BACA, JOE (a Representative from California)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
AMVETS: recognize members for their service to the nation and support the goal of AMVETS National Charter Day (see H. Con. Res. 314), H2662 [20MY]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H4574 [12JY]
———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H4498 [10JY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1155 [9AP]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H6130 [9SE]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H4326 [27JN]
Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1289 [15AP]
California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4750), H7019 [3OC]
California Missions Foundation: support efforts to restore and repair Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in California and to preserve artworks and artifacts of these missions (see H.R. 5699), H8041 [24OC]
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), H2608 [16MY]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5256), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 4667), H3721 [19JN]
Children's Vision Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 226), H5998 [26JY]
Civil War: posthumously proclaim soldiers of Asian descent who fought in the Civil War to be honorary U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 125), H9024 [14NO]
Cleveland National Forest: provide an environmentally sound process for the approval of high-voltage electricity transmission line right-of-way through the Trabuco Ranger District (see H.R. 5409), H7172 [7OC]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6927 [1OC]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H1003 [19MR]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H2608 [16MY]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1152 [9AP]
———waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3513 [12JN]
Crime: provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H1152 [9AP]
Cruz, Roberto: tribute (see H. Res. 576), H7738 [9OC] (see H. Res. 612), H8732 [13NO]
Dept. of Defense: award the Purple Heart to civilian employees who are killed or wounded by a terrorist attack (see H.R. 2886), H5453 [24JY]
———disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H5998 [26JY]
Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 4063), H2472 [14MY]
———award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education (see H.R. 4665), H3721 [19JN]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2608 [16MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H937 [18MR]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H1155 [9AP]
———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits (see H.R. 3771), H1155 [9AP]
———provide grants to States for programs to financially assist veterans who experience certain emergencies (see H.R. 5112), H6061 [4SE]
———suspend authority to increase drug copayment for treatment of non-service-connected disabilities and increase pension rates for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5082), H4424 [9JY]
Disasters: establish investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency procedures in the wake of any building failure resulting in or having the potential for substantial loss of life (see H.R. 4687), H2354 [9MY]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H5998 [26JY]
Drugs: address the problem of pseudoephedrine smuggling into the U.S. from Canada (see H. Con. Res. 317), H834 [12MR]
———respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H8041 [24OC]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H2945 [22MY]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H105 [29JA]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to pension participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H4069 [26JN]
———provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H6060 [4SE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H1155 [9AP]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H3668 [18JN]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H1674 [25AP]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2379), H105 [29JA]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H6777 [26SE]
Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3951), H4069 [26JN]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H3161 [4JN]
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H4606 [15JY]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H1155 [9AP]
Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H1674 [25AP]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H1688 [29AP]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 355), H2105 [3MY]
Health: provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 5187), H5194 [23JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H3859 [24JN]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H3721 [19JN]
———treatment of women with bleeding disorders (see H. Con. Res. 380), H5195 [23JY]
Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H562 [26FE]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 786), H1620 [24AP]
Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see H.R. 5449), H6558 [24SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H5195 [23JY]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H2511 [15MY]
Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3230 [5JN]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H2235 [8MY]
———provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]
Investments: establish individual development accounts for certain individuals and families (see H.R. 2160), H5453 [24JY]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1675 [25AP]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H6085 [5SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H141 [5FE]
Law enforcement: conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 3491), H4425 [9JY]
———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1201 [10AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1533 [23AP]
———collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H1154 [9AP]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H907 [13MR]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2662 [20MY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H105 [29JA]
———permit children covered under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see H.R. 2701), H6085 [5SE]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H6777 [26SE]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H1003 [19MR]
———coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 822), H6229 [11SE]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H1620 [24AP]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H3514 [12JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H4605 [15JY]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H2164 [7MY]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H4605 [15JY]
———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3267), H2356 [9MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H1201 [10AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H4606 [15JY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3161 [4JN]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H6130 [9SE]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6230 [11SE]
National Organ Donor Registry: establish (see H.R. 5124), H6130 [9SE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H6129 [9SE]
