BONILLA, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]

Conferee: H.R. 2216, supplemental appropriations, H3979 [12JY]

———H.R. 2330, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7553 [31OC]

———H.R. 2506, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7859 [7NO]

———H.R. 3338, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9318 [12DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 914), H739 [7MR]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H650 [6MR]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2454), H5928 [21SE]

Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H1558 [24AP]

Courts: appointment of additional Federal district judges (see H.R. 272), H109 [30JA]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see H.J. Res. 35), H740 [7MR]

———impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H6056 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (see H.R. 400), H1116 [22MR]

Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 785), H506 [28FE]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1410 [3AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H5456 [6SE]

Federal employees: treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2148 [14MY]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1220), H1661 [26AP]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 950), H1861 [2MY]

———protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H10910 [19DE]

———repeal permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 1455), H1926 [3MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2680 [23MY]

Foreign trade: extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3519 [25JN]

Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3466 [21JN]

Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H10356 [18DE]

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 90), H1345 [29MR]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see H. Con. Res. 45), H507 [28FE]

Immigration: Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2023 [8MY]

Insurance: provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H4724 [26JY]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 162), H8249 [15NO]

Interstate commerce: renewal of interstate economic protectionism (see H. Res. 230), H5339 [2AU]

Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1556 [24AP]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects (see H.R. 2990), H6136 [2OC]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5339 [2AU]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H4009 [12JY]

———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H4113 [17JY]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H2148 [14MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H8843 [4DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H4113 [17JY]

Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 753), H441 [27FE]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H6137 [2OC]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H2890 [5JN]

National Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 179), H3805 [28JN]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H254 [8FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1296 [28MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 186), H3805 [28JN]

Sharon, Ariel: commend election as Prime Minister of Israel, encourage end to Middle East violence, and reaffirm U.S. commitment to friendship (see H. Res. 34), H325 [13FE]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H444 [27FE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 1331), H1407 [3AP]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 1987), H3358 [20JN]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 662), H1410 [3AP]

———allow small business employers a credit for certain expenses for long-term training of employees in highly skilled small business trades (see H.R. 877), H648 [6MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]

———enhance domestic oil and gas production (see H.R. 805), H507 [28FE]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 527), H508 [28FE]

———expand child tax credit (see H.R. 539), H444 [27FE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1190 [27MR]

———incentives for education (see H.R. 538), H253 [8FE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H111 [30JA]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 738), H441 [27FE]

———rates (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

———reduce and simplify income tax rates and eliminate marriage tax penalty (see H.R. 456), H400 [14FE]

———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 2525), H4111 [17JY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 1694), H1923 [3MY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 122), H400 [14FE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H508 [28FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see H.R. 744), H877 [13MR]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H4113 [17JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2889 [5JN]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1979), H3260 [19JN]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H1557 [24AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H325 [13FE]

Veterans Day: maintain observance on November 11 and separate from any other Federal holiday (see H. Res. 298), H8731 [29NO]

Voting: guarantee the right of military personnel to vote when serving away from home and extend voter registration and absentee ballot protections for such personnel to State and local elections (see H.R. 1377), H1925 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2330), H3711 [27JN]

Committee on House Administration (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 24), H166 [31JA]

Taxation: provide for nonrecognition of gain on dispositions of dairy property which is certified as having been covered by a bovine tuberculosis eradication program agreement (see H.R. 1933), H2569 [22MY]

Conference reports

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2330), H7962-H7986 [9NO]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H653 [7MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for wool and mohair, H3912 [11JY]

———small and disadvantaged farmers outreach programs and capacity building at land-grant colleges funding, H3902 [11JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3744, H3754, H3755, H3756, H3757, H3758, H3762, H3764, H3768, H3774, H3775, H3778, H3782 [28JN], H3875, H3878, H3879, H3880, H3882, H3889, H3890, H3891, H3896, H3897, H3902, H3903, H3907, H3912, H3917, H3918, H3919, H3922 [11JY], H7549 [31OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), conference report, H8067 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), consideration (H. Res. 183), H3739 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), motion to instruct conferees, H7551 [31OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), permission to file conference report, H7918 [8NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2330), unanimous-consent request, H3784 [28JN]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2216), motion to instruct conferees, H3974, H3977 [12JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5679 [14SE]

Auburn University: poultry production improvements project funding, H3754 [28JN]

Bulgaria: tribute to efforts to modernize Maritza III East thermal plant, E569 [5AP]

Buy American Act: compliance, H3907 [11JY]

Committee on House Administration (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 24), H129 [31JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service funding for border inspections and monitoring of emerging animal and plant diseases, H3974 [12JY]

———biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel and other forms of biomass-derived fuels, research and development funding, H3918 [11JY]

———establish a research program to enhance and develop the nitrogen-fixing ability of legumes and other commercial crops, H3768 [28JN]

———Hispanic-serving institutions education grants program funding, H3903 [11JY]

———international infant and child nutrition and education programs funding, H3762 [28JN]

———Karnal Bunt research funding, H3755 [28JN]

———Market Access Program funding, H3917 [11JY]

———payment of disaster assistance to onion farmers in Orange County, NY, H3875 [11JY]

———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H3889 [11JY]

———WIC program funding, H3756 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3338), H8503 [28NO]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H689 [7MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2299), H3589 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2299), consideration (H. Res. 178), H3547, H3548 [26JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3880, H3882, H3889 [11JY]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by U.S. citizens for personal use, H3891, H3896 [11JY]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, H3922 [11JY]

FDA: delay approval of transgenic or genetically engineered fish, H3897 [11JY]

———food safety programs for foodborne threats funding through reductions in Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act funding, H3918 [11JY]

———labeling requirements to certify that child labor was not used in harvesting of cocoa beans, H3782 [28JN]

———Office of Generic Drugs funding, H3778 [28JN]

———reallocation of funding to the Office of Generic Drugs to evaluate and review potential patent abuses, H3919 [11JY]

Foreign aid: international food activities funding, H7551 [31OC]

———reduce burden of hunger for families impacted by HIV/AIDS through agricultural improvements, maternal and child health programs, and food commodities, H3879 [11JY]

Hawaii: Oceanic Institute of Hawaii and Hawaii Agricultural Research Center funding, H3890 [11JY]

Mexico: compliance of Mexico-domiciled trucks operating in the U.S. with certain safety and environmental regulations, H3547, H3548, H3589 [26JN]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding, H3878 [11JY]

New Jersey: Repaupo Creek tide gate and dike restoration project funding, H3757 [28JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3772 [28JN], H3907 [11JY]

Point of order, H3772 [28JN], H3921 [11JY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: funding, H3977 [12JY]

Rivers: Federal river navigator positions funding for Hudson River and Upper Susquehanna and Lackawanna Rivers, H3879 [11JY]

Ronald McDonald House Charities (organization): tribute, E439 [22MR]

Schools: provide access to organic and whole foods in school breakfast and lunch programs, H3764 [28JN]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), E1627 [11SE]

———making emergency appropriations for disaster and antiterrorism initiatives surrounding the crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H8503 [28NO]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2330) (H. Rept. 107-275), H8034 [9NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2330) (H. Rept. 107-116), H3711 [27JN]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2330), H3745-H3751 [28JN]

———conference report, H8069-H8075 [13NO]

Tributes

Garcia, Freddie, E1153 [19JN]

Martinez, Viola S., E1801 [4OC]