BONILLA, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H6138 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H2355 [9MY]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6777 [26SE]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H3037 [23MY]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4767 [16JY]
Dept. of Defense: equitable retirement for military Reserve technicians covered under FERS or CSRS (see H.R. 2012), H1154 [9AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Diseases: prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5482), H6776 [26SE]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]
Education: provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H6172 [10SE]
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), H634 [27FE]
———negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H687 [5MR]
FTC: establish a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls (see H.R. 3911), H1003 [19MR]
Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see H. Res. 87), H4069 [26JN]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H1533 [23AP]
Immigration: establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see H.R. 4967), H3720 [19JN]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H142 [5FE]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H6229 [11SE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H687 [5MR]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1289 [15AP]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H1090 [20MR]
Medicare: enhance access of beneficiaries who live in medically underserved areas to critical primary and preventive health care benefits and improve the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 4000), H1002 [19MR]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H2608 [16MY]
Mexico: treaty obligations relative to use of the Colorado, Rio Grande, and Tijuana Rivers (see H. Con. Res. 494), H6926 [1OC]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5998 [26JY]
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), H2100 [2MY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 572), H1154 [9AP]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H4425 [9JY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H1769 [30AP]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1338 [16AP]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H3928 [25JN]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H4069 [26JN]
———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), H1154 [9AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 2357), H833 [12MR]
———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3041), H105 [29JA]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1484 [18AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H1090 [20MR]
———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2462), H1155 [9AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
U.N.: tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H3563 [13JN]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 5263), H5993 [26JY]
Poverty: enhance the capacity of organizations working in the U.S.-Mexico border area to develop affordable housing and foster economic opportunity in the colonias (see H.R. 5654), H8021 [16OC]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H2944 [22MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2035 [2MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7731
FCC: enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H600 [27FE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H600 [27FE]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4294
Uvalde, TX: tribute to the Extravaganza in Old Uvalde fundraiser for the West Main Library Museum Archives Project, E1540
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H6249 [12SE]
Reports filed
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5263) (H. Rept. 107-623), H5993 [26JY]