BECERRA, XAVIER (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2497 [15MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: improve enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act as it applies to commercial dog breeders (see H.R. 3058), H1338 [16AP]
Armed Forces: require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H6130 [9SE]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 408), H2019 [1MY]
Business and industry: ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H4931 [18JY]
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), H6559 [24SE]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H3161 [4JN]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]
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), H6303 [17SE]
———recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6777 [26SE]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
Courts: waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3513 [12JN]
Cruz, Roberto: tribute (see H. Res. 576), H7738 [9OC] (see H. Res. 612), H8732 [13NO]
Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of HHS: 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 a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (see H.R. 5262), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the Lower Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds in California (see H.R. 2534), H4069 [26JN]
———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]
Diseases: combat endometriosis (see H. Con. Res. 291), H3161 [4JN]
———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), H6061 [4SE]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H8051 [31OC]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H4069 [26JN]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H3292 [6JN]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H3601 [17JN]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3454 [11JN]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H562 [26FE]
———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), H5998 [26JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1338 [16AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see H.R. 5449), H6693 [25SE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H6420 [19SE]
Immigration: assess aliens' immigration status relative to eligibility to serve in the Armed Forces and to be employed in airport security, and permit naturalization through certain active-duty military service (see H.R. 4058), H5453 [24JY]
———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3038 [23MY]
———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]
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), H6304 [17SE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H3161 [4JN]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2472 [14MY]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H230 [8FE]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H562 [26FE]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H3859 [24JN]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3859 [24JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H5997 [26JY]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H932 [14MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2019 [1MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H231 [8FE]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3073 [24MY]
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), H3161 [4JN]
NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 116), H6473 [23SE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H4350 [8JY]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H3160 [4JN]
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]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H285 [12FE]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———modify calculation of the child support automation penalty and provide for reinvestment of any such penalty (see H.R. 4857), H4326 [27JN]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H1089 [20MR]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H1089 [20MR]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H7895 [10OC]
Taxation: apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see H.R. 4810), H2943 [22MY]
———change calculation and simplify administration of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3574), H201 [6FE]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H367 [13FE]
———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H3292 [6JN]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H36 [23JA]
———encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H5453 [24JY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H3161 [4JN]
———impose excise tax on sales of stock by corporate insiders occurring when the company prevents employees from selling stock in pension plans and ensure more accurate reporting of corporate liabilities (see H.R. 3622), H78 [24JA]
———make the additional tax on early distributions from certain pension plans inapplicable for public safety employees (see H.R. 4796), H2943 [22MY]
———treat Indian tribes the same as State governments relative to gambling (see H.R. 4887), H5453 [24JY]
———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H907 [13MR]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H3161 [4JN]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H142 [5FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H562 [26FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H7929 [15OC]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3669 [18JN]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
World Cup: tribute to soccer tournament and co-hosts, the Republic of Korea and Japan (see H. Con. Res. 394), H2019 [1MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
Tariff: benzamide, N-methyl-2-[[3-[(1E)-2-(2-pyridinyl-ethenyl]-1H-indazol-6-yl)thio]- (see H.R. 4242), H1334 [16AP]
———disulfide,bis(3,5-dichlorophenyl)(9Cl) (see H.R. 4244), H1334 [16AP]
———5-[(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-thio]-4-(1-methylethyl-1)-(4-pyridin lmethyl)-1H-imidazole-2-methanol carbamate (see H.R. 4238), H1333 [16AP]
———[4R-[3(2S,3S),4R]]-3-[2-hydroxy-3-[(3-hydroxy-2-methyl-b enzoyl)amino]-1-oxo-4-phenylbutyl]-5,5-dimethyl-N-](2-methyl penyl)-methyl]-4-thiazolidine-carboxamide (see H.R. 4239), H1333 [16AP]
———1H-imidazole,4-(1-methylethyl)-2-[(phenylmethoxy)methyl]-(9Cl) (see H.R. 4241), H1333 [16AP]
———1H-imidazole-2-methanol, 5-[(3,5-dichlorophenyl)thio]-4-(1-methlethyl)-1-(4-pyridinylmethyl)-(9Cl) (see H.R. 4247), H1334 [16AP]
———1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, N-[2-fluoro-5-[[3-[(1E)-2-(2-pyridinyl)ethenyl]-1H-indazol-6-yl]amino]phenyl]1,3-di-methyl- (see H.R. 4246), H1334 [16AP]
———1(2H)-quinolinecarboxylic acid, 4-[[[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] methyl](methoxycarbonyl)amino]-2-ethyl- 3,4-dihydro-6-(trifluoromethyl)-, ethyl ester, (2R,4S)-(9CI) (see H.R. 4243), H1334 [16AP]
———pyridine, 4-[[4-(1-methylethyl)-2-[(phenylmethoxy)methyl]-1H-imidazol-1-yl]methyl]-ethanedioate (1-2) (see H.R. 4245), H1334 [16AP]
———(2E,4S)-4-(((2R,5S)-2-((4-fluorophenyl)-methyl)-6-methyl-5-( (5-methyl-3-isoxazolyl)-carbonyl y)amino)-1,4-dioxoheptyl)-amino)-5-((3S)-2-oxo-3-pyrrolidiny l)-2-pentenoic acid, ethyl ester (see H.R. 4240), H1333 [16AP]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1467 [18AP]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5976 [26JY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2982 [23MY]
Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H2368 [9MY]
———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7706 [9OC], E1927
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1062 [20MR]
Customs Service: civil liability of inspectors relative to alleged use of racial and other discriminatory profiling in connection with searches and detentions of individuals, H2866, H2884, H2886, H2887 [22MY]
———expand authority to search outgoing international mail, H2866, H2884 [22MY]
———tribute to World Trade Center offices for efforts during and in the aftermath of terrorist attack (H. Res. 385), H1499, H1501 [23AP]
Customs Service, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and ITC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3129), H2866, H2884, H2886, H2887 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2368 [9MY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H159 [6FE]
———make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6025 [4SE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3535, H3536 [13JN]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6938 [2OC]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1442 [18AP]
Education: funding, H1062 [20MR]
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 (H. Con. Res. 213), H3415 [11JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4275 [27JN]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (H.R. 4797), H6098 [9SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H449 [13FE]
———prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S. citizens, H449 [13FE]
Public debt: ceiling, H2982 [23MY]
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1467 [18AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2588 [16MY]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (H. Res. 420), H2488 [15MY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1062 [20MR]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (H.R. 4069), H2419 [14MY]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1442 [18AP]
———increase unified estate tax credit, H3265 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3265 [6JN]
———prohibit use of Social Security trust funds to make repeal of marriage taxes permanent, H3535 [13JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H499 [14FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H499 [14FE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), H7165 [7OC]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6206
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5976 [26JY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H499 [14FE]
Votes: position on missed, H1418
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H28 [23JA], H101 [29JA], H685 [5MR], H1147 [9AP], H2659 [20MY], H3596 [17JN], H3822 [21JN], H3857 [24JN], H4348 [8JY], H4572 [12JY], H4601 [15JY], H5084 [22JY], H6923 [1OC]
Subpoena Notices
Los Angeles County Superior Court of California, H1677 [29AP]
Tributes
Pelosi, Representative, H128 [5FE]
Vargas, Jose and Antonieta, E783