SOLIS, HILDA (a Representative from California)

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Our View—Bush Should Join Solis Park Plan, San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune, H4023 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 1350), H1408 [3AP]

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

———provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see H.R. 3330), H8337 [16NO]

———tribute to organizations led by Afghan women that are providing humanitarian services and ensure inclusion of women in any newly established Government (see H. Res. 281), H10967 [20DE]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H2680 [23MY]

———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), H4014 [16JY]

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

———reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1256), H1189 [27MR]

———reduce emissions of fossil-fuel-generated carbon dioxide to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions (see H. Res. 117), H1488 (see H. Res. 117), H1500 [4AP]

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 103), H1718 [1MY]

Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H6421 [5OC]

———prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H1605 [25AP]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H10967 [20DE]

Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H6781 [12OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H1664 [27AP]

Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H7128 [17OC]

———improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H959 [19MR]

———increase basic pay (see H.R. 2310), H4014 [16JY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H1060 [21MR]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H5340 [2AU]

Aviation: ensure individuals are not penalized for canceling or rescheduling certain flights (see H.R. 3103), H7333 [25OC]

———preserve nonstop service to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for certain communities in case of airline bankruptcy (see H.R. 2387), H3803 [28JN]

———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), H6380 [4OC] (see H.R. 2955), H6055 [25SE]

Babbitt, Dina: release of paintings by the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum in Poland (see H. Con. Res. 118), H1716 [1MY]

Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H10910 [19DE]

Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and reduction of school crime (see H. Res. 193), H4013 [16JY]

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), H878 [13MR]

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]

———display artwork in the Capitol and the House office buildings which represent the contributions of women to American society (see H. Res. 106), H8339 [16NO]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Con. Res. 3), H2999 [7JN] (see H. Res. 105), H1295 [28MR]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H8421 [27NO]

———establish an international infant and child nutrition and education program (see H.R. 1700), H5339 [2AU]

———establish national policy on youth development (see H.R. 17), H959 [19MR]

———give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5928 [21SE]

———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H3960 [11JY]

———increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see H.R. 1650), H8421 [27NO]

———meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 2198), H3202 [14JN]

———promote financial education (see H.R. 61), H2889 [5JN]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H5339 [2AU]

———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H1409 [3AP]

China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (see H. Res. 121), H1556 [24AP]

Citizenship: declare as U.S. citizens certain women who through marriage to an alien lost their citizenship (see H.R. 875), H1116 [22MR]

Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2755), H5335 [2AU]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H2082 [9MY]

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]

———reduce the costs of Federal student loans to students and their families (see H.R. 1622), H1659 [26AP]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H4352 [19JY]

Computers: establish an Internet site on Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 782), H8338 [16NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H9078 [6DE]

Congressman Julian C. Dixon Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2454), H4780 [27JY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H5339 [2AU]

———requirements on credit card issuers relative to mailing of monthly statements (see H.R. 296), H3203 [14JN]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H1011 [20MR]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H1347 [29MR]

Corp of Engineers: shore protection and beach replenishment projects funding (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2679 [23MY]

Courts: provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1226), H1861 [2MY]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see H.R. 499), H1410 [3AP]

———promulgate a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 3283), H10355 [18DE]

Credit: allow any consumer to receive a free credit report annually from any consumer reporting agency (see H.R. 2031), H2847 [25MY]

Credit cards: protect consumers from unreasonable credit card fees or interest rates (see H.R. 2032), H2847 [25MY]

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]

Cyprus: membership in European Union (see H. Con. Res. 164), H4010 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: require all defense-related agencies of the U.S. to fully comply with Federal and State environmental laws (see H.R. 2154), H3864 [10JY]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

———provide student loan forgiveness to surviving spouses of the victims of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3163), H7217 [23OC]

Dept. of Energy: 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), H443 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H2082 [9MY]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H2023 [8MY]

———evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed child day-care facilities (see H.R. 2034), H2847 [25MY]

———grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H3150 [13JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H6505 [10OC]

———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H955 [15MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Normal Trade Relations for China Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program (see H.R. 457), H1116 [22MR]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 2459), H3959 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]

———prohibit mineral leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1066), H1013 [20MR]

———study the suitability and feasibility of designating the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, in Greensboro, NC, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2008), H2711 [24MY]

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), H7529 [30OC]

