REYES, SILVESTRE (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H517 [1MR]

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

Conferee: H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, H8849 [5DE]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1944 [8MY]

Norman Sisisky funeral attendees, H1384 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn the Taliban for requiring Hindus to wear identifying symbols (see H. Con. Res. 145), H2848 [25MY]

———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3088), H7217 [23OC]

Agriculture: support research and development programs in agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering to address the food and economic needs of developing countries (see H.R. 2343), H3712 [27JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1661 [26AP]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H8421 [27NO]

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4010 [12JY]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H10066 [13DE]

Arlington National Cemetery: reform burial eligibility requirements for certain veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 3423), H10356 [18DE]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 244), H224 [7FE] (see H.R. 2494), H4009 [12JY] (see H.R. 2494), H4013 [16JY]

———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H3806 [28JN]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 51), H623 [1MR]

———restore certain education benefits of reservist and active duty servicemembers participating in military action against Afghanistan (see H.R. 3240), H7908 [7NO]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H443 [27FE]

Aviation: provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6057 (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

———require background checks for individuals enrolled in flight schools (see H.R. 2932), H7529 [30OC]

Budget: use budget surpluses attributable to the Dept. of Defense Military Retirement Fund for military retirement and survivor benefit programs (see H. Res. 23), H742 [7MR]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H1061 [21MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 105), H1295 [28MR]

Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care (see H.R. 2097), H5340 [2AU]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H2890 [5JN]

Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5338 [2AU]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 428), H741 [7MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H6056 [25SE]

Community development: provide and assure continuation of grant funding for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and correct certain inequities in the program (see H.R. 2637), H4634 [25JY]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

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), H6260 [3OC]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3863 [10JY]

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

Crime: condemn violence directed at Sikhs in the aftermath of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Res. 255), H6380 [4OC]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (see H.R. 2512), H4111 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H7127 [17OC]

———expand program which allows State and local law enforcement agencies to procure certain equipment to include counter-terrorism equipment (see H.R. 3025), H7529 [30OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 576), H624 [1MR] (see H.R. 1173), H1191 [27MR] (see H.R. 2881), H5592 [11SE]

———review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H877 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H1717 [1MY]

———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H4780 [27JY]

———provide grants to communities to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for the uninsured and underinsured (see H.R. 504), H222 [7FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H111 [30JA]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 2966), H6055 [25SE]

Dept. of Transportation: give certain workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, priority in hiring for aviation-related security positions (see H.R. 3067), H6781 [12OC]

———make grants to travel agencies, car rental companies, and businesses in the ancillary airline industry to provide compensation for losses incurred as a result of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 2945), H6066 [28SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: add amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 3461), H10054 [12DE]

———authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 811), H621 [1MR]

———ensure that senior citizen veterans shall be eligible for pension benefits without regard to disability (see H.R. 3087), H6700 [11OC]

———establish uniformity in fees charged qualifying members of the Selected Reserve and active duty veterans for guaranteed home loans (see H.R. 2095), H2996 [7JN]

———extend the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program (see H.R. 1929), H2849 [25MY]

———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1490 [4AP]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H444 [27FE]

———improve presumptive compensation benefits for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 1406), H1482 (see H.R. 1406), H1492 [4AP]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (see H.R. 2540), H4215 [18JY]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1981), H2709 [24MY]

———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 1541), H1554 [24AP]

Disasters: authorize disaster assistance for recovery from earthquakes in India and El Salvador (see H.R. 1760), H2021 [8MY]

Diseases: Depts. of HHS and Education asthma programs funding and authority (see H.R. 1682), H3466 [21JN]

———eliminate tuberculosis (see H.R. 1167), H1112 [22MR]

———expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1605 [25AP]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 1168), H1112 [22MR]

Drugs: extend and modify the Drug-Free Communities Support Program and authorize a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute (see H.R. 2291), H3465 [21JN]

Education: ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2648), H4723 [26JY]

———improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H163 [31JA]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2142 [10MY]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 1306), H1344 [29MR]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1605 [25AP]

———revise drinking water standards for arsenic and provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist in meeting these standards (see H.R. 1252), H1411 [3AP]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 94), H1490 [4AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 2239), H3259 [19JN]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H828 [8MR]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H2183 [15MY]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2023 [8MY]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H10910 [19DE]

———make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H112 [30JA]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 827), H3863 [10JY]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H8563 [28NO]

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), H3261 [19JN]

———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]

———provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers (see H.R. 94), H4009 [12JY]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (see H.R. 2142), H5592 [11SE]

Gambling: protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H828 [8MR]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 3051), H6421 [5OC]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H740 [7MR] (see H.R. 1457), H1485 (see H.R. 1457), H1494 [4AP]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H959 [19MR]

Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care services to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 2635), H5456 [6SE]

———carry out programs to prevent and manage asthma, allergies, and related respiratory problems in children and establish a pest control services tax credit for low-income multifamily residential housing (see H.R. 2288), H6781 [12OC]

———increase assistance to developing nations with high levels of infectious disease and premature death (see H.R. 1269), H5125 [1AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3519 [25JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H4113 [17JY]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

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

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

Housing: ensure that communities receiving community development block grants use such funds to benefit low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 1191), H1925 [3MY]

Houston, TX: tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (see H. Res. 166), H3202 [14JN]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H3712 [27JN]

Immigration: eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (see H.R. 2258), H3807 [28JN]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (see H.R. 1195), H2082 [9MY]

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

Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1713), H1923 [3MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 659), H828 [8MR]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 1542), H2185 [15MY]

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

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H6505 [10OC]

———require group and individual health insurance plans to provide coverage of cancer screening (see H.R. 1809), H2185 [15MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H1410 [3AP]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H826 [8MR]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]

———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H876 [13MR]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H4352 [19JY]

———honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (see H. Res. 116), H2148 [14MY]

———tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8843 [4DE]

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

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H1343 [29MR]

Medicaid: delay changes in regulations that modify upper payment limit for non-State government-owned or operated hospitals (see H.R. 3360), H10910 [19DE]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H4353 [19JY]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H3960 [11JY]

Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H1487 (see H.R. 1490), H1496 [4AP]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H4949 [31JY]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H5339 [2AU]

———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), H5406 [5SE]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]

———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]

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), H2334 [17MY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H8343 [19NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H1410 [3AP]

National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H3863 [10JY]

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

National Guard: tribute to continued commitment of combat units deployed in support of Army operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3204 [14JN]

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

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. 1723), H5125 [1AU]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 56), H2335 [17MY]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H877 [13MR]

National security: develop and implement a strategy for homeland security (see H.R. 1292), H2082 [9MY]

———develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]

Native American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 270), H8421 [27NO]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H4949 [31JY]

NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H2680 [23MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H1664 [27AP]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H1717 [1MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H8421 [27NO]

———preservation of six day mail delivery (see H. Res. 154), H4429 [23JY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1121 [26MR]

———establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 39), H1861 [2MY]

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), H6421 [5OC]

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), H3864 [10JY]

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

Schools: establish a grant program to promote emotional and social development and school readiness (see H.R. 2636), H4633 [25JY]

———honor Native Americans for their contributions to U.S. history, culture, and education (see H. Res. 168), H3207 [18JN]

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), H5928 [21SE]

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

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2751), H8564 [28NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H3863 [10JY]

Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H395 [14FE]

———improve benefit computation formula for workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 870), H1061 [21MR]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1143), H1117 [22MR]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2023 [8MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H224 [7FE]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H218 [7FE]

———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 2177), H3201 [14JN]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3260 [19JN]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H325 [13FE]

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

———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]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3863 [10JY]

———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H3960 [11JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H5339 [2AU]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H8421 [27NO]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H2712 [24MY]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———grant posthumous citizenship to certain lawfully admitted aliens killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2897), H5928 [21SE]

———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]

———prevent, prepare for, and respond to threats (see H.R. 3555), H10963 [20DE]

———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]

———tribute 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. Con. Res. 232), H8339 [16NO]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3008), H6422 [5OC]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: establish Presidential commission to determine validity of certain land claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (see H.R. 1823), H2142 [10MY]

U.S. Congress-Russian Federation Parliament Joint Taskforce on Antiterrorism: establish (see H. Con. Res. 246), H6458 [9OC]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]

Veterans: add diabetes mellitus to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 862), H647 [6MR]

———expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans and circumstances deemed to have been radiation-risk activities (see H.R. 1957), H8421 [27NO]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (see H.R. 801), H507 [28FE]

———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]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1343 [29MR]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 2361), H3802 [28JN]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 104), H1499 [4AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H877 [13MR]

———repeal manifestation period for a presumption of service-connection for respiratory cancers occurring in Vietnam veterans (see H.R. 1587), H1604 [25AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: authorize design and construction of a temporary education center (see H.R. 510), H222 [7FE]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

———implement significant election administration reforms prior to the next general Federal election (see H. Con. Res. 63), H929 [14MR]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H1112 [22MR]

Walsh, John: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 911), H739 [7MR]

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2849 [25MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1425), H4014 [16JY]

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. 619), H393 [14FE]

———preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H3068 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: authorize disability retirement to be granted posthumously for members who die in the line of duty (see H.R. 2203), H3202 [14JN]

Diseases: recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (see H. Res. 67), H443 [27FE]

