BONO, MARY (a Representative from California)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3601 [17JN]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4606 [15JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
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), H2471 [14MY]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H8023 [16OC]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6130 [9SE]
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), H6417 [19SE]
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]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H738 [6MR]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
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 Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H907 [13MR]
Diseases: combat endometriosis (see H. Con. Res. 291), H937 [18MR]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4425 [9JY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H1620 [24AP]
Endangered Species Act: authorize Federal agencies to promptly respond to health and safety emergencies (see H.R. 3259), H634 [27FE]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H4931 [18JY]
———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H8045 [28OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H6304 [17SE]
Federal Power Act: prohibit round trip sales of electric power (see H.R. 4826), H2944 [22MY]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H4605 [15JY]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H2101 [2MY]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H5195 [23JY]
Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H2100 [2MY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3454 [11JN]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H1673 [25AP]
Medicare: make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H3775 [20JN]
———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), H5998 [26JY]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5504), H6925 [1OC]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
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), H1284 [11AP]
Pensions: 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), H4069 [26JN]
———constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]
Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]
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]
Research: establish regional plant genome and gene expression research and development centers (see H.R. 2051), H524 [14FE]
Riverside National Cemetery: designate POW/MIA in Action National Memorial (see H.R. 5545), H7018 [3OC]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Securities Exchange Act: prohibit the fraudulent recording of revenue from round trip sales of electric power (see H.R. 4827), H2944 [22MY]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]
Social Security: promote smoking cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Maternal and Child Health Program (see H.R. 3676), H140 [5FE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H524 [14FE]
Sports: tribute to U.S. National Soccer Team (see H. Res. 445), H3928 [25JN]
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), H5195 [23JY]
Taxation: 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), H3825 [21JN]
———clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H3292 [6JN]
———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]
———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H4766 [16JY]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6256 [13SE]
———treatment of flight training expenses reimbursed through certain veterans educational assistance allowances (see H.R. 5029), H5087 [22JY]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H4932 [18JY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5998 [26JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Aviation: commend Dept. of Transportation and air traffic controllers for their actions to avert further tragedy following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 331), H524 [14FE]
California: Federal recognition of Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation (see H.R. 3824), H650 [28FE]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: develop standards of financial accounting and reporting relative to the treatment of stock options (see H.R. 5147), H4872 [17JY]
Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 5412), H6417 [19SE]
Joshua Tree National Park: authorize a right-of-way (see H.R. 3718), H284 [12FE]
Proclamations
Tribute to William A. Cannon: by, E400
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1539 [24AP]
———require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities, H1539 [24AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7734
Journal: question of approval, H6930 [2OC]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4295
Veatch, Chauncey: National Teacher of the Year recipient, E626
Votes: position on missed, H6404
World War II: tribute to U.S. civilian volunteers who participated in the Project 19 mission, E2114
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H229 [8FE], H3450 [11JN], H6040 [4SE]
Tributes
Cannon, William A., E400
Levy, Tom, E2129
White, Timothy, E1458