REYES, SILVESTRE (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5437 [28JN], H5591 [29JN]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H9635 [10OC]
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: 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), H10534 [23OC]
Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 4268), H2336 [13AP]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H4036 [7JN]
Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9901 [12OC]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]
Bureau of the Census: decennial census funding (see H.R. 3581), H757 [8MR]
Children and youth: mental health services (see H.R. 3455), H8200 [26SE]
———provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]
———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 5137), H7365 [7SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 2397), H1477 [28MR]
Clark, Wesley K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2459), H922 [9MR]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 561), H6718 [20JY]
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]
Community development: increase capital available to communities for economic and community development projects (see H.R. 4822), H7281 [6SE]
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]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H7652 [14SE]
———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H2905 [10MY]
Courts: appointment of additional Federal district judges in Texas (see H.R. 4374), H4036 [7JN]
———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: deny educational assistance funds to local educational agencies that deny access to secondary school students for military recruiting purposes (see H.R. 4660), H5657 [29JN]
———make certain improvements to the military health care system (see H.R. 3655), H454 [15FE]
———terminate the practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their working life and facilitate the adoption of such dogs (see H.R. 5314), H9505 [6OC]
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), H997 [14MR]
———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H6051 [13JY]
———provide grants to organizations to find missing adults (see H.R. 2780), H5843 [11JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H1118 [16MR]
———establish presumption of service connection for a stroke or heart attack incurred or aggravated while performing inactive duty training (see H.R. 3816), H631 [1MR]
———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 3256), H6599 [19JY]
———motor vehicle reimbursement rates for veterans traveling to VA health care facilities (see H.R. 4716), H7212 [27JY]
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6719 [20JY]
———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 2736), H1852 [5AP]
———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3650 [23MY]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]
Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H758 [8MR]
———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H575 [29FE]
———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]
———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for bilingual education (see H.R. 4349), H5955 [12JY]
———support youth civic literacy (see H. Res. 661), H11490 [28OC]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 3616), H455 [15FE]
Federal employees: eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (see H.R. 1769), H1163 [21MR]
———health benefits coverage for hearing aids and examinations (see H.R. 2321), H5036 [22JN]
———make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians (see H.R. 3841), H7128 [26JY]
———payment of compensation to the families of those killed in the crash of an Air Force CT-43A aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, Croatia (see H.R. 3295), H90 [31JA]
———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 207), H7128 [26JY]
Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H254 [8FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H165 [1FE]
Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]
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), H455 [15FE]
Health: encourage private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine to give priority to distributing the available vaccine to individuals at a high risk of developing complications from influenza (see H. Res. 672), H12532 [15DE]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H7365 [7SE]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4121 [8JN]
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: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 4489), H3412 [18MY]
———establish a voluntary legal employment authentication program (see H.R. 3429), H757 [8MR]
———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]
———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 4282), H4485 [14JN]
———make Religious Worker Visa Program permanent (see H.R. 1871), H7281 [6SE]
———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), H6777 [24JY]
———protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H6777 [24JY]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 4966), H7212 [27JY]
INS: reduce backlog in processing of benefit applications and improve infrastructure necessary for effective provision of immigration services (see H.R. 4798), H7723 [18SE]
Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H7281 [6SE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H7365 [7SE]
Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (see H. Con. Res. 307), H5843 [11JY]
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]
Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 398), H7723 [18SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H1675 [3AP]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Law enforcement: provide assistance to State and local forensic laboratories in analyzing DNA samples from convicted offenders (see H.R. 3087), H48 [27JA]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1477 [28MR]
Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H1407 [23MR]
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), H922 [9MR]
———coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H4336 [13JN]
———provide State options to allow eligibility for legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1399), H7365 [7SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H7003 [25JY]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 5067), H9011 [5OC]
———coverage of medically appropriate actinic keratoses treatment and removal (see H. Con. Res. 341), H7212 [27JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 3003), H575 [29FE]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H3172 [16MY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H7211 [27JY]
———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H7365 [7SE]
Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 5155), H10473 [19OC]
National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts (see H. Res. 452), H2412 [2MY]
National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6053 [13JY]
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), H7211 [27JY]
National Law Enforcement Museum: establish (see H.R. 2710), H7281 [6SE]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H11879 [13NO]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H11207 [26OC]
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), H922 [9MR]
