ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2596 [4MY]

Articles and editorials

When Debt Proves To Be Best Answer, Cyndia Zwahlen, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1543 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H50 [27JA]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H455 [15FE]

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]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H10473 [19OC]

———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), H7281 [6SE]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H8062 [25SE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H575 [29FE]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 4892), H7366 [7SE]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H5084 [23JN]

Children and youth: authorize grants for the prevention of alcoholic beverage consumption by underage individuals (see H.R. 3430), H209 [2FE]

———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H1764 [4AP]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7365 [7SE]

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]

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), H5843 [11JY]

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), H573 [29FE]

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

Courts: restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 5021), H7207 [27JY]

Credit unions: clarify definition of a member business loan relative to religious organization based credit unions (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [20JN]

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

Dept. of Justice: create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for certain aliens (see H.R. 4172), H1763 [4AP]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H4675 [19JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H6354 [17JY]

———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H4817 [21JN]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H342 [10FE]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1589 [29MR]

Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H1852 [5AP]

Employment: limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 5179), H8799 [4OC]

FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2655 [8MY]

Federal employees: ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H4818 [21JN]

———extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H342 [10FE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H4591 [15JN]

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

Firearms: improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 515), H5737 [10JY]

Food: extend mandatory nutrition information labeling requirements to single-ingredient, raw meat, and poultry products (see H.R. 4175), H1763 [4AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H373 [14FE]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H5737 [10JY]

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), H7365 [7SE]

Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12045 [7DE]

Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H1120 [16MR]

———increase public awareness of the dangers of pediatric cancer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H255 [8FE]

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

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 100), H5843 [11JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H6471 [18JY]

Hispanic Americans: health programs (see H.R. 5595), H11445 [27OC]

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

Immigration: 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]

———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), H10473 [19OC]

———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H6777 [24JY]

———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H5955 [12JY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 3650), H10473 [19OC]

———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7127 [26JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: restore certain provisions relative to the definition of aggravated felony (see H.R. 3272), H12017 [5DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1629 [30MR]

INS: provide for direct payment of information fees by foreign students under the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students Program (see H.R. 3732), H1406 [23MR]

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), H10036 [17OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]

Law enforcement: provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 1443), H574 [29FE]

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]

Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H1674 [3AP]

McDonald, Alan: condemn district judge for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal judiciary and protect against the perception of such bias within the judiciary (see H. Res. 416), H255 [8FE]

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), H2607 [4MY]

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

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

———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H7128 [26JY]

———extend health care coverage (see H.R. 402), H7280 [6SE]

———promote research for health promotion and disease prevention and add preventive benefits (see H.R. 3887), H1589 [29MR]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 2002), H1285 [22MR]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5656 [29JN]

Mexico: elections (see H. Res. 544), H6053 [13JY]

Million Mom March: tribute to event supporting gun control legislation (see H. Res. 498), H2906 [10MY]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H2412 [2MY]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 826), H4484 [14JN]

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), H2411 [2MY]

Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H2607 [4MY]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Pensions: protect benefits of employees in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (see H.R. 2902), H7128 [26JY]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H931 [13MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7652 [14SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H90 [31JA]

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), H7003 [25JY]

Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act: increase Federal share of costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project (see H.R. 3994), H1077 [15MR]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 4063), H1284 [22MR]

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

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

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H454 [15FE]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H11446 [27OC]

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

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H255 [8FE]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H11813 [2NO]

———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), H5436 [28JN]

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), H4816 [21JN]

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

Taxation: allow credit for dry cleaning equipment that uses reduced amounts of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1303), H9011 [5OC]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H5084 [23JN]

———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), H1476 [28MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 750), H1764 [4AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7281 [6SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3309 [17MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 4168), H2341 [13AP]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (see H.R. 5524), H10534 [23OC]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7281 [6SE]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]

Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 4093), H1412 [27MR]

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), H7282 [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: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H9011 [5OC]

———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]

———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H5036 [22JN]

———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), H6052 [13JY]

———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7280 [6SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H997 [14MR]

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), H2238 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HUD: evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 5261), H7991 [21SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence and its effects (see H.R. 5262), H7991 [21SE]

Lozano, Sergio: relief (see H.R. 4693), H4674 [19JN]

South Gate, CA: extend authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use certain park lands for elementary school purposes (see H.R. 5083), H7209 [27JY]

Taxation: provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 5084), H7209 [27JY]

Remarks

Alfred Rascon Post Office Building, Fulton, MD: designate (H.R. 4430), H6384 [18JY]

Boy Scouts: repeal Federal charter (H.R. 4892), H7454 [12SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1396 [23MR]

California: anniversary of statehood, H7556 [13SE]

Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H4775 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), H6627 [20JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11286 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5065 [23JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4775 [20JN]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11286 [26OC]

Education: school construction and infrastructure improvements funding (H.R. 3705), E650 [4MY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2308 [13AP]

Friedman Bag Co.: anniversary, E1542 [20SE]

Immigration: remove certain limitations on the eligibility of aliens residing in the U.S. to obtain lawful permanent residency status, H11286 [26OC]

Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute, E1062 [20JN]

Nutrition: establish a national folic acid education program to prevent birth defects, H2716 [9MY]

Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5065 [23JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2716 [9MY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11257 [26OC]

South Gate, CA: extend authority of the Los Angeles Unified School District to use certain park lands for elementary school purposes (H.R. 5083), H9624 [10OC]

States: permit the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H11257 [26OC]

Taxation: provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (H.R. 5084), E1385 [27JY]

Votes: correction, H5724 [10JY], E1119 [26JN]

———position on missed, E212 [1MR], E275 [9MR], E1117 [26JN]

Tributes

Dixon, Julian C., E2217 [15DE]

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12008 [5DE]

Harvey, Richard B., E584 [13AP]

Rubin, Marty, E584 [13AP]

Smith, Pauletta, E1430 [7SE]

Sobject, James T., E1431 [7SE]