LANGUAGES

Amendments

Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), S4211 [18MY], H3576 [23MY]

Articles and editorials

Bilingual Ed Takes a Hit, E1445 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (see S. 2025), S285 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the W. John Child Memorial Foreign Language Award for employees in the Foreign Service (see H.R. 5487), H10256 [18OC]

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (see S. 2452), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4307), H2338 [13AP]

———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for bilingual education (see H.R. 4349), H2410 [2MY]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (see S. 3060), S8635 [15SE]

Immigration: ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities (see S. 2484), S3023 [27AP]

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see S. 2688), S4669 [7JN]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S2616 [12AP] (see H.R. 4527), H3649 [23MY]

Essays

Proud To Be Bilingual: Oscar Zepeda, E93 [8FE]

Letters

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: Philip Smith, Lao Veterans of America, Inc., H3576 [23MY]

Immigrants to New Americans Act: Brent Wilkes, League of United Latin American Citizens, S3030 [27AP]

———Delia Pompa, National Association for Bilingual Education, S3029 [27AP]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S3029 [27AP]

Remarks in House

Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), H2359-H2362 [2MY], H3576-H3578 [23MY], E618 [3MY], E640 [4MY]

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

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (H.R. 4307), H7507 [13SE], E588 [13AP]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, H12492 [15DE]

Panorama (publication): anniversary, E1062 [20JN]

Zepeda, Oscar: National Association for Bilingual Education Bilingual Student Essay Contest winner, E93 [8FE]

Remarks in Senate

Citizenship: waiving of residency and English language requirements for Hmong refugees (H.R. 371), S4211-S4213 [18MY], S10584 [13OC]

Education: apply research findings to all students learning to read English, promote family literacy projects, and reauthorize the inexpensive book distribution program (S. 2452), S2768 [13AP]

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend applicability to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong veterans (S. 3060), S8636 [15SE]

Immigration: ensure that immigrant students and their families receive services to successfully participate in schools and communities (S. 2484), S3028 [27AP]

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (S. 2688), S4670 [7JN], S10156-S10158 [10OC]

Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, S4739 [8JN]

———award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 2408), S2619 [12AP]

Vancouver, WA: Jason Lee Middle School's English Transition System recipient of Innovation in Education award, S643 [10FE]

Reports filed

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 371) (H. Rept. 106-563), H1956 [6AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 371), S4190 [18MY]

Support the Development of Native American Language Survival Schools: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 2688) (S. Rept. 106-467), S9701 [3OC]

Texts of

H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act, S4211 [18MY], H2359 [2MY]

S. 2408, Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act, S2620 [12AP]

S. 2688, support Native American Language Survival Schools development, S10156-S10158 [10OC]

S. 2688, support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools, S4670-S4672 [7JN]