———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), H7358 [29OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating VA patient care facilities (see H.R. 811), H1116 [22MR]

———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H828 [8MR]

———conduct Stand Down event outreach programs and establish a pilot program that will provide for an annual Stand Down event in each State (see H.R. 3271), H8249 [15NO]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see H.R. 511), H877 [13MR]

———provide benefits to children of Vietnam-era veterans for diseases associated with parental exposure to a herbicide agent (see H.R. 1541), H2281 [16MY]

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

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: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H959 [19MR]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (see H. Res. 67), H878 [13MR]

Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3595), H10965 [20DE]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H5704 [14SE]

Drug abuse: provide assistance to States to expand and establish treatment programs to provide services to individuals who voluntarily seek treatment (see H.R. 1896), H5488 [10SE]

Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see H.R. 1669), H3068 [12JN]

Ecology and environment: assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 2064), H4009 [12JY]

Education: encourage young women to pursue careers and higher education degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1536), H2335 [17MY]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1410 [3AP]

———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]

———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1703), H5339 [2AU]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H928 [14MR]

El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H.R. 2162), H6505 [10OC]

El Salvador: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 531), H253 [8FE]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 41), H508 [28FE]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 954), H2023 [8MY]

———require electric generation facilities owned and operated by the Dept. of Defense in the western U.S. to generate electricity and to conserve energy in electric emergencies (see H.R. 2141), H3067 [12JN]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (see H.R. 1468), H1485 (see H.R. 1468), H1495 [4AP]

———stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), consideration (see H. Res. 165), H3150 [13JN]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 1716), H2185 [15MY]

Employment: exclude all employment contracts from certain arbitration provisions (see H.R. 2282), H3464 [21JN]

———limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 1289), H1343 [29MR]

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

———provide effective training and education programs for displaced homemakers, single parents, and individuals entering nontraditional employment (see H.R. 2489), H4008 [12JY]

———require U.S. nationals employing more than 20 persons in a foreign country to implement a corporate code of conduct relative to the employment of those persons (see H.R. 2782), H5336 [2AU]

———require U.S. nationals that employ individuals in a foreign country to provide full transparency and disclosure in all their operations (see H.R. 460), H2956 [6JN]

EPA: provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman (see H.R. 1431), H2571 [22MY]

———reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 1116), H1011 [20MR]

———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

———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), H1558 [24AP]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 94), H1409 [3AP]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2287), H7592 [31OC]

———eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 2328), H3864 [10JY]

Federal aid programs: establish low-income gasoline assistance program (see H.R. 2427), H3805 [28JN]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H1013 [20MR]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H1013 [20MR]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H1489 [4AP]

FEMA: establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program (see H.R. 2562), H4351 [19JY]

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

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (see H.R. 2757), H5335 [2AU]

Firearms: ban importation and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1922), H3068 [12JN]

———expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see H.R. 671), H1717 [1MY]

———improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 1014), H2571 [22MY]

———require all semiautomatic firearms be equipped with chamber load indicators and/or magazine disconnect mechanisms (see H.R. 2773), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3207), H7717 [1NO]

———require criminal background checks for sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms at certain events and provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement (see H.R. 2377), H3803 [28JN]

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

———recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H5928 [21SE]

Flag—U.S.: 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]

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]

———international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 361), H2889 [5JN]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H1061 [21MR]

———provide food and agricultural development assistance to civilians in Afghanistan and other central Asian countries (see H. Con. Res. 240), H6920 [16OC]

Foreign policy: support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 1779), H2998 [7JN]

Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H6702 [11OC]

Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1494), H1497 [4AP]

Government: require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 917), H3960 [11JY]

Hazardous substances: reduce emissions of mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 1335), H2142 [10MY]

Health: establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 1033), H5406 [5SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H1061 [21MR] (see H.R. 2563), H4541 [24JY]

———support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H4353 [19JY]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1484 (see H.R. 1436), H1493 [4AP]

Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building, Santa Ana, CA: designate (see H.R. 1366), H1408 [3AP]

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

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

Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act: extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees (see H.R. 2690), H7723 [5NO]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H2023 [8MY]

Housing: provide for a study on the proximity of federally assisted housing to hazardous waste sites (see H.R. 1585), H2023 [8MY]

