ISSA, DARRELL (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4606 [15JY]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1656 [25AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4326 [27JN]
Anaheim Angels (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 599), H8545 [12NO]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2578), H6419 [19SE]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H4606 [15JY]
California: address habitat enhancement projects at Salton Sea (see H.R. 5123), H5453 [24JY]
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]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7172 [7OC]
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), H2019 [1MY]
———provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H367 [13FE]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Contracts: require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 1324), H2100 [2MY]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]
Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H2019 [1MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]
Dept. of State: establish a program to promote visits to the U.S. by youths from regions of conflict for training in peaceful cooperation and mutual understanding (see H.R. 3855), H3292 [6JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish two satellite national cemeteries for veterans in the San Diego, CA, area (see H.R. 4806), H2943 [22MY]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H1688 [29AP]
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), H6374 [18SE]
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), H2471 [14MY]
Ecke, Paul, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 471), H4350 [8JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]
———make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H3161 [4JN]
Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 2829), H1284 [11AP]
Europe: recognize importance of a trans-Atlantic relationship and reaffirm the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between the U.S. and Europe (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 2014), H833 [12MR]
Fire prevention: improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H7738 [9OC]
———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6560 [24SE]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
Gilman, Representative: tribute for efforts to promote a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H2662 [20MY]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2101 [2MY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H651 [28FE]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
History: tribute to Braceros foreign guest laborers who worked in the U.S. from 1942-1964 (see H. Res. 522), H6693 [25SE]
Home Investment Partnerships Act: support certain housing proposals including the downpayment assistance initiative (see H.R. 4446), H1337 [16AP]
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]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1109), H3292 [6JN]
Law enforcement: prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see H.R. 5057), H4325 [27JN]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H2471 [14MY]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2472 [14MY]
Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H2471 [14MY]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H4574 [12JY]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H634 [27FE]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H3514 [12JN]
———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H2101 [2MY]
Middle East: condemn hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians and encourage peace initiatives (see H. Res. 394), H1484 [18AP]
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]
Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5255), H5994 [26JY]
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]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6927 [1OC]
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]
Queen Sirikit (Thailand): U.S. visit (see H. Con. Res. 492), H7019 [3OC]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 1035), H6777 [26SE]
Sec. of the Navy: redesignate as the Sec. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 3478), H105 [29JA]
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), H2356 [9MY]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 959), H367 [13FE]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 4087), H1410 [17AP]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H2101 [2MY] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 3561), H367 [13FE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Clergy: tribute to the contributions that military chaplains make to members of the Armed Forces and their families (see H.R. 5016), H3927 [25JN]
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]
Government regulations: technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 5119), H4604 [15JY]
INS: increase authority of the Attorney General to remove or discipline employees (see H.R. 4009), H1087 [20MR]
Middle East: end violence between Israelis and Palestinians and resume Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives (see H. Res. 374), H1090 [20MR]
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. 5584), H7737 [9OC]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
Western Electric Coordinating Council: study the feasibility and desirability of the formation of regional transmission organizations (see H.R. 5245), H5993 [26JY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H3827 [24JN]
Remarks
Afghanistan: tribute to U.S. Armed Forces involved in the transport of detainees to the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H5 [23JA]
Agency for Immigration Affairs: make all employees exempt from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and eliminate certain protections in disciplinary actions, H1656, H1660 [25AP]
———simplify information technology procurement procedures, H1662 [25AP]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 450), H3959 [26JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7300
Baker, Bob: San Diego, CA, Muscular Dystrophy Association Joseph L. Hertel Memorial Award recipient, E180
California: appointment of additional Federal district judges, H6750
China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1808
Civil liberties: prohibit abridgement of first amendment rights under campaign finance reform legislation, H416
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 (H.R. 5409), E1622
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H856
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), E1451
———small business procurement goals, E1451
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, H6750
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4725
Germany: refusal to release any evidence in criminal trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, E1505
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2199, H2203
Hourani, Jameel: Los Angeles, CA, St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Cathedral Man of the Year award recipient, E1782
Immigration: allow acceptance of an affidavit of support from another eligible sponsor if the original sponsor has died (H.R. 1892), concur with Senate amendment, H528 [26FE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H578 [27FE]
INS: increase authority of the Attorney General to remove or discipline employees (H.R. 4009), E419
———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1656, H1660, H1662 [25AP]
———replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), consideration (H. Res. 396), H1630 [25AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, H2658, H2659 [20MY]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2086 [2MY]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2069
Luth, Roseanne: San Diego, CA, Muscular Dystrophy Association Joseph L. Hertel Memorial Award recipient, E182
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), E1199
Middle East: end violence between Israelis and Palestinians and resume Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives (H. Res. 374), E421
———hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, E470
———Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, E827
National Small Business Week: observance, E777
Packard, Ron: San Diego Association of Governments Gloria McClellan Public Service Award recipient, E2066
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4074 [27JN], E1200
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H416
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (H.R. 4794), H3618 [18JN], E2066
SBA: revise calculation of certain loan subsidy rates, E1609
Temecula, CA: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 301, E829
———tribute to statue donated by Leidschendam-Voorburg, Netherlands, in remembrance of terrorist attacks, E1583
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6202
Traficant, Representative: expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), motion to postpone, H5381 [24JY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H3959 [26JN]
Votes: position on missed, H1418
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1671 [25AP], H6249 [12SE], H9018 [14NO]
Tributes
Ecke, Paul, Jr., E521
Smith, Larry D., E1504