BECERRA, XAVIER (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H3466 [21JN]
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), H1490 [4AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H2998 [7JN]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]
``Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 130), H2022 [8MY]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H7718 [1NO]
Aviation: preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects (see H.R. 2107), H4353 [19JY]
———preempt State laws requiring approval prior to the construction or operation of certain airport development projects, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2107), H9240 [11DE]
———preserve nonstop service to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for certain communities in case of airline bankruptcy (see H.R. 2387), H4014 [16JY]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H1558 [24AP]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 105), H1295 [28MR]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10910 [19DE]
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), H10055 [12DE]
———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H5339 [2AU]
Citizenship: declare as U.S. citizens certain women who through marriage to an alien lost their citizenship (see H.R. 875), H1295 [28MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]
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), H5340 [2AU]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1764), H5125 [1AU]
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]
Cuba: make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see H.R. 2138), H3714 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: review military service records to determine if certain Jewish war veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 606), H1557 [24AP]
Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H219 [7FE]
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), H112 [30JA]
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]
———maintain moratoria on new oil and natural gas leasing activity on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2280 [16MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H1484 (see H.R. 1435), H1493 [4AP]
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: increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H5928 [21SE]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 1193), H6137 [2OC]
Earthquakes: provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses and establish a national disaster mitigation program (see H.R. 1669), H5339 [2AU]
Education: improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H877 [13MR]
El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H.R. 2162), H9078 [6DE]
El Salvador: eligibility of nationals for temporary protected status (see H.R. 531), H444 [27FE]
Electric power: stabilize the dysfunctional wholesale power market in the western U.S. (see H.R. 1468), H1485 (see H.R. 1468), H1495 [4AP]
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), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [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), H3150 [13JN]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H7718 [1NO]
FERC: order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (see H.R. 2274), H3464 [21JN]
Firearms: application of Federal laws to antique firearms (see H.R. 1112), H1011 [20MR]
———prevent handgun violence and illegal commerce in handguns (see H.R. 225), H224 [7FE]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 755), H1557 [24AP]
Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see H.R. 2722), H8181 [14NO]
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: establish public disclosure requirements for working groups of advisory committees (see H.R. 3371), H8564 [28NO]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H252 [8FE]
Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H5339 [2AU]
Hector G. Godinez Post Office Building, Santa Ana, CA: designate (see H.R. 1366), H2281 [16MY]
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]
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]
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate the Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center (see H.R. 3334), H8337 [16NO]
Immigration: 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), H3068 [12JN]
———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] (see H.R. 1242), H1717 [1MY]
———Federal reimbursement for indirect costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and for emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 823), H622 [1MR]
———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H397 [14FE]
Immigration and Nationality Act: remove certain limitations on eligibility for adjustment of status (see H.R. 1713), H2023 [8MY]
India: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see H. Con. Res. 13, 15), H111 [30JA]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H2022 [8MY]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H8181 [14NO]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H5333 [2AU]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H5338 [2AU]
LIHEAP: encourage the release of funds to individuals affected by the terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 300), H9240 [11DE]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5406 [5SE]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H323 [13FE]
Medicare: coverage for qualified World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 594), H323 [13FE]
———coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H8133 [13NO]
———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3246), H7960 [8NO]
———expand benefits, establish payment incentives for furnishing quality services, and develop an effective national policy to care for individuals with chronic conditions (see H.R. 3188), H7719 [1NO]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H5406 [5SE]
———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), H10055 [12DE]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 665), H396 [14FE]
National Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Con. Res. 230), H5928 [21SE]
Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H8843 [4DE]
Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H5456 [6SE]
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]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]
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]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H929 [14MR]
———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8337 [16NO]
———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), H6056 [25SE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H6702 [11OC]
———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 956), H1013 [20MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]
———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H6918 [16OC]
———allow taxpayers to designate income tax refunds for a Phoenix Fund for Victim Assistance (see H.R. 2902), H5928 [21SE]
———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), H1112 [22MR]
———disallow benefits claimed to arise from corporate transactions without substantial economic substance (see H.R. 2520), H4111 [17JY]
———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), H954 [15MR]
———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H4378 [20JY]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1717 [1MY]
———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 1514), H1498 [4AP]
———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see H.R. 2108), H2997 [7JN]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H959 [19MR]
———inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property, including films, under the income forecast method (see H.R. 1272), H1294 [28MR]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H650 [6MR]
———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 909), H739 [7MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]
———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 tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H4725 [26JY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H64 [6JA]
———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H1658 [26AP]
———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H1605 [25AP]
———treatment of certain CERCLA settlement funds (see H.R. 3530), H10909 [19DE]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H622 [1MR]
———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H4215 [18JY]
———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H395 [14FE]
Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H8343 [19NO]
———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]
Treaties and agreements: implement the agreement establishing a U.S.-Jordan free trade area (see H.R. 1484), H1486 (see H.R. 1484), H1496 [4AP]
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), H3713 [27JN]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H1658 [26AP]
Veterans: 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), H444 [27FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (see H.R. 1170), H3713 [27JN]
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]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of HUD: make single family properties available at a discount to elementary and secondary school teachers and public safety officers (see H.R. 421), H219 [7FE]
Firearms: require ballistics testing of all firearms that are most commonly used in crime and provide for compilation and use of ballistics information to curb the use of firearms in crime (see H.R. 422), H219 [7FE]
Korean Americans: reunification with family members in North Korea (see H. Con. Res. 77), H1115 [22MR]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit against income tax for the fair market value of firearms turned in to local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 423), H219 [7FE]
21st Century Community Learning Centers Act: include public libraries (see H.R. 323), H162 [31JA]
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]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5650 [14SE]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E629
Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5906 [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, H5906 [21SE]
Castillo, Jose M.: admission to the Order of Queen Isabella the Catholic by the King of Spain, E1189
Committee on Education and the Workforce (House): subcommittee jurisdiction over issues concerning historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities, E258
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]
El Salvador: disaster relief funding, H4491 [24JY]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4491 [24JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5256 [2AU]
Immigration: 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), H2360 [21MY]
Korean Americans: reunification with family members in North Korea (H. Con. Res. 77), H8374 [27NO]
Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), H1819 [2MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7254 [24OC]
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7254 [24OC]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10864
———rates (H.R. 1836), H2214 [16MY]
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), H5564 [11SE]
———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5906 [21SE]
———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5564 [11SE]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9001 [6DE]
Votes: position on missed, E178
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 (H.R. 619), E179
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H102 [30JA], H198 [6FE], H319 [13FE], H646 [6MR], H738 [7MR], H874 [13MR], H1009 [20MR], H1058 [21MR], H1110 [22MR], H1186 [27MR], H1292 [28MR], H1405 [3AP], H2705 [24MY], H6915 [16OC], H8246 [15NO], H8743 [30NO], H10353 [18DE]
Special order: granted, H1551 [24AP]
Tribute, H8374 [27NO]
Tributes
Burciaga, Jesus, E2382
Maguire, Cathy, E2204
McCormick, Larry, E992
Scanlan, Bonnie, E2265