HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alfred Rascon Post Office Building, Fulton, MD: designate (see H.R. 4430), H2966 [11MY]

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: annual determination of the basic benefit rate for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4334), H7281 [6SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966, 3573), H922 [9MR]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]

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]

Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H7281 [6SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H2606 [4MY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6777 [24JY]

Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 3897), H921 [9MR]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H7128 [26JY]

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

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

Courts: appointment of Federal district judges (see H.R. 4704), H4816 [21JN]

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

Customs Service: detention and searches of travelers (see H.R. 4001), H7991 [21SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 273), H921 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: initiate adoption awareness program, establish Adoption Awareness Commission, and promote adoptions through increased public awareness and tax incentives (see H.R. 5574), H11206 [26OC]

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H8617 [2OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7282 [6SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H6470 [18JY]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H6777 [24JY]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H6470 [18JY]

———improve inpatient medical care services to veterans in areas remote from VA medical facilities (see H.R. 4575), H6719 [20JY]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H7212 [27JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6471 [18JY]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H1674 [3AP]

Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H1629 [30MR]

———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]

———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), H2409 [2MY]

———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for bilingual education (see H.R. 4349), H5955 [12JY]

———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H1958 [6AP]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (see H.R. 3705), H572 [29FE]

———support teachers (see H. Res. 492), H2606 [4MY]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2606 [4MY]

Federal employees: reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H7128 [26JY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H7211 [27JY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1477 [28MR]

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

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

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H1077 [15MR]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H1477 [28MR]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H6470 [18JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

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

Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3523 [22MY]

———establish special procedures for filing and consideration of asylum applications by alien children and for the detention of any unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 4590), H4122 [8JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H2411 [2MY]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2655 [8MY]

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), H5436 [28JN]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H1477 [28MR]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H5656 [29JN]

Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1629 [30MR]

———payments made under the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 4727), H6600 [19JY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5241 [27JN]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H6719 [20JY]

Minorities: establish educational partnerships that enable students attending minority-serving institutions to earn dual degrees and to enter fields that are underrepresented by minorities (see H.R. 4476), H3308 [17MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]

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: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 3500), H2512 [3MY]

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

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

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11879 [13NO]

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4707), H7212 [27JY]

Tariff: prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas (see H.R. 5423), H10257 [18OC]

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), H5240 [27JN]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1629 [30MR]

———make dependent care credit refundable (see H.R. 3436), H3049 [15MY]

———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]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3523 [22MY]

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

———treat spaceports like airports under exempt facility bond rules (see H.R. 2289), H3172 [16MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1366), H3172 [16MY]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]

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), H9505 [6OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H921 [9MR]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 58), H7366 [7SE]

Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 4759), H6719 [20JY] (see H.R. 5109), H7503 [12SE]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H8201 [26SE]

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

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

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]

Letters

Importance of decennial census: by, H1663 [3AP]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5593 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 617), H9672 [11OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (S. 1761), H11935 [4DE]

Census: importance of decennial census, H1663 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: colonias initiatives funding, H5593 [29JN]

Dept. of Defense: analyze impact of contract bundling on small businesses, H3287 [17MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3287 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: accomplishments, H10877 [25OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4215 [12JN], H4259 [13JN], E971 [9JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H9672 [11OC]

Education: national policy to improve system, H10877 [25OC]

———school construction and infrastructure improvements funding, H7646 [14SE]

———student loan default rates, H10226 [18OC]

Head Start Program: funding, H4215 [12JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through reductions in Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), H4259 [13JN]

Kika de la Garza U.S. Border Station, Pharr, TX: designate (H.R. 1901), H2459 [3MY]

McAllen, TX: tribute to McAllen Memorial High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E604 [2MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, E1613 [27SE]

National Small Business Week: observance, E859 [25MY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11246 [26OC]

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

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H593 [1MR]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, H11246 [26OC]

Texas: participation in State Children's Health Insurance Program, H3896, H3897 [6JN]

———tribute to Children's Health Insurance Program, E821 [24MY]

21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: funding, H4124 [9JN], E971 [9JN]

Votes: position on missed, E160 [16FE], E263 [9MR], E379 [22MR], E1045 [19JN], E1200 [11JY], E1225 [13JY], E1677 [4OC], E2076, E2077 [3NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10254 [18OC], H11192 [25OC]

Tributes

Clay, Representative, H11425 [27OC]

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12006 [5DE]