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]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2607 [4MY]
Postal Service: 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), H5436 [28JN]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H4592 [15JN]
Puente, Ernesto A., Jr. (Tito): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 435), H10808 [24OC]
Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5737 [10JY]
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), H7502 [12SE]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H1120 [16MR]
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), H5036 [22JN]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7578 [13SE]
Social Security: improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H6599 [19JY]
———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5324), H8406 [27SE] (see H.R. 5612), H11955 [4DE]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), H7281 [6SE]
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), H7212 [27JY]
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), H4220 [12JN]
———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H9768 [11OC]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]
———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H922 [9MR]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H4174 [9JN]
———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 modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 865), H90 [31JA]
———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H632 [1MR]
Tiger Woods Foundation: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11194 [25OC]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 1728), H1629 [30MR]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]
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 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), H2607 [4MY]
———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H7129 [26JY]
———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]
———require certain employment centers use measurable performance outcomes to improve employment and training services provided to veterans and disabled veterans (see H.R. 4765), 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), H7578 [13SE]
———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8617 [2OC]
Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (see H.R. 5109), H7578 [13SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 5268), H9011 [5OC]
Volunteer firefighters: issue postage stamp in recognition of service (see H. Con. Res. 392), H7723 [18SE]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]
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
Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 3897), H921 [9MR]
El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H. Con. Res. 438), H11490 [28OC]
Letters
Assignment of Armed Forces personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities: Brian E. Sheridan, Dept. of Defense, E793
Importance of decennial census: by, H1663 [3AP]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5591, H5592, H5598 [29JN]
Alfred Rascon Post Office Building, Fulton, MD: designate (H.R. 4430), H6383 [18JY]
Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H3275, H3276 [17MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services, H9663
Army: anniversary, E1007
Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7438 [12SE]
Bureau of Reclamation: conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (S. 1761), H11935
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10072 [18OC]
Community Development Block Grant Program: funding, H4765 [20JN]
Crime: provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (H.R. 4051), H2033
Dept. of Agriculture: colonias initiatives funding, H5591, H5592, H5598 [29JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3261, H3275, H3276 [17MY], H3368, H3383 [18MY], E793
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9663
Dept. of HUD: empowerment zones funding, H4765 [20JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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, H6785 [25JY]
———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), H6785 [25JY]
———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (H.R. 4864), H6789 [25JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4064
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4765 [20JN]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (H.R. 4248), H2126 [12AP]
Education: importance of music education (H. Con. Res. 266), H4329
———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 409), H101 [1FE], E86
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro: designate as a national historic trail (H.R. 2271), H7669 [18SE]
———designate as a national historic trail (S. 366), E1670
El Paso, TX: anniversary of Cathedral High School, E1811
———recognition of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe by National Concilio de la Raza as ``Nation's Best Clinic'', H6783 [25JY]
———tribute to Dept. of Veterans Affairs Vet Center, H7007
Health: minority health programs (S. 1880), E2053
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (H.R. 4489), H3575
Korean War: anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H729 [8MR]
Kosovo: prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, H3261 [17MY]
Law enforcement officers: honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (H. Res. 501), H3028
Medicare: expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents, H3383 [18MY]
Native Americans: decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (H.R. 1460), H7414 [12SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3544), H3547
Puerto Rico: transfer Federal control over Vieques Island to the Puerto Rican Government for public purposes, H3368 [18MY]
———use of Vieques Island for military operations, H3368 [18MY]
Ronald McDonald House Charities: designation by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (organization) as one of the top ten corporate citizens for the Hispanic community, E1641
Rural areas: tribute to students testifying on living conditions in Colonias, H1082 [16MR]
Small business: strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the Federal procurement contracting process (H.R. 4945), E1573
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (H.R. 1217), H8410 [28SE]
Taxation: provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6836 [25JY]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7163
U.S-Mexico Border Conference: meeting, H1768 [5AP]
Veterans: enhance education benefits programs (S. 1402), H3557
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H6789 [25JY]
Veterans Health Administration: improve personnel system (H.R. 5109), E1574
Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free emigration and improved human rights conditions (H.J. Res. 99), H7017 [26JY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (H.R. 3293), H2667
Vietnamese Conflict: recognize end of the Vietnam era and the sacrifice of those who served in Southeast Asia or in support of U.S. interests (H. Con. Res. 228), E535
Votes: position on missed, H735
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (H.J. Res. 98), H3562
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H983 [14MR], H2010 [10AP], H5166 [26JN], H9502 [6OC], H11809 [2NO]
Reports
Use of Armed Forces Personnel To Support Civilian Law Enforcement: Dept. of Defense, E794
Tributes
Gonzalez, Henry B., H12007 [5DE]
Natalicio, Diana S., H7376 [12SE]