El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H.R. 2162), H3149 [13JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: suspend drug certification procedures in order to foster greater multilateral cooperation in international counternarcotics programs (see H.R. 841), H622 [1MR]

Foreign trade: modify benefits provided under the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 2810), H5337 [2AU]

Health care professionals: increase nonimmigrant visas for nurses and exempt certain hospitals in health professional shortage areas from certain employment requirements (see H.R. 2809), H5337 [2AU]

Medicaid: assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H223 [7FE]

Native Americans: decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe (see H.R. 1197), H1114 [22MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), E1819 [5OC]

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H6021, H6022 [25SE]

———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), H5657 [14SE]

Army: anniversary, E1205 [26JN]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7639 [1NO], H8314 [16NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), H7639 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8314 [16NO]

———preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5912 [21SE]

———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures, H5912 [21SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H771 [8MR]

Bureau of the Census: Hispanic origin report funding, H4140 [18JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 14), H118 [31JA]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (H.R. 428), E894 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure minority farmers receive equitable treatment and services, E1819 [5OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5768 [20SE], H6021, H6022 [25SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), motion to instruct conferees, H7097 [17OC]

———commend U.S. military and defense contractor personnel responsible for successful in-flight ballistic missile defense interceptor test, E1387 [20JY]

———improve living conditions on military installations, H5768 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) funding, E1199 [26JN]

———Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Program funding, E1202 [26JN]

Dept. of Energy: treatment of certain ethnic groups by security personnel, E1015 [5JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (H.R. 811), H1142 [27MR]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses, H4902 [31JY], H9145 [11DE]

———make various improvements to veterans benefits programs (H.R. 2540), H4902 [31JY], H9122 [11DE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4140 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, E1199 [26JN]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, H2882 [5JN]

———encourage regular testing and examinations for prostate cancer, E1204 [26JN]

———international tuberculosis control funding, E893 [22MY]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (H. Res. 67), H965 [20MR]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, E451 [27MR]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2420 [22MY], H2642 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10104 [13DE], E2352 [20DE]

———tribute to Catholic schools (H. Res. 28), H183 [6FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 36), E1388 [20JY]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (H.R. 2142), E1216 [26JN]

Foreign policy: congressional delegation trip to Russia, Italy, and Turkey, H6117 [2OC]

Hart, Charles: Texas Association of School Boards Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E2015 [6NO]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, E1390 [20JY]

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 90), H6426 [9OC]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, H6442, H6444, H6446, H6447, H6448 [9OC]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (H.R. 2716), H9119 [11DE]

Immigration: eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (H.R. 2258), E1216 [26JN]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing, H10473 [19DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2883), H6391 [5OC]

———linguistics training funding, H6391 [5OC]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, H2642 [23MY], E2352 [20DE]

Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), H10473 [19DE]

Law enforcement officers: honor and recognize officers killed in the line of duty and daily risks and sacrifices of officers (H. Res. 116), E838 [17MY]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (H. Con. Res. 91), H1678 [1MY]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: commemorate fallen firefighters by lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff during the memorial service in Emmitsburg, MD (H.J. Res. 42), E1834 [9OC]

National Guard: tribute to members who were killed in the aircraft crash in south-central Georgia (H. Con. Res. 47), H680 [7MR]

Persian Gulf Conflict: tribute to soldiers killed by Iraqi missile attack during Operation Desert Storm and support for effective theater missile defense programs (H. Con. Res. 39), H428 [27FE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 1140), H4965 [31JY]

SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (H.R. 203), E1833 [9OC]

Sisisky, Norman: tribute (H. Res. 107), H1333 [29MR]

Social Security: permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), E1216 [26JN]

Spann, Johnny M. (Mike): tribute (H. Con. Res. 281), H9151 [11DE]

Taxation: provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (H.R. 1727), E837 [17MY]

———rates (H.R. 3), H771 [8MR]

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), H5526 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5526 [11SE]

Veterans: expand the Survivor Benefit Plan to include dependents of nonretirement-eligible service members who die while on active duty, H7097 [17OC]

———improve educational assistance programs, expand transition assistance and outreach programs, increase burial benefits, and provide family coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (H.R. 801), H1132 [27MR], H2691 [24MY]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), H3219 [19JN]

———increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (H.R. 1291), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 310), H9145 [11DE]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), H9300 [12DE]

———implement significant election administration reforms, H2322 [17MY]

Tributes

Dominguez, Ramon, E2059 [13NO]

Farmer, Paul G., E95 [1FE]

Martinez, Ernesto Pedregon, E2014 [6NO]

Richardson, Tedd, E2095 [15NO]

Smith, Franklin G., E454 [27MR]

Torres, Francisco C., E480 [28MR]