GONZALEZ, CHARLES A. (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H6085 [5SE]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H2101 [2MY]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H2945 [22MY]
Aviation: develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H3775 [20JN]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H4351 [8JY]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1360), H1532 [23AP]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H105 [29JA]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H834 [12MR]
Children's Development Commission (Kiddie Mac): establish (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2357 [9MY]
Civil Air Patrol: make volunteer members eligible for public safety officer death benefits (see H.R. 3681), H2019 [1MY]
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]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6777 [26SE]
Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and conduct studies on the impact of dams on salmon and steelhead on the endangered species list (see H.R. 2573), H6085 [5SE]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1338 [16AP]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 18), H3293 [6JN]
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]
Credit unions: expand access of Federal credit union members to money order and check cashing services (see H.R. 4612), H2101 [2MY]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H2735 [21MY]
———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]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of Defense: require all defense-related agencies of the U.S. to fully comply with Federal and State environmental laws (see H.R. 2154), H1484 [18AP]
Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 4063), H1089 [20MR]
———establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H4931 [18JY]
Dept. of HUD: insure mortgages for acquisition, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of child care and development facilities (see H.R. 5291), H5995 [26JY]
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]
———establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H284 [12FE]
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: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1155 [9AP]
Developing countries: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1675 [25AP]
Diseases: collect data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer registries (see H.R. 239), H3668 [18JN]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H3775 [20JN]
Education: support business incubation in academic settings (see H.R. 5312), H5996 [26JY]
El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H.R. 2162), H907 [13MR]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2100 [2MY]
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), H1675 [25AP]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H2235 [8MY]
Federal contracts: require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1859), H3562 [13JN]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H227 [7FE]
Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 5457), H8023 [16OC]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2946 [22MY]
Firefighters: support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize the importance of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members of fallen firefighters (see H. Con. Res. 476), H6927 [1OC]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4975), H3774 [20JN]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H3928 [25JN]
Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2405), H651 [28FE]
———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]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H6085 [5SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1091 [20MR]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
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), H2662 [20MY]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 858), H3601 [17JN]
Immigration: cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H3775 [20JN]
———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H2356 [9MY]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]
———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]
Insurance: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H5993 [26JY]
———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see H.R. 4983), H6172 [10SE]
Iraq: adjudication and payment of certain claims against Iraq and priority for veterans filing such claims (see H.R. 4573), H1619 [24AP]
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), H4350 [8JY]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H4767 [16JY]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H230 [8FE]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H227 [7FE]
———coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H3601 [17JN]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 3626), H2356 [9MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H907 [13MR]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2356 [9MY]
Mexico: agree to certain amendments to the agreement establishing the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H.R. 5400), H6373 [18SE]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6926 [1OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2735 [21MY]
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]
Pensions: prohibit knowing misrepresentations by fiduciaries of 401(k) plans which may induce participants to act contrary to their best interests and protect claims based on such misrepresentations (see H.R. 3623), H367 [13FE]
———provide additional fiduciary protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee stock ownership plans relative to lockdowns placed on plan assets (see H.R. 3509), H367 [13FE]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H655 [4MR]
———amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H7172 [7OC]
———establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [11AP]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H562 [26FE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H7894 [10OC]
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), H5791 [25JY]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6693 [25SE]
———reduce Federal paperwork requirements (see H.R. 4710), H2512 [15MY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H524 [14FE]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H634 [27FE]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1769 [30AP]
Taxation: 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), H3161 [4JN]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H2235 [8MY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 4180), H1282 [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 exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1434), H3601 [17JN]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H6303 [17SE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 1596), H36 [23JA]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
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), H201 [6FE]
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), H6693 [25SE]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Women: recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Foreign policy: negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H687 [5MR]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7794
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H853 [13MR]
Financial institutions: repeal prohibition on payment of interest on demand deposits (H.R. 1009), H1109 [9AP], E545
Mexico: agree to certain amendments to the agreement establishing the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (H.R. 5400), E1921
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H449 [13FE]
———prohibit contributions from individuals that are not U.S. citizens, H449 [13FE]
SBC Communications Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership recipient, E778
Votes: position on missed, E1591
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, H7844 [10OC]
Tributes
Falcone, Ernani C., E956