CA: low-income housing funding, H5724 [24JY]
Hermandad Mexicana Nacional (organization): filing of criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney in California for failure to comply with a subpoena relative to contested election (H. Res. 244), consideration (H. Res. 253), H8252 [30SE]
Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7767
Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H981
OSHA: rules concerning ergonomics, H2098 [1MY]
Safety: prohibit transportation of radioactive waste through certain incorporated areas, H8534, H8535 [7OC]
Tejeda, Frank: tribute (H. Res. 35), H256 [4FE]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: consent (H.R. 629), H8518, H8522, H8534, H8535 [7OC]
———consent (H.R. 629), consideration (H. Res. 258), H8513 [7OC]
Votes: position on missed, H4103
WIC: funding, H5675 [24JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H7259 [11SE], H7596 [18SE], H7724 [23SE]
Tributes
Carlson, Dick, E1159