    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    VELA�1ZQUEZ, NYDIA M. (a Representative from New York)
      Amendments
        Puerto Rico:  self-determination (H.R. 856), H828 [4MR]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Bankruptcy:  reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H329 [4FE]
        Crime:  enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
            H498 [12FE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  study on establishing a national historic
            trail to commemorate the history of women's rights, (see H.R.
            3240), H496 [12FE]
        Drunken driving:  national standard to prohibit the operation of
            motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals, (see H.R. 981), H1112
            [11MR]
        Financial institutions:  prohibit the imposition of fees on the
            electronic withdrawal of direct deposited Social Security
            benefits, (see H.R. 2454), H329 [4FE]
        ----- prohibit the imposition of fees on the electronic withdrawal
            of direct deposited veterans benefits, (see H.R. 2457), H329
            [4FE]
        Health:  prohibit discrimination or retaliation against health care
            workers who report unsafe conditions and practices, (see H.R.
            3342), H1159 [12MR]
        Medicare:  coverage of medical nutrition therapy services, (see H.R.
            1375), H1236 [17MR]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            H.R. 2701), H386 [5FE]
        Minimum wage:  level, (see H.R. 3100), H62 [27JA], (see H.R. 3510),
            H1336 [19MR]
        New York, NY:  prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate
            the impact of slot exemptions for operation of new air services
            at LaGuardia Airport, (see H.R. 3179), H445 [11FE]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H1236 [17MR]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections, (see H.R.
            3412), H1020 [10MR]
        Taxation:  credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing
            newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal
            residence, (see H.R. 1134), H631 [25FE]
        ------ tax credits relative to elementary and secondary school
            construction, (see H.R. 3320), H850 [4MR]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1236
            [17MR]
      Remarks
        Puerto Rico:  assure that persons born in Puerto Rico may not be
            denied the right to vote even if they are not U.S. citizens,
            H828 [4MR]
        ------ declare English as official language upon accession to
            statehood, H800 [4MR]
        ------ declare Spanish as official language, H803 [4MR]
        ------ define as sociologically and culturally a Caribbean and
            Latin-American nation, H822 [4MR]
        ------ eligibility to vote in self-determination referenda for
            certain U.S. citizens residing outside Puerto Rico, H814 [4MR],
            H819 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), H760 [4MR], H777 [4MR], H800
            [4MR], H803 [4MR], H814 [4MR], H819 [4MR], H822 [4MR], H828
            [4MR], H832 [4MR]
        ------ self-determination (H.R. 856), consideration (H. Res. 376),
            H770 [4MR], H771 [4MR]
        Voting:  establish a system to respond to inquiries about the
            citizenship of registration applicants and require use of Social
            Security number to register to vote (H.R. 1428), H469 [12FE]
      Tributes
        Cruz, Heriberto, E388<bullet> [17MR]
      Amendments
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4407 [10JN]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2706 [30AP]
        Arms sales:  establish international code of conduct with all
            Wassenaar Arrangement countries, (see H.R. 4095), H4879 [19JN]
        Business and industry:  promote youth entrepreneurship education and
            training, (see H.R. 4175), H5403 [25JN]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Civil rights:  provide improved remedies for discrimination in the
            payment of wages based on sex, (see H.R. 2023), H4550 [11JN]
        Courts:  applicability of certain titles of the Civil Rights Act to
            the judicial branch of the Federal government, (see H.R. 4718),
            H10010 [7OC]
        ------ moratorium on certain class action lawsuits, (see H.R. 1283),
            H6453 [24JY]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
            H4240 [5JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10833 [13OC]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H3971 [22MY]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see H.R.
            3813), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ reductions in school class size, (see H.R. 3876), H3311
            [14MY]
        Electronic Fund Transfer Act:  require additional disclosures
            relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international
            transactions, (see H.R. 3726), H3247 [13MY]
        FAA:  address aircraft noise problems of Queens and Long Island, NY,
            (see H.R. 3952), H3970 [22MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  increase availability,
            affordability, and quality of child care, (see H.R. 4030), H4478
            [10JN]
        Firearms:  prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce, (see H.R.
            12), H3105 [12MY]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H2056 [1AP]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H1853 [31MR]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H4056 [3JN]
        Human rights:  expedite the declassification of certain documents
            relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
            H.R. 2635), H6453 [24JY]
        Immigration:  strengthen naturalization process, (see H.R. 3341),
            H2237 [22AP]
        Ireland:  establish a cultural and training program for
            disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland and the Republic
            of Ireland, (see H.R. 4293), H6698 [29JY]
        Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr., Post Office Building, East Northport, NY:
             designate, (see H.R. 3167), H2318 [23AP]
        Kneeling Nun Mountain National Monument:  establish, (see H. Con.
