ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]

Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]

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]

American Samoa: centennial of U.S. territory status (see H. Res. 443), H1119 [16MR]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H632 [1MR] (see H.R. 4268), H3309 [17MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H209 [2FE] (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

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

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7578 [13SE]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6600 [19JY]

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), H6719 [20JY]

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

Contracts: 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]

Dept. of Defense: make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H454 [15FE]

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

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

Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3650 [23MY]

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

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H1629 [30MR]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1354), H757 [8MR]

Government: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H5084 [23JN]

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

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H3926 [6JN]

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), H3924 [6JN]

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), H10257 [18OC]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H511 [16FE]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H4121 [8JN]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1093), H2905 [10MY]

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

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H511 [16FE] (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914), H342 [10FE]

———preserve essential rural hospitals (see H.R. 5220), H8617 [2OC]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H8406 [27SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3523 [22MY]

Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6778 [24JY]

Mexico: adherence to treaties regulating the flow of raw sewage into U.S. waters (see H. Con. Res. 440), H11716 [31OC]

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

National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6053 [13JY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H9505 [6OC]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

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), H7365 [7SE]

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]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7211 [27JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H5656 [29JN]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H931 [13MR]

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), H757 [8MR]

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H9767 [11OC]

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), H10473 [19OC]

Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H8406 [27SE]

———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H6599 [19JY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2967 [11MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H9907 [16OC]

———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), H3309 [17MY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H3413 [18MY]

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

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H10036 [17OC]

Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H5843 [11JY]

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), H10809 [24OC]

———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]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5240 [27JN]

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

———tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]

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

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

Remarks

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

Anguiano, Robert: Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation National Youth Award for Sports recipient, E1408 [6SE]

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H3275, H3276, H3277 [17MY]

Army: anniversary (H.J. Res. 101), H4325 [13JN]

Banda, Martin: Boys and Girls Clubs of America Southwest Region Youth of the Year award recipient, E88 [8FE]

Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7437 [12SE]

Besteiro, Raul: University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Distinguished Alumni honoree, E709 [11MY]

Brownsville, TX: Oliviera Middle School recipient of the Concerned Businessmen's Association of America Set a Good Example Competition award, E766 [18MY]

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

China, People's Republic of: clarify U.S. commitment to security and democracy in the Republic of China, E344 [16MR]

———permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3738 [24MY]

China, Republic of: assist in enhancement of security (H.R. 1838), H120 [1FE]

———congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (H. Con. Res. 292), H1434 [28MR]

———elections, E344 [16MR]

———observance of National Day, E1719 [6OC]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10071 [18OC]

Corpus Christi, TX: tribute to Calallen High School boys' baseball team, E1143 [29JN]

———tribute to Foy H. Moody High School boys' baseball team, E1142 [29JN]

———tribute to Olaya Dance Studio, E1025 [15JN]

———tribute to Sister City relationship with Toledo, Spain, E1236 [14JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3196, H3275, H3276, H3277 [17MY], H3370 [18MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9650 [11OC]

INS: tribute to San Antonio, TX, district office on receiving national excellence awards, E21 [27JA]

KUNO-Radio (Corpus Christi, TX): anniversary, E275 [9MR]

Law enforcement officers: honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (H. Res. 501), H3028 [15MY]

Les Aspin Post Office Building, Janesville, WI: designate (H.R. 4241), H3879 [6JN]

Mexico: elections (H. Res. 544), H6950 [25JY]

National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H3196 [17MY]

Navy Hospital Corps: anniversary, E1033 [15JN]

Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (H.R. 5284), H8560 [2OC]

Pinal, Silvia: Mr. Amigo Association ``Mr. Amigo'' award recipient, E133 [14FE]

Puerto Rico: transfer Federal control over Vieques Island to the Puerto Rican Government for public purposes, H3370 [18MY]

———use of Vieques Island for military operations, H3370 [18MY]

San Benito, TX: Landrum Elementary School recipient of the Concerned Businessmen's Association of America Set a Good Example Competition award, E740 [17MY]

Small business: strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), H7882 [20SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H601 [1MR]

Texas Shrimp Association: anniversary, E1197 [11JY]

Votes: position on missed, H1030 [15MR], E486 [4AP], E625 [3MY]

World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (H.J. Res. 98), H3562 [23MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H983 [14MR], H1671 [3AP], H2398 [2MY]

Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, Corpus Christi, TX: dedication, E1630 [28SE]

Tribute, E1630 [28SE]

Tributes

Ayala, Raymon, E2172 [11DE]

Chapman, Robert A., E959 [9JN]

Chen, C.J., E1469 [13SE]

Chen, Stephen, E771 [19MY]

Coronado, Gil, E2013 [28OC]

Fowler, Representative, H10757 [24OC]

Galvan, Alberto, E22 [27JA]

Garcia, D. Jose, E1236 [14JY]

Gauna, Timothy L., H10071 [18OC]

Gonzalez, Henry B., H12004 [5DE]

Guerrero, Adan, E1199 [11JY]

Hinojosa, Anita, E957 [9JN]

Hood, Esther A., H10071 [18OC]

LaFountaine, Elizabeth S., H10071 [18OC]

Legarreta, Joaquin, E2101 [14NO]

Mitte, Roy and JoAnn, E20 [27JA]

Moore, David, E1131 [28JN]

Ruiz, George, E742 [17MY]

Santiago, Ronchester M., H10071 [18OC]

Swenchonis, Gary G., Jr., H10071 [18OC]