ISSA, DARRELL (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2890 [5JN]

———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H7718 [1NO]

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), H2184 [15MY]

Armed Forces: increase basic pay (see H.R. 298), H2387 [21MY]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H1060 [21MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H325 [13FE]

Army: prohibit the purchasing, issuing, or wearing of berets as standard headgear until certification that the ammunition shortfall has been eliminated (see H.R. 1770), H2281 [16MY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 333), H258 [12FE]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 4), H1296 [28MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 8), H624 [1MR]

———establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 129), H623 [1MR] (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]

California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea, Federal environmental compliance, and off-stream water management reservoirs near the All American Canal (see H.R. 2764), H6422 [5OC]

———appointment of additional Federal district judges (see H.R. 261), H109 [30JA]

———implement program to increase water yield and environmental benefits, improve water system reliability, quality, use efficiency, watershed management, water transfers, and levee protection (see H.R. 1985), H2709 [24MY]

Chen Shui-bian: U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 135), H2184 [15MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn detention and call for immediate release of U.S. scholars of Chinese ancestry (see H. Res. 160), H3261 [19JN]

———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 188), H5488 [10SE]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H1116 [22MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]

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

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 99), H254 [8FE]

Copyrights: exempt certain performances or displays used for distance learning from copyright infringement provisions and allow the making of a single copy of such performances or displays (see H.R. 2100), H2997 [7JN]

Correctional institutions: prohibit cable television and other luxuries for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 458), H8421 [27NO]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 2341), H10355 [18DE]

Credit unions: limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 760), H624 [1MR]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 503), H929 [14MR]

———provide incentives for States to enact mandatory minimum sentences for certain firearms offenses (see H.R. 534), H1061 [21MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of commercial satellites and related items (see H.R. 1707), H3519 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2081 [9MY]

———impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (see H.R. 238), H76 [20JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H394 [14FE]

Dept. of Labor: impose limitations on the wage that an employer is required to pay an H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural worker (see H.R. 2457), H4010 [12JY]

Dept. of State: increase rewards program payments in connection with the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2894), H5703 [14SE]

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

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 1008), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H3519 [25JN]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H398 [14FE]

District of Columbia: review appropriateness of reopening Pennsylvania Avenue in front of White House (see H. Res. 125), H5340 [2AU]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H2890 [5JN]

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see H.R. 1669), H1715 [1MY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (see H.R. 1), H1112 [22MR]

———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 650), H650 [6MR]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H. Res. 13), H624 [1MR]

———provide college scholarships to high school students who have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics and science (see H.R. 919), H5592 [11SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H2890 [5JN]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Con. Res. 42), H1013 [20MR]

FERC: order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (see H.R. 2274), H3464 [21JN]

———provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates (see H.R. 1941), H3151 [13JN]

Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see H.R. 2037), H2847 [25MY]

Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

Floods: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (see H.R. 2091), H2956 [6JN]

Food: improve cooperation and eliminate duplication between the Depts. of Agriculture and HHS in the area of food safety inspection (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7718 [1NO]

Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see H.R. 3169), H7333 [25OC]

Foreign policy: recognize important relationship between the U.S. and Australia (see H. Con. Res. 217), H5455 [6SE]

Foreign trade: encourage full participation in the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum (see H. Con. Res. 194), H6702 [11OC]

———extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H3714 [27JN]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see H.R. 1353), H3619 [26JN]

Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building, Santa Ana, CA: designate (see H.R. 1366), H1718 [1MY]

Higher Education Act: eliminate consideration of the amount of a student's tuition in determining the amount of a student's basic grant (see H.R. 2625), H5971 [24SE]

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]

Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (see H.R. 1892), H2333 [17MY]

———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. 1266), H3960 [11JY]

———grant U.S. citizenship to certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who complete 3 years of honorable service on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1616), H6137 [2OC]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H8249 [15NO]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (see H.R. 3210), H7717 [1NO]

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]

Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H9240 [11DE]

Israel: end violence in West Bank and Gaza and endorse recommendations of the Mitchell Committee Report (see H. Con. Res. 253), H7333 [25OC]

Kazakhstan: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1318), H2281 [16MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H623 [1MR]

———increase amount paid to families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 1744), H5971 [24SE]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5406 [5SE]

———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), H5927 [21SE]

———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), H10355 [18DE]

National Charter Schools Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 95), H1718 [1MY]

National Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government: establish (see H.R. 374), H1410 [3AP]

National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (see H.J. Res. 42), H1345 [29MR]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1488 (see H. Res. 116), H1499 [4AP]

Native Americans: prohibit gaming on certain Indian trust lands in California that were purchased with Federal grants (see H.R. 1239), H1188 [27MR]

———protect tribes from coerced labor agreements (see H.R. 103), H741 [7MR]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2849 [25MY]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H7909 [7NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP]