            Res. 303), H5956 [20JY]
        Law enforcement officers:  collective bargaining rights for public
            safety officers employed by States or local governments, (see
            H.R. 1173), H5737 [16JY]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
            3156), H1379 [23MR]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H7494 [9SE]
        Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act:  provide
            certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of
            status, (see H.R. 3553), H3014 [7MY]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H7495 [9SE]
        Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX:  designate, (see
            H.R. 3598), H7690 [14SE]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H7690
            [14SE]
        Taxation:  exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance,
            (see H.R. 1382), H5064 [23JN]
        ------ increase amount of low-income housing credits allocated in
            each State and index amounts for inflation, (see H.R. 2990),
            H3014 [7MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4241 [5JN]
        ------ modify the low-income housing credit, (see H.R. 3290), H3014
            [7MY]
        Tobacco products:  limit access to minors, (see H.R. 3474), H1378
            [23MR]
        ------ reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and
            develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868), H5405 [25JN]
        Veterans:  extend priority health care to individuals who served
            during the Persian Gulf Conflict, (see H.R. 3661), H2053 [1AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        SBA:  women's business centers funding, (see H.R. 4078), H4834
            [18JN]
      Remarks
        Bankruptcy:  conduct study on small business bankruptcies, H4408
            [10JN]
        ------ reform laws (H.R. 3150), H4408 [10JN]
        Brooklyn, NY:  anniversary of Cadman Towers housing complex,
            E1679<bullet> [9SE]
        Brooklyn Chinese-American Association:  anniversary, E926<bullet>
            [20MY]
        Census:  use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial
            census, H7195 [5AU]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11895 [18DE]
        ------ Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into whether
            grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10090 [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11895 [18DE]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), H1884<bullet> [1AP]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes (H.R. 1756), H9483
            [5OC], H11031 [16OC], E2300<bullet> [21OC]
        Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related
            agencies:  making appropriations (H.R. 4276), H7165 [4AU],
            H7174<bullet> [4AU], H7195 [5AU]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5818 [17JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4194), conference report, H9618
            [6OC]
        District of Columbia:  scholarship vouchers to provide school choice
            (S. 1502), consideration (H. Res. 413), H2621 [30AP]
        Drug abuse:  prohibit use of Federal funds for needle exchange
            programs (H.R. 3717), H2460 [29AP]
        Drugs:  promote drug-free workplace programs (H.R. 3853), H4975
            [23JN], H4980 [23JN]
        Education:  establish a program to help children and youth learn
            English (H.R. 3892), H7535 [10SE]
        ------ national policy to improve system, H10677 [13OC]
        Federal highway program:  replace affirmative action policies with
            emerging business enterprise programs, H2004 [1AP]
        Galdi, Tony:  Bronze Star recipient, E1836<bullet> [28SE]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5818 [17JY]
        Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site:  establish (S.
            1408), H10413<bullet> [10OC]
        New York:  tribute to high school graduates from 12th Congressional
            District, E1222<bullet> [25JN]
        New York, NY:  Gowanus Expressway Corridor major investment study,
            H1915<bullet> [1AP]
        Puerto Rican Association for Community Affairs:  anniversary,
            E664<bullet> [23AP]
        SBA:  Small Business Investment Company Program funding,
            H7174<bullet> [4AU]
        ------ Women's Business Development Program funding, H7165 [4AU]
        Small Business Investment Act:  technical corrections (H.R. 3412),
            H1400 [24MR]
        St. John's University:  anniversary of Epsilon Kappa chapter of
            Sigma Delta Pi, E585<bullet> [2AP], E628<bullet> [22AP]
        Togetherness With Love Center, Inc.:  tribute, E1772<bullet> [22SE]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1915<bullet> [1AP],
            H2004 [1AP]
        ----- funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
            transit programs (H.R. 2400), conference report, H3955<bullet>
            [22MY]
        Williamsburg, NY:  anniversary of Los Sures Senior Center,
            E1250<bullet> [26JN]
        Women of Great Esteem (organization):  tribute to award recipients,
            E486<bullet> [26MR]
      Tributes
        Abzug, Bella S., H2233<bullet> [22AP]
        Doyle, Eleanor, E1802<bullet> [24SE]
        O'Dwyer, Paul, E1247<bullet> [26JN]
        Pascualy, Monchito, E1223<bullet> [25JN]
        Philip, Harriet, E1534<bullet> [4AU]