LOFGREN, ZOE (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H866 [13MR]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1661 [25AP]
Appointments
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6130 [9SE]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H3514 [12JN]
Archivist of the U.S.: establish the Holocaust Insurance Registry and require certain disclosures by insurers (see H.R. 2693), H6783 [30SE]
Armed Forces: provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H3825 [21JN]
Aviation: expedite naturalization process and provide transitional employment eligibility for certain legal immigrants employed as security screening personnel (see H.R. 3505), H142 [5FE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4767 [16JY]
Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 5502), H8023 [16OC]
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]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———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]
Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 105), H8546 [12NO]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6230 [11SE]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H285 [12FE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H3775 [20JN]
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: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H2944 [22MY]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H5995 [26JY]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H8041 [24OC]
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]
Corps of Engineers: participation in ecosystem restoration of the San Francisco Bay estuary (see H.R. 4926), H3513 [12JN]
Courts: waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3775 [20JN]
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), H937 [18MR]
———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 3053), H2945 [22MY]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H3669 [18JN]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4645), H3826 [21JN]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H8023 [16OC]
Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 26), H4498 [10JY]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6061 [4SE]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H110 [4FE]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2108 [6MY]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H8023 [16OC]
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: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H6926 [1OC]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6926 [1OC]
———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3183), H6926 [1OC]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1769 [30AP]
Developing countries: reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1484 [18AP]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H9025 [14NO]
Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H4932 [18JY]
———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 4644), H3775 [20JN]
Domestic violence: encourage States and localities to implement gun confiscation policies, reform stalking laws, create integrated domestic violence courts, and hire additional personnel for entering protection orders (see H.R. 3595), H4350 [8JY]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H2471 [14MY]
Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 839), H737 [6MR]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H1003 [19MR]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H6926 [1OC]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: ensure that the statute of limitations for actions on identity theft doesn't start until the consumer discovers the problem (see H.R. 3368), H5087 [22JY]
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), H6060 [4SE]
FBI: reform (see H.R. 5387), H6783 [30SE]
FCC: assign radio spectrum frequencies to public safety agencies (see H.R. 3397), H2735 [21MY]
———treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 4720), H6777 [26SE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H8545 [12NO]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H1484 [18AP]
———ensure that those activated by the National Guard or Reserves shall receive pay equal to the basic pay such individual would otherwise be receiving (see H.R. 3337), H5087 [22JY]
———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H3229 [5JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H6060 [4SE]
Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4193), H1282 [11AP]
———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
———prohibit possession or transfer of certain handguns (see H.R. 3679), H1003 [19MR]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Firefighters: develop new firefighting technology (see H.R. 5479), H7895 [10OC]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seabed by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 4003), H7303 [8OC]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H367 [13FE]
Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H8035 [21OC]
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]
Francis Dayle `Chick' Hearn Post Office, Encino, CA: designate (see H.R. 5340), H6084 [5SE]
Government: prohibit from entering into contracts with companies that do not include certifications for certain financial reports (see H.R. 5635), H8023 [16OC]
———support use of fair trade certified coffee (see H. Res. 491), H7738 [9OC]
Health: provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H5998 [26JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H2356 [9MY]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H6420 [19SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3454 [11JN]
House of Representatives: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Representatives (see H. Res. 430), H3037 [23MY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6420 [19SE]
Immigration: establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see H.R. 4967), H6061 [4SE]
———protection of battered immigrant families (see H.R. 3828), H650 [28FE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H284 [12FE]
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H932 [14MR]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6230 [11SE]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H561 [26FE]
Law enforcement: provide additional resources to States to eliminate the backlog of unanalyzed rape kits and ensure timely analysis of rape kits (see H.R. 3961), H2945 [22MY]
———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1201 [10AP]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H781 [7MR]
———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6172 [10SE]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H2472 [14MY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H9128 [22NO]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H284 [12FE]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H1091 [20MR]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H201 [6FE]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5791 [25JