GONZALEZ, CHARLES A. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H8062 [25SE]

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

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H7652 [14SE]

———provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (see H.R. 3514), H7503 [12SE]

Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H4592 [15JN]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9901 [12OC]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H8062 [25SE]

Bureau of the Census: establish a term limit for the Director of the Census and require that such Director report directly to the Sec. of Commerce (see H.R. 5358), H8617 [2OC]

Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8735 [3OC]

———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]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H7211 [27JY]

Census: conduct an interim census of Americans abroad and require such individuals to be included in future decennial censuses (see H.R. 3649), H373 [14FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H341 [10FE]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see H.R. 3610), H7723 [18SE]

———authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H8469 [28SE]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H6599 [19JY]

———increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H4485 [14JN]

———provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]

China, Republic of: elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H921 [9MR]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 5182), H7651 [14SE]

Clark, William: posthumous promotion to the grade of captain in the Army (see H.R. 3621), H1477 [28MR]

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), H6052 [13JY]

Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1959 [6AP]

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

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2120), H1588 [29MR]

Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H758 [8MR]

———provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H5737 [10JY]

———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 additional Federal district judges in Texas (see H.R. 4374), H3413 [18MY]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H4784 [20JN]

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 Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2906 [10MY]

———make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H2512 [3MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H5436 [28JN]

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

———provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]

Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of child care facilities and establish a Children's Development Commission to certify such facilities (see H.R. 1112), H1764 [4AP]

———provide grant renewal under the programs for permanent supportive housing and shelter-plus-care for homeless persons (see H.R. 3613), H922 [9MR]

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

Dept. of the Interior: authorize compensation for damages arising from the prescribed burn on the Bandelier National Monument (see H.R. 4574), H4592 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H997 [14MR]

———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), H1589 [29MR]

———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H3869 [25MY]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H3813 [24MY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6600 [19JY]

Diseases: address problems associated with polycystic kidney disease (see H. Res. 537), H6720 [20JY]

———assist mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention efforts (see H.R. 4665), H6719 [20JY]

———establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H373 [14FE]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H2013 [10AP]

———increase public awareness of multiple sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 271), H2607 [4MY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H5843 [11JY]

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

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H342 [10FE]

Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H3649 [23MY]

Education: establish program that improves achievement through the integration of technology into curriculum (see H.R. 4081), H1405 [23MR]

———improve program for the forgiveness of student loans to teachers (see H.R. 4538), H5436 [28JN]

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

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H1075 [15MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H575 [29FE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: exempt mortgage servicers from certain requirements relative to Federal mortgage loans secured by a first lien (see H.R. 3492), H10809 [24OC]

Families and domestic relations: importance of families eating together (see H. Con. Res. 343), H4337 [13JN]

———issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H6471 [18JY]

———limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children (see H.R. 3315), H3309 [17MY]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see H. Con. Res. 76), H342 [10FE]

FDA: facilitate the importation into the U.S. of certain approved drugs (see H.R. 1885), H2239 [12AP]

———grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H4817 [21JN]

FDIC: merge deposit insurance funds (see H.R. 3899), H1120 [16MR]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1227), H6719 [20JY]

———require any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility (see H.R. 2774), H11842 [3NO]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H4783 [20JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H2122 [11AP]

———establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 4209), H2412 [2MY]

Firearms: prevent possession of firearms by certain violent juvenile offenders (see H.R. 5194), H11813 [2NO]

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

Foreign policy: encourage foreign countries to investigate and prosecute crimes committed in the name of family honor and to provide relief for victims (see H. Con. Res. 362), H7003 [25JY]

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

Harry S Truman Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3639), H575 [29FE]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H1413 [27MR]

———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H2412 [2MY]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H373 [14FE]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 3826), H647 [6MR]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H4337 [13JN]

———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H3813 [24MY]

Health care facilities: modify qualifications for community mental health centers and postpone application of Medicare prospective payment system to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 5055), H8736 [3OC]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H7003 [25JY]

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]

Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H4035 [7JN]

———expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras and other regions (see H.R. 1625), H757 [8MR]

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), H7723 [18SE]

———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), H3924 [6JN]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H48 [27JA]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H1164 [21MR]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6470 [18JY]

———provide H-1B status to nonimmigrants that meet certain educational requirements and whose employers make scholarship payments to institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3508), H342 [10FE]

———require paid immigration consultants to be licensed and otherwise provide services in a satisfactory manner (see H.R. 5035), H7207 [27JY]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H11928 [14NO]

Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H5169 [26JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10473 [19OC]

Italian-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 347), H4175 [9JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H1675 [3AP]

Law enforcement: create national accreditation standards for law enforcement agencies relative to police misconduct and treatment of minorities (see H.R. 3981), H1076 [15MR]

———encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3927), H1075 [15MR]

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]

Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H1407 [23MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1629 [30MR]

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), H572 [29FE]

———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H4817 [21JN]

———remove special financial limitations on Puerto Rico and certain other territories relative to medical assistance for Medicare cost-sharing and for veterans (see H.R. 2333), H3309 [17MY]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H2512 [3MY]

Medicare: coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H6600 [19JY]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 4375), H7723 [18SE]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H2607 [4MY]

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

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 5200), H11813 [2NO]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H4784 [20JN]

———recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H342 [10FE]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]

Mexico: elections (see H. Res. 544), H5843 [11JY]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10534 [23OC]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7652 [14SE]

National Center for Military Deployment Health Research: establish (see H.R. 4734), H7723 [18SE]

National Eye Institute: funding (see H.R. 731), H1588 [29MR]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H11928 [14NO]

National Kindness and Justice Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 250), H575 [29FE]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]

National Paralegals Day: designate (see H. Res. 430), H1407 [23MR]

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

Nicaragua: protect U.S. citizens against expropriations of property by the Nicaraguan Government (see H.R. 4602), H4120 [8JN]

NIH: biomedical research funding (see H. Res. 437), H1407 [23MR]

———expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H50 [27JA]

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), H511 [16FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

OSHA: issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (see H.R. 1899), H50 [27JA]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H342 [10FE]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H2122 [11AP]

———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H4220 [12JN]

Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (see H.R. 2498), H632 [1MR]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H2411 [2MY]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7723 [18SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H3474 [19MY]

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

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5656 [29JN]

SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 3500), H7871 [19SE]

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

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

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

Senior citizens: ensure the opportunity to serve as mentors, tutors, and volunteers for certain programs (see H.R. 2802), H8406 [27SE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 923), H454 [15FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3413 [18MY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H7933 [20SE]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4927), H6776 [24JY]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]

———promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 5208), H11928 [14NO]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H7212 [27JY]

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

Taxation: exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 2265), H1477 [28MR]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H4784 [20JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7652 [14SE]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H12018 [5DE]

———modify and extend the work opportunity credit and allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work opportunity tax credit hiring incentives (see H.R. 2101), H6052 [13JY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7212 [27JY]

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

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H2607 [4MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H758 [8MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H509 [16FE]

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

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H6052 [13JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H7211 [27JY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H4592 [15JN]

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

Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones and strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 3489), H5436 [28JN]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3869 [25MY]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H4675 [19JN]

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: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 2000), H2411 [2MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4131), H3869 [25MY]

———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), H9010 [5OC]

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H10473 [19OC]

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

———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H7373 [11SE]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 4606), H5843 [11JY]

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

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 4735), H5083 [23JN]

———support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H3523 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Financial institutions: require studies on the impact of increasing the maximum amount of deposit insurance per depositor (see H.R. 4603), H4120 [8JN]

Housing: prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts containing a mandatory arbitration agreement and other provisions in a single document and prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to mandatory arbitration agreements (see H.R. 5033), H7207 [27JY]

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

Letters

Deposit Insurance Increase Feasibility Act: Daniel A. Mica, Credit Union National Association, Inc., E1178 [30JN]

———Robert R. Davis, America's Community Bankers (organization), E1178 [30JN]

Remarks

Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center, San Antonio, TX: designate (H.R. 1959), H5201 [27JN]

AT&T: antitrust legislation relative to merger with MediaOne, E2036 [31OC]

Census: importance of decennial census, H1059 [15MR]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3685 [24MY]

Customs Service: designate San Antonio, TX, International Airport as an airport at which certain private aircraft arriving from a foreign area may land for processing, H6924 [25JY]

Diseases: importance of addressing HIV/AIDS crisis in Latin American countries and among Hispanic Americans, E408 [23MR]

Education: national policy to improve system, H1833 [5AP]

Financial institutions: require studies on the impact of increasing the maximum amount of deposit insurance per depositor (H.R. 4603), E1178 [30JN]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 4868), H6924 [25JY]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 445), H12515 [15DE]

Housing: prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts containing a mandatory arbitration agreement and other provisions in a single document and prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to mandatory arbitration agreements (H.R. 5033), E1482 [14SE]

Mexico: elections (H. Res. 544), H6947 [25JY]

National Arthritis Awareness Month: observance, E781 [19MY]

National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (S. 1438), E2010 [28OC]

San Antonio, TX: Louis W. Fox Academic and Technical High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E812 [23MY]

———Sharon Christa McAuliffe Junior High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E814 [23MY]

Taxation: expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 4094), H1833 [5AP]

Votes: position on missed, H1030 [15MR], E322 [15MR], E491 [4AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H983 [14MR], H1671 [3AP]

Special order: granted, H3521 [22MY]

Statements

Tribute to Henry B. Gonzalez: Gail Beagle, H12012 [5DE]

———Susana Benavidez, H12515 [15DE]

Tributes

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12011 [5DE]

McMurtrey, Martin, E1705 [6OC]

Murguia, David and Armida, E1392 [27JY]