[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]