VELAZQUEZ, NYDIA M. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3280 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act, H9796 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H1406 [23MR]

Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H631 [1MR] (see H. Res. 428), H574 [29FE]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 4892), H6599 [19JY]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7366 [7SE]

Children and youth: improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5956 [12JY]

———mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H3413 [18MY]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Community development: provide for community renewal and new markets initiatives (see H.R. 5663), H12094 [14DE]

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 3897), H4121 [8JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1634), H6719 [20JY]

Contracts: require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Court of International Trade: review certain determinations of binational panels under NAFTA (see H.R. 5469), H9900 [12OC]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H5843 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H575 [29FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6600 [19JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2655 [8MY]

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. 1657), H10036 [17OC]

Education: modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H7366 [7SE]

———reductions in school class size (see H.R. 1623), H7365 [7SE]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2355), H2905 [10MY]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H5955 [12JY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1412 [27MR]

Firearms: enhance the enforcement of gun violence laws (see H.R. 4066), H6471 [18JY]

———provide grants for the purchase of firearms to States and units of local government that enforce certain rules designed to protect the public from the misuse of handguns (see H.R. 5472), H9900 [12OC]

———require reporting of buyer's residence to law enforcement officials and a waiting period before purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 1062), H219 [7FE]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3377), H5084 [23JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1406 [23MR]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1396), H1764 [4AP]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]

Government: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H4675 [19JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]

Health: prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H5737 [10JY]

Hispanic Americans: prevent suicide among Latina adolescents (see H.R. 4439; H. Con. Res. 325), H2966 [11MY]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H5656 [29JN]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6052 [13JY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H7365 [7SE]

———provide for legal permanent resident status for certain undocumented or nonimmigrant aliens (see H.R. 4887), H10257 [18OC]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H9635 [10OC]

INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see H.R. 4798), H5654 [29JN]

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 3825), H7373 [11SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2607 [4MY]

Kosovo: promote peace, justice, and stability (see H. Res. 451), H1588 [29MR]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H6471 [18JY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 3584), H2340 [13AP]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H2770 [9MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H3049 [15MY]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1890), H5955 [12JY]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H4784 [20JN]

———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H4817 [21JN]

———reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and free-standing birth centers (see H.R. 2817), H1119 [16MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3214), H9900 [12OC]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]

New York: conveyance of Governors Island (see H.R. 5242), H8799 [4OC]

Noise pollution: prohibit operation of certain aircraft not complying with certain noise levels (see H.R. 2499), H7281 [6SE]

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), H1764 [4AP]

Nuclear weapons: recognize the security interests of the U.S. in furthering complete nuclear disarmament (see H. Res. 82), H7366 [7SE]

———remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H7282 [6SE]

———stockpile management (see H. Con. Res. 74), H7282 [6SE]

O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3557), H342 [10FE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2607 [4MY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H9635 [10OC]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H997 [14MR]

Puente, Ernesto A., Jr. (Tito): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 435), H10808 [24OC]

Santa Fe, NM: authorize expansion of the Palace of the Governors Hispanic and Native American history museum (see H.R. 4126), H1588 [29MR]

SBA: encourage the expansion of business-to-business relationships and the provision of certain information (see H.R. 4464), H3172 [16MY]

———establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see H.R. 5249), H7990 [21SE]

———reauthorize loan programs (see H.R. 5545), H11194 [25OC] (see H.R. 5652), H12080 [11DE] (see H.R. 5654), H12085 [13DE] (see H.R. 5667), H12531 [15DE]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (see H.R. 4945), H7002 [25JY]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (see H.R. 3845), H756 [8MR]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H7365 [7SE]

———provide choice between lump sum payments or an improved computation formula for certain workers who attain age 65 (see H.R. 568), H7652 [14SE]

———provide targeted payment relief for hospitals that serve primarily Medicare and Medicaid patients that have been disproportionately impacted by certain payment reductions (see H.R. 4624), H8406 [27SE]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 1824), H219 [7FE]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 2273), H10036 [17OC]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]

———reduce interest rate on installment payments of estate tax on closely held business interests (see H.R. 4515), H3648 [23MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3649 [23MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H9011 [5OC]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H7003 [25JY]

Ukrainian-American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3463), H7281 [6SE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H11207 [26OC]

Women: protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2624), H6719 [20JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4926), H7652 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]

Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]

Public Health Service Act: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 4939), H6777 [24JY]

SBA: establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]

Women: provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H6599 [19JY]

Remarks

Brooklyn Chinese-American Association: anniversary, E284 [13MR]

———anniversary of Avenue U Senior and Community Center, E609 [2MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1359 [23MR]

Dept. of Defense: analyze impact of contract bundling on small businesses, H3284 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3284 [17MY], H3367 [18MY]

Dept. of HHS: filing of discrimination complaints by limited-English-speaking and hearing-impaired persons relative to benefits, H4243 [13JN]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 housing voucher funding through reductions in NASA space station program, H4897 [21JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: combat money laundering and other financial crimes, H6634, H6635 [20JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6634, H6635 [20JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4243 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H11462, H11468 [28OC], H11503 [29OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4881, H4897 [21JN]

Education: school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H11468 [28OC]

EPA: dredging or other invasive sediment remediation technologies funding limitations, H4881 [21JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, E330 [16MR]

LIHEAP: funding, H11462 [28OC]

Manhattan, NY: tribute to Chinatown Health Clinic, E1096 [23JN]

Medicare: require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11503 [29OC]

National Small Business Week: observance, H3533 [23MY]

New Market Venture Capital Program: establish, H6824 [25JY]

Puerto Rico: transfer Federal control over Vieques Island to the Puerto Rican Government for public purposes, H3367 [18MY]

———use of Vieques Island for military operations, H3367 [18MY]

SBA: conduct study on average time required to process loan applications, H1039 [15MR]

———establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (H.R. 4946), H8083, H8084 [26SE]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 533), H5192, H5194 [27JN]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11244, H11263 [26OC]

Small business: permit the sale of guaranteed loans made for export purposes before the loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers (H.R. 4944), H8084 [26SE]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1032, H1036, H1039 [15MR]

———reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), consideration (H. Res. 439), H1031 [15MR]

———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), H7878, H7883 [20SE]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend authorization (H.R. 2392), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 590), H8017 [25SE]

Small Business Investment Act: corrections (H.R. 3845), H941 [14MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6824 [25JY]

Votes: correction, E517 [6AP], E1143 [29JN]

———position on missed, H735 [8MR], H2376 [2MY], H2589 [4MY], E629 [3MY], E1048 [19JN], E1717 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3647 [23MY]

Tribute, H11253 [26OC]

Tributes

Bach, Miguel, E1130 [28JN]

Cardona, Alice, E329 [16MR]

Dent, Julie, E665 [8MY]

Harvey, Errol A., E585 [13AP]

Moynihan, Senator, E1587 [25SE]

Sadowski, Chester A., E666 [8MY]

Sumter, Evelyn G., E231 [6MR]

Thayer, Bennie L., E1707 [6OC]

Vento, Bruce F., E1761 [12OC]