HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H10356, H10361 [19OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: improve the safety of animals transported on aircraft (see H.R. 2776), H9515 [6OC]
Armed Forces: extend and make improvements to procurement contract goals relative to small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2334), H4822 [23JN]
———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H3861 [8JN]
Business and industry: end credit card possession requirements (see H.R. 599), H1259 [11MR]
———promote youth entrepreneurship education and training (see H.R. 1331), H1801 [25MR]
Census: use of sampling to determine populations in States for purposes of congressional redistricting (see H.R. 548), H418 [3FE]
Census Monitoring Board: amend qualification requirements (see H.R. 2306), H5094 [29JN]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H.J. Res. 22), H419 [3FE]
———issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 144), H2811 [5MY]
Children and youth: assist State and local prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies, with implementation of juvenile justice witness assistance programs (see H.R. 3132), H11972 [15NO]
———establish programs for early detection, diagnosis and intervention of hearing loss in newborns (see H.R. 1193), H3461 [20MY]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H5334 [1JY]
Colleges and universities: assist at-risk students to stay in school and complete their academic programs (see H.R. 3223), H11556 [4NO]
Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities (see H.R. 2170), H11196 [1NO]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H8628 [23SE]
Credit cards: consumer protections (see H.R. 900), H3087 [12MY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 1082), H1257 [11MR]
———youth violence (see H. Res. 357), H11481 [3NO]
Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 230), H825 [1MR] (see H.R. 1644), H3711 [27MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: implementation of certain milk price structures as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 1402), H4024 [9JN]
———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see H.R. 728), H4024 [9JN]
Dept. of HHS: make additional payments to certain home health agencies with high-cost patients and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), H8629 [23SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 2528), H5686 [15JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish additional national cemeteries for veterans (see H.R. 1476), H2471 [28AP]
Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 2405), H10725 [21OC]
———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 762), H12795 [18NO]
———increased support and funding to combat diabetes (see H. Res. 325), H11145 [28OC]
———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 961), H9077 [30SE]
Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H1162 [10MR]
Education: provide funds to assist high-poverty school districts meet their teaching needs (see H.R. 2344), H4910 [24JN]
———provide grants to rural educational agencies to enable the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers (see H.R. 1629), H8375 [15SE]
———reduce class size and improve teacher quality (see H.R. 2390), H5177 [30JN]
El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (see H.R. 2409), H7026 [4AU]
Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 382), H461 [4FE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 1960), H3693 [26MY]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2355), H4911 [24JN]
Families and domestic relations: improve the availability of child care and development services outside normal school hours (see H.R. 489), H376 [2FE]
———increase availability, affordability, and quality of child care and enhance early childhood development (see H.R. 1139), H1697 [24MR]
FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H9022 [29SE]
Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2128), H4342 [15JN]
Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 583), H4024 [9JN]
Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1512), H2272 [21AP]
———protect children from violence (see H.R. 1342), H2300 [22AP]
Fisher, Zachary: confer status as an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 46), H10770 [25OC]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H10032 [13OC]
Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief and improve the provision of multilateral debt relief (see H.R. 1095), H11955 [10NO]
Foreign trade: consolidate and enhance trade adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance programs (see H.R. 1491), H3860 [8JN]
Garza-Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 686), H1597 [23MR]
Government: procurement access for minority-owned businesses (see H. Res. 184), H3460 [20MY]
Hazardous substances: increase funding for poison control centers and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (see H.R. 1221), H7996 [8SE]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 358), H419 [3FE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H272 [19JA]
———require managed care organizations to contract with providers in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1860), H9899 [12OC]
Hesburgh, Theodore M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1932), H4342 [15JN]
Housing: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making payments on mortgages insured under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 595), H3171 [13MY]
Hurricanes: disaster assistance to Caribbean and Central American countries (see H.R. 984), H1804 [25MR]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1250), H3503 [24MY]
———cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain aliens (see H.R. 1485), H2201 [20AP]
———exempt certain elderly persons from certain naturalization requirements and permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice (see H.R. 2899), H9646 [7OC]
———modify implementation requirements for automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 1650), H11645 [5NO]
Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1841), H11144 [28OC]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H9077 [30SE]
Iron and steel industry: limit steel imports to the average monthly volume of such imports during the 3 years preceding July, 1997 (see H.R. 506), H796 [24FE]
———reduce the volume of steel imports (see H.R. 975), H1164 [10MR]
Kaczynski, David R. and Patrik, Linda E.: exclude from taxation any portion of rewards donated to victims of the Unabomber or used for attorneys' fees (see H.R. 622), H481 [8FE]
Lane Victory (S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 112), H5688 [15JY]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H11703 [8NO]
———provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 1443), H6353 [22JY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H1258 [11MR]
———reinforce training, reestablish community relations, and create commission to study and report on policies and practices that govern training, recruitment, and oversight of police officers (see H.R. 1659), H3503 [24MY]
Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 175), H7884 [5AU]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H1256 [11MR]
———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1399), H2922 [6MY]
———treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351), H2300 [22AP]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H3606 [25MY]
———eliminate time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), H10032 [13OC]
———payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs (see H.R. 1579), H9303 [4OC]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 664), H645 [11FE]
———revise regulations on participating hospitals relative to nurse anesthetists' services (see H.R. 804), H3392 [19MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 325), H379 [2FE]
NAFTA: parity among participating countries relative to the personal allowance for duty-free merchandise purchased abroad (see H. Con. Res. 70), H1696 [24MR]
National Center for Research on Domestic Health Disparities: establish (see H.R. 2391), H11196 [1NO]
Natural resources: establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people (see H.R. 701), H1014 [4MR]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: eliminate requirement that family members of eligible aliens be Nicaraguan or Cuban nationals and provide status adjustment to other nationals (see H.R. 36), H460 [4FE]
———provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 2722), H7881 [5AU]
Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H5572 [14JY]
NSF: demonstration project to encourage interest in the fields of mathematics, science, and information technology (see H.R. 1265), H1696 [24MR]
Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 2538), H5687 [15JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H9515 [6OC]
One America: celebrate differences in ethnicity, race, and religion in the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 141), H5336 [1JY]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1697 [24MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 417), H379 [2FE]
Poultry Products Inspection Act: cover certain birds for use as human food (see H.R. 765), H1972 [13AP]
Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 2363), H8665 [24SE]
Richard C. White Federal Building, El Paso, TX: designate (see H.R. 233), H645 [11FE]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 1344), H8628 [23SE]
SBA: provide financial and business development assistance to military reservists' small businesses (see H.R. 1614), H2469 [28AP]
———women's business center programs funding (see H.R. 392), H270 [19JA]
———women's business center programs funding and conditions of participation (see H.R. 774), H714 [23FE] (see H.R. 1497), H3861 [8JN]
Schools: enhance safety (see H.R. 1895), H3460 [20MY]
———recruit, hire, and train additional school-based mental health personnel (see H.R. 2982), H9076 [30SE]
Serbia: release of captured U.S. servicemen and adherence to Geneva Convention protocols relative to POW and civilians (see H. Con. Res. 83), H1866 [12AP]
Small business: provide grants to microenterprise organizations to assist disadvantaged entrepreneurs using funds from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H.R. 413), H3392 [19MY]
Social Security: effects of reform proposals on women (see H. Res. 34), H377 [2FE]
———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H3296 [18MY]
States: require equal education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 555), H1163 [10MR]
Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 1433), H4472 [16JN]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H4129 [10JN]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H4993 [25JN]
———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 415), H379 [2FE]
———exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes (see H.R. 1278), H2471 [28AP]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas (see H.R. 1660), H2634 [4MY]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H1474 [18MR]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H1473 [18MR]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 835), H1260 [11MR]
———provide a credit to taxpayers investing in entities seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities (see H.R. 2713), H11145 [28OC]
———provide a source of interest-free capital for school construction and renovation in States experiencing increased enrollment (see H.R. 996), H2636 [4MY]
———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 1333), H4129 [10JN]
———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1967), H3694 [26MY]
———reduce amortization period for reforestation expenditures and increase the maximum amount of such expenditures (see H.R. 1916), H5335 [1JY]
———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H9303 [4OC]
———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 1129), H2811 [5MY] (see H.R. 1196), H3296 [18MY]
———treatment of primary health providers in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 385), H379 [2FE]
———treatment of year 2000 computer conversion costs for small businesses (see H.R. 179), H272 [19JA]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals (see H.R. 89), H378 [2FE]
U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 895), H8290 [14SE]
Veterans: ensure eligibility for discretionary relief from detention or deportation (see H.R. 2287), H4665 [18JN]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 1594), H5335 [1JY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 41), H5573 [14JY]
———Government procurement access for women-owned businesses (see H. Res. 15), H273 [19JA]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 357), H268 [19JA] (see H.R. 1248), H2928 [10MY]
———recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (see H. Con. Res. 64), H1804 [25MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bureau of Reclamation: conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (see H.R. 2988), H9076 [30SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2719), H7881 [5AU]
Eulogies
Kilgore, Joe M.: by J.J. Pickle, E932
Motions
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H10654 [21OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices and weather, H1386 [17MR]
Butt, Charles C.: Border Texan of the Year award recipient, E316
Census: allow precensus local review, H2027 [14AP]
———require use of postcensus local review (H.R. 472), H2027 [14AP]
———use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H999, H1000 [4MR]
China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E2100
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat diabetes (H. Res. 325), H12037 [16NO]
Education: address problem of Hispanic American high school dropout levels, H1906 [13AP]
———bilingual education programs reform, H10654 [21OC]
———national policy to improve system, H1906, H1911 [13AP]
———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), H10499 [20OC]
———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H.R. 2), motion to recommit, H10654 [21OC]
———support teachers (H. Res. 157), H2582 [4MY]
Littleton, CO: shooting of students at Columbine High School, H2239 [21AP]
Parliamentary inquiry, H10649 [21OC]
Taxation: expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools and provide incentives for corporations to participate in cooperative agreements with public schools in distressed areas (H.R. 1660), H6972 [4AU]
Votes: position on missed, H8020 [9SE], H11380
Women's Educational Equity Act: reauthorize, H10499 [20OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1404 [17MR], H2268 [21AP]
Tributes
Kilgore, Joe M., E932