Power resources: allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure their economic stability (see H.R. 1075), H954 [15MR] (see H.R. 1874), H2280 [16MY]

———decrease energy costs, increase electric system reliability, and provide environmental improvements through rapid deployment of distributed energy resources (see H.R. 1045), H953 [15MR]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6781 [12OC]

Public welfare programs: authorize State use of funds provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to support infant safe haven programs (see H.R. 2018), H4863 [30JY]

Radio Free Afghanistan: establish (see H.R. 2998), H6380 [4OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H2082 [9MY]

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

Religion: eliminate the effect on the expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 1273), H1294 [28MR]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (see H. Con. Res. 57), H827 [8MR]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3230), H8182 [14NO]

Securities: issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2899), H5927 [21SE]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H2849 [25MY]

Social Security: include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 634), H394 [14FE]

Spruance, Raymond A.: promote posthumously to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy (see H.R. 2492), H4008 [12JY]

Taxation: allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H739 [7MR]

———allow qualified technological equipment and computer software to be expensed (see H.R. 1411), H1482 (see H.R. 1411), H1492 [4AP]

———applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of a principal residence by a surviving spouse (see H.R. 161), H1012 [20MR]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1490 [4AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1552), H6458 [9OC]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 154), H400 [14FE]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H400 [14FE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1675), H3619 [26JN]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H2022 [8MY]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H7960 [8NO]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 778), H506 [28FE]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools and in homeschooling (see H.R. 257), H1012 [20MR]

———rates (see H.R. 1018), H927 [14MR]

———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 alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 1487), H1606 [25AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H929 [14MR]

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

———repeal the alternative minimum tax and income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemptions, and the child tax credit (see H.R. 275), H224 [7FE]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 563), H2679 [23MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H2148 [14MY]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1490 [4AP]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces enlistment, accession, reenlistment, and retention bonuses (see H.R. 1466), H1485 (see H.R. 1466), H1495 [4AP]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H3801 [28JN]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 1037), H952 [15MR]

Telephones: ensure the application of antitrust laws to local telephone monopolies (see H.R. 1697, 1698), H1923 [3MY] (see H.R. 2120), H3066 [12JN]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC]

———improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 525), H877 [13MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [21SE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see H. Con. Res. 233), H5926 [21SE]

Veterans: increase burial benefits paid for plot allowances and pay States for plot allowances for veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in cemeteries of such States (see H.R. 2123), H3961 [11JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4634 [25JY]

Voting: direct NIST to develop standards to ensure accuracy and validation of the voting process and provide grants to States to improve voting methods and voter education campaigns (see H.R. 752), H1660 [26AP]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H4009 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 2270), H3464 [21JN]

Iraq: encourage the establishment of a democratically elected Government (see H. Con. Res. 286), H9239 [11DE]

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians: protect certain lands from condemnation until a final decision is made on a pending trust application fee (see H.R. 3476), H10065 [13DE]

———require Dept. of the Interior action on pending trust application fee (see H.R. 3523), H10908 [19DE]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 2369), H3802 [28JN]

Science: benefits of biotechnology (see H. Res. 173), H3358 [20JN]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1931 [8MY], H4379 [23JY], H5729 [19SE]

Motions

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5137 [1AU]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5729 [19SE], H8568 [29NO]

Remarks

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas, H5137 [1AU]

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America: convention, E1452 [26JY], E1464 [27JY]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7880 [7NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), H7880 [7NO]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (H. Res. 193), H5316 [2AU]

California: energy crisis, H2378 [21MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), H2246 [16MY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H. Con. Res. 227), H5694 [14SE]

Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (H.R. 1892), H4397, H4398 [23JY]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Con. Res. 280), H8869, H8873 [5DE]

Lebanon: military assistance funding relative to deployment of Lebanese armed forces to Israeli-Lebanese border, H2246 [16MY]

Life Resources Network: tribute, E1520 [3AU]

National Biotechnology Week: observance, E848 [17MY]

Oceanside, CA: Ivey Ranch Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1983 [2NO]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5137, H5138 [1AU]

———national energy policy, H2378 [21MY]

Santee, CA: shooting of students at Santana High School (H. Con. Res. 57), H841 [13MR]

Science: benefits of biotechnology (H. Res. 173), H3264 [20JN]

Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1452 [4AP]

Tehran (Iran) Times: characterization of Members' remarks relative to Hezbollah (terrorist organization), H8571 [29NO]

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), H5495, H5512 [11SE], E1627 [11SE]

Votes: position on missed, H759 [8MR], H2035 [9MY], H5262 [2AU]

World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (H.R. 1198), H3995, H3996 [12JY]

Youmans, Gary: Small Business Financial Services Advocate of the Year award recipient, H2057 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7908 [7NO]

Tributes

Dunn, Lucy, E2008 [6NO]

Paule, Jean, E1993 [2NO]