NIST: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5074), H4424 [9JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]
Oakland Athletics (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 530), H6927 [1OC]
Older Americans Act: Elderly Nutrition Programs anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H4606 [15JY]
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians: protect certain lands from condemnation until a final decision is made on a pending trust application fee (see H.R. 3476), H1674 [25AP]
Population: encourage the U.S. to develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means (see H. Con. Res. 70), H5195 [23JY]
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: withdraw certain benefits from auditors that perform non-audit functions (see H.R. 3617), H651 [28FE]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3513 [12JN]
———establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H6777 [26SE]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H6927 [1OC]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———provide access to tools to stimulate employment (see H.R. 4236), H2165 [7MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H1090 [20MR]
Puente, Ernesto A., Jr. (Tito): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 396), H4606 [15JY]
Puerto Rico: permit dependents of Federal employees enrolled in Dept. of Defense schools to continue such enrollment until graduation from secondary school (see H.R. 3233), H1155 [9AP]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see H.R. 5216), H5789 [25JY]
Riverside National Cemetery: designate POW/MIA in Action National Memorial (see H.R. 5545), H7018 [3OC]
Robinson, (Sugar) Ray: tribute (see H. Res. 126), H4606 [15JY]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Santiago E. Campos U.S. Courthouse, Santa Fe, NM: designate (see H.R. 5083), H4424 [9JY]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 2630), H3292 [6JN]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H3038 [23MY]
———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H4326 [27JN]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN]
Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H634 [27FE]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6559 [24SE]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H4350 [8JY]
———allow corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses only to the extent that such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements (see H.R. 4075), H5998 [26JY]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H833 [12MR]
———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 647), H4326 [27JN]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H833 [12MR]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H1284 [11AP]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H6060 [4SE]
———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H2608 [16MY]
———treat Indian tribes the same as State governments relative to gambling (see H.R. 4887), H4575 [12JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6061 [4SE]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1156 [9AP]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H7304 [8OC]
Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 639), H2471 [14MY]
———establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans (see H.R. 3374), H2019 [1MY]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3826 [21JN]
———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H2943 [22MY]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H2471 [14MY]
Vietnamese Conflict: require a study on the eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and an alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 3443), H201 [6FE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4792), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4873 [17JY]
Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2235 [8MY]
Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
Dept. of HUD: expand provisions of the Officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door Program to include firefighters and rescue personnel (see H.R. 5181), H5194 [23JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 5533), H6982 [2OC]
Drugs: treatment of salvinorin A relative to the Controlled Substances Act (see H.R. 5607), H7892 [10OC]
Government: enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 5073), H4424 [9JY]
Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 5606), H7892 [10OC]
Native Americans: commemorate with a paid legal public holiday (see H.R. 5652), H8021 [16OC]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5122), H4605 [15JY]
———tribute (see H. Res. 534), H6373 [18SE]
Woods, Tiger: tribute (see H. Res. 535), H6373 [18SE]
Motions
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1379 [17AP], H1462 [18AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1345 [17AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2053
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1379 [17AP], H1462, H1469 [18AP]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3030 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7420 [9OC]
Aviation: impact of Executive order allowing privatization of certain air traffic controller functions, H3421 [11JN]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (H. Res. 561), H6825 [1OC]
Commission on Native American Policy: establish, H4800 [17JY]
Computers: prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6848
Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (H.R. 4645), H4525 [11JY]
Dept. of the Interior: ensure full historical accounting of Native American trust funds, H4789 [17JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4789, H4800 [17JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5320), H6965
Education: funding, H6965
———increase the technically trained workforce (H.R. 3130), H4374 [9JY]
Favila, Rudy: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Democrat of the Year award recipient, E823
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (H. Res. 448), H4696 [16JY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2189 [8MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3167 [5JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4277 [27JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6903
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 472), H6482
Native American Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, H3617
Parra, Derek: tribute for participation in Olympic games, H269 [12FE], H567 [27FE], E192
Public debt: ceiling, H3030
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1345 [17AP], H1462, H1469 [18AP]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3250), H3617
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H3030
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H2515 [16MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6200
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H138 [5FE]
Special order: granted, H281 [12FE], H6981 [2OC]
Tributes
Baca, Jose R. (Ray), E2029
Byars, Robert W., E1487
Chavez, Cesar E., H1009 [20MR]
Collins, Mary E.P., E803
Colunga, Rosemary H., E112
Green, Shirley M., E1483
Hernandez, James Z., E1916
Mata, Esther, E1553
Murillo, George and Pauline (Dimples), E401
Pelosi, Representative, H132
Schnarre, George H., E55
Sustaita, Phillip A., E503
Villarreal, Abelardo (Arbie), E288