BONO, MARY (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4979 [22JN]
Appointments
Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Antitrust policy: remove the notification requirement applicable to acquisitions of certain voting securities and assets and modify filing fees (see H.R. 4194), H2341 [13AP]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see H. Con. Res. 368), H7003 [25JY]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 3235), H2411 [2MY]
———improve health and safety of children receiving child care outside the home (see H.R. 4750), H5657 [29JN]
China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]
———elections (see H. Con. Res. 272), H921 [9MR]
Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H997 [14MR]
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), H5655 [29JN]
Credit: require disclosure of all information in a consumer's file (see H.R. 2856), H3813 [24MY]
Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H5169 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2906 [10MY]
———submit a report to Congress on production alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter program (see H.R. 3396), H922 [9MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
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), H5956 [12JY]
Dept. of the Interior: collect and maintain information on public memorials commemorating military conflicts and service of individuals in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 345), H4592 [15JN]
Diamond Valley Lake: establish interpretive center and museum to ensure protection and interpretation of paleontology discoveries and develop a trail system for the lake (see H.R. 4187), H1851 [5AP]
Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research (see H. Res. 576), H7723 [18SE]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]
———facilitate environmental cleanup caused by the manufacture of methamphetamines and impose new monetary fines for the manufacture and trafficking of methamphetamines (see H.R. 5589), H11445 [27OC]
———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see H.R. 2987), H2905 [10MY]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5436 [28JN]
———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H340 [10FE]
FAA: limitation on carry-on baggage by airline passengers (see H.R. 2495), H3172 [16MY]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 4207), H2013 [10AP]
FERC: release of findings and recommendations on electric power in California (see H. Res. 650), H11207 [26OC]
George E. Brown, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Riverside, CA: designate (see H.R. 5110), H7280 [6SE]
Government regulations: technical corrections in copyright laws (see H.R. 5106, 5107), H7280 [6SE]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]
Hispanic Americans: prevent suicide among Latina adolescents (see H.R. 4439; H. Con. Res. 325), H2966 [11MY]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H4784 [20JN]
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), H574 [29FE]
———establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H3867 [25MY]
INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see H.R. 4798), H5654 [29JN]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H7280 [6SE]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H633 [1MR]
Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 4157), H2512 [3MY]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H3309 [17MY]
Medicare: demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H2967 [11MY]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H3523 [22MY]
Merchant marine industry: tribute to service and sacrifice during periods of war (see H. Con. Res. 327), H6720 [20JY]
Native Americans: provide a permanent land base to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe (see H.R. 5322), H8406 [27SE]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]
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: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]
Panama Canal: U.S. control relative to treaties (see H.J. Res. 77), H209 [2FE]
Patent and Trademark Office: reauthorize (see H.R. 4034), H1123 [20MR]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H373 [14FE]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H5955 [12JY]
———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), H3813 [24MY]
Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H6471 [18JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Russia: sale and transfer of Moskit anti-ship missiles (see H.R. 4022), H1119 [16MR]
SBA: establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]
Schools: improve security with the placement and use of metal detectors (see H.R. 4108), H1476 [28MR]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]
———strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (see H.R. 4945), H7002 [25JY]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4121 [8JN]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), H7871 [19SE]
———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 1771), H4336 [13JN]
Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H2655 [8MY]
———application of the credit for electricity produced from renewable resources to electricity produced from biomass facilities (see H.R. 1731), H5436 [28JN]
———authorize Federal entities to take control of certain State child support enforcement programs (see H.R. 1488), H2340 [13AP]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H2123 [11AP]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H5436 [28JN]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 5345), H9505 [6OC]
———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H922 [9MR]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 4783), H5654 [29JN]
———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 688), H5084 [23JN]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
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), H9010 [5OC]
———presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), H6719 [20JY]
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), H2239 [12AP]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2770 [9MY]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H5436 [28JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Native Americans: settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 4643), H4336 [13JN]
San Bernardino National Forest: conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land (see H.R. 3657), H454 [15FE]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H509 [16FE]
Taxation: allow the empowerment zone employment credit for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and increase funding for such zones and communities (see H.R. 4463), H3171 [16MY]
Letters
Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute Resolution Act: Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H10631 [24OC]
———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H10631 [24OC]
Remarks
California: anniversary of statehood, H7559
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (H.R. 534), H8688 [3OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4980 [22JN]
Diamond Valley Lake: establish interpretive center and museum to ensure protection and interpretation of paleontology discoveries and develop a trail system for the lake (H.R. 4187), E1825
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (H.R. 4248), E545
Government regulations: technical corrections in copyright laws (H.R. 5107), H7773 [19SE]
Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and require the President to formally acknowledge such injustices (H.R. 2442), H10627 [24OC]
Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (H.R. 3312), H10629, H10631 [24OC]
Native Americans: settlement of issues and claims related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 4643), H7665 [18SE]
San Bernardino National Forest: conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land (H.R. 3657), H7400
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (H.R. 3676), H6869 [25JY], E1380
SBA: Women's Business Centers and National Women's Business Council funding, H4980 [22JN]
Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1034 [15MR]
Taxation: equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes (S. 893), H10632 [24OC]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8097 [26SE]