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

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1187), H4352 [19JY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain long-staying alien children, lower high school drop out rates of certain immigrant children, and allow State and local determination of admittance to State and local colleges and universities (see H.R. 1582), H6702 [11OC]

———eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (see H.R. 2258), H5340 [2AU]

———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), H2890 [5JN]

———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), H1605 [25AP] (see H.R. 1242), H1717 [1MY]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 964), H1061 [21MR]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H3465 [21JN]

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

———revise various provisions (see H.R. 500), H650 [6MR]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H5339 [2AU]

———guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1733), H2388 [21MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H828 [8MR]

———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H1410 [3AP]

International Women's Day: observance (see H. Res. 86), H1014 [20MR]

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

Iraq: provide citizens access to U.S. food and medicines (see H.R. 742), H4216 [18JY]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H2082 [9MY]

Korean Americans: reunification with family members in North Korea (see H. Con. Res. 77), H3807 [28JN]

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

———ensure ability to effectively investigate and prosecute illegal gun sales and protect the privacy of the American people (see H.R. 2778), H5336 [2AU]

———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), H4216 [18JY]

———prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H4113 [17JY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1486 (see H.R. 1475), H1496 [4AP]

Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 180), H4353 [19JY]

Medicaid: clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H2335 [17MY]

———coverage of all medically necessary services for uninsured families and individuals (see H.R. 2627), H4633 [25JY]

———extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3863 [10JY]

———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 2677), H6919 [16OC]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H2888 [5JN]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H877 [13MR]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 747), H1489 [4AP]

———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H8843 [4DE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1512), H4863 [30JY]

———eliminate discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services (see H.R. 599), H1410 [3AP]

———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1661 [26AP]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H7852 [6NO]

———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H8842 [4DE]

———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), H10067 [13DE]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H4541 [24JY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 2812), H5337 [2AU]

Monuments and memorials: provide grants to repair veterans memorials (see H.R. 1469), H2571 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see H.R. 1815), H2141 [10MY]

———prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 2039), H2848 [25MY]

National Academy of Sciences: conduct a study to determine the causes of recent increases in the price of natural gas (see H.R. 712), H398 [14FE]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H4114 [17JY]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 663), H2387 [21MY]

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

National Disaster Medical System: establish (see H.R. 2333), H5971 [24SE]

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), H3261 [19JN]

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), H2849 [25MY]

———authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H1295 [28MR]

National Park Service: snowmobile regulations (see H.R. 1465), H1926 [3MY]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see H. Res. 116), H1926 [3MY]

National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1192), H2890 [5JN]

Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H4353 [19JY]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H650 [6MR]

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

Office of Homeland Security: establish Internet site for individuals to report suspicious activities to be used by the FBI or other Government entities in the war on terrorism or to protect homeland security (see H.R. 3353), H8420 [27NO]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 2148), H3149 [13JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2184 [15MY]

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]

Peru: congratulate President-elect Alejandro Toledo on his election, congratulate the people for the return of democracy, and express sympathy for earthquake victims (see H. Res. 181), H3712 [27JN]

Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H2571 [22MY]

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

Power resources: establish a balanced energy policy that unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2478), H4010 [12JY]

———provide assistance to those most affected by high energy prices and promote and accelerate energy conservation investments in the U.S. (see H.R. 3274), H8421 [27NO]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H1925 [3MY]

Public welfare programs: expand the purpose of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to include poverty reduction (see H.R. 2166), H7910 [7NO]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H6780 [12OC]

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

Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act: increase Federal share of costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project (see H.R. 1251), H6919 [16OC]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2815), H5337 [2AU]

Robeson, Paul L.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 143), H2711 [24MY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement highly effective prevention programs (see H.R. 970), H827 [8MR]

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: conduct special resources study on the suitability and feasibility of inclusion of the Rim of the Valley Corridor (see H.R. 2715), H5332 [2AU]

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

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

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2035), H3713 [27JN]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4541 [24JY]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H8564 [28NO]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H1660 [26AP]

———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H1346 [29MR]

———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H1660 [26AP]

———level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 1464), H1485 (see H.R. 1464), H1495 [4AP]

———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), H3068 [12JN]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 560), H322 [13FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H4634 [25JY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1605 [25AP]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1213), H3806 [28JN]

States: adopt and enforce standards that prohibit the use of racial profiling in the enforcement of laws regulating the use of Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1907), H2388 [21MY]

Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H7719 [1NO]

———allow an employer tax credit for the costs of providing certain transportation fringe benefits to employees (see H.R. 906), H1295 [28MR]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H7960 [8NO]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H1489 [4AP]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H1013 [20MR]

———encourage patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York, NY (see H.R. 2940), H5972 [24SE]

———encourage patronage of the travel, hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries (see H.R. 3143), H7592 [31OC]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H1013 [20MR]

———extend and expand the enhanced deduction for charitable contributions of computers to provide public access to computers (see H.R. 2281), H4010 [12JY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas products, allow an income tax credit for the purchase of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and allow grants for mass transit (see H.R. 1967), H5406 [5SE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H1012 [20MR]

———increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2935), H5926 [21SE]

———modify highest marginal income tax rates, increase estate tax deduction, repeal certain phaseouts of deductions and exemptions, and establish a task force on accomplishing critical priorities (see H.R. 2999), H6136 [2OC]

———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 2040), H2848 [25MY]

———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), H2281 [16MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 3445), H9238 (see H.R. 3446), H9239 [11DE]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H2847 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H1410 [3AP]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H1013 [20MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H929 [14MR]

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

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

———condemn anthrax threats sent to reproductive health centers and abortion providers (see H. Con. Res. 285), H10967 [20DE]

———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. 2905), H5925 (see H.R. 2907), H5928 [21SE]

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

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 1044), H953 [15MR]

Treaties and agreements: importance of Antiballistic Missile Treaty (see H. Res. 313), H10067 [13DE]

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]

Turkey: claim of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3151 [13JN]

U.N.: restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 1117), H1117 [22MR]

Unemployment: expand coverage options for unemployed workers to receive and pay for COBRA health insurance benefits and provide for a program of enhanced unemployment coverage (see H.R. 3471), H10054 [12DE]

Urban areas: development of municipally-owned vacant lots by nonprofit community organizations (see H.R. 994), H1061 [21MR]

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

Velasquez, William C.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 212), H5972 [24SE]

Veterans: 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), H1116 [22MR]

———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H2142 [10MY]

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

———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see H.R. 491), H2889 [5JN]

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), H2082 [9MY]

———protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H8133 [13NO]

Voting Rights Act: congressional commitment (see H. Res. 139), H2185 [15MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2021 [8MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 1750), H2021 [8MY]

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]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H1061 [21MR]

``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1425), H1483 (see H.R. 1425), H1493 [4AP]

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), H3203 [14JN]

———preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H3619 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: expedite naturalization process and provide transitional employment eligibility for certain legal immigrants employed as security screening personnel (see H.R. 3505), H10173 [17DE]

California: Federal recognition of Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation (see H.R. 2619), H4540 [24JY]

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]

———conduct a special resource study of the Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds in California (see H.R. 2534), H4112 [17JY]

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]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H8732 [29NO]

Taxation: provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (see H.R. 3015), H6260 [3OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5934 [24SE]

Remarks

Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (S. 1573), H8351 [27NO]

———treatment of women and girls by the Taliban regime, H6892, H6893, H6897 [16OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2330), E1325 [12JY]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration (H. Res. 289), H8260 [16NO]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance, E937 [24MY]

Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H7621 [1NO], H7776 [6NO], H8136 [14NO]

———improve security (H.R. 3150), consideration (H. Res. 274), H7621 [1NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), H8136 [14NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8260 [16NO]

———improve security (S. 1447), motion to instruct conferees, H7776 [6NO]

———naturalization requirements for aviation security personnel, H7776 [6NO]

———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, E1784 [3OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), E1148 [19JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H786 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1222 [28MR]

California: energy crisis, H2683 [24MY], H2839 [25MY], H3079 [13JN]

———Federal recognition of Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation (H.R. 2619), H4431 [24JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (H. Res. 105), H1341 [29MR]

Children and youth: abstinence education program funding through reductions in certain disease control programs and child care development grants, E1878 [12OC]

Committee on Education and the Workforce (House): subcommittee jurisdiction over issues concerning historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities, H512 [1MR]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 503), H1622 [26AP]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1343), H8177, H8178 [14NO], H10059 [13DE], E2214 [5DE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), consideration (H. Res. 79), H661 [7MR]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1646), E843 [17MY]

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 (H.R. 2966), H5978 [25SE]

———conduct a special resource study of the Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds in California (H.R. 2534), H4022 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2590), H4566 [25JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), E1878 [12OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4841 [30JY]

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, E1676 [20SE]

———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), E1662 [14SE]

Education: bilingual programs for immigrants, H2405 [22MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2405, H2418 [22MY], H2601 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 315), H10091 [13DE]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H4127 [18JY]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, H2601 [23MY]

El Proyecto del Barrio (organization): anniversary, E1571 [5SE]

El Salvador: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 41), H972 [20MR]

Electric power: stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (H.R. 1468), consideration (H. Res. 165), H3627 [27JN]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, E1325 [12JY]

Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7234 [24OC]

FEMA: establish a minority emergency preparedness demonstration program, H4841 [30JY]

FERC: price regulations relative to national energy crisis, H3079 [13JN]

Food Stamp Act: improve nutrition assistance for working families and the elderly (H.R. 2142), E1164 [20JN]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, E843 [17MY]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H4547 [25JY], H5205, H5214 [2AU]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, H6447 [9OC]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (H. Con. Res. 177), H3689 [27JN]

Immigration: eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (H.R. 2258), E1164 [20JN]

———expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (H.R. 1885), H2362 [21MY]

———reform, H5413 [6SE]

Increase the Peace Day: support (H. Res. 113), H1506, H1507 [24AP]

India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Con. Res. 15), H123 [31JA]

Insurance: provide premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for certain individuals, H8910 [5DE]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief to the domestic steel industry, H8913 [5DE]

Irwindale, CA: tribute to Sister City partnership with Salvatierra, Mexico, E1502 [2AU]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: juvenile delinquency prevention and accountability programs funding (H.R. 1900), H5760 [20SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, H3125 [13JN]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, H10091 [13DE]

LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (H. Res. 300), E2165 [29NO]

Los Angeles (CA) La Opinion: anniversary, E2237 [7DE]

Minorities: impact of economy on minority communities, H8908, H8909, H8910, H8911, H8913 [5DE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 204), H5935, H5936 [24SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1971 [31OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H3965 [12JY]

———prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S. citizens, H3965 [12JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H2683 [24MY], H3627 [27JN]

Social Security: establish commission to oppose privatization, H4566 [25JY]

———permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 1143), E1164 [20JN]

Taxation: provide a refund to individuals for payroll taxes (H.R. 3015), H8908 [5DE], E1824 [5OC], E1842 [10OC], E1876 [12OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H8908, H8909, H8910, H8911, H8913 [5DE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7234 [24OC]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), E2349 [20DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H786 [8MR]

———rates (H.R. 1836), conference report, H2839 [25MY]

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), H5544 [11SE]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H8897, H8898, H8899, H8901 [5DE], H9023 [6DE]

University of California: tribute to Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program, E2396 [20DE]

Votes: position on missed, H2908 [6JN], H2964, H2975 [7JN], H4403, H4404 [23JY], E1039 [6JN], E1572 [5SE]

Women: provide health care and reform insurance procedures for low-income women, H913 [14MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2953 [6JN]

Special order: granted, H925 [14MR], H3147 [13JN], H3710 [27JN]

Tributes

Arias, Anna Maria, E1840 [10OC]

Baca, Cruz, E304 [7MR]

Barragan, Joe F., E2235 [7DE]

Black, Carole, E2061 [13NO]

Carpenter, Jean, E172 [13FE]

Davis, Louise, E288 [6MR]

Ertll, Randy J., E1496 [2AU]

Fajardo, Carole J. Thomas, E1451 [26JY]

Holland, Cora Hidalgo, E2336 [19DE]

Karas, Adel, E1690 [21SE]

Lipper, Kip, E1572 [5SE]

Menchaca-Dorsey, Dora, E1688 [21SE]

Molina, Frank, E1093 [13JN]

Morales, Dionico, E1432 [25JY]

Oberman, Herb, E1303 [11JY]

Ortiz, Ysabel A. (Mac), E1330 [12JY]

Paredes, Raymund, E286 [6MR]

Quinn, Anthony, E1023 [6JN]

Reston, Sally Fulton, E1801 [4OC]

Rivera, Venus C., E937 [24MY]

Solis, Adolph A., E1067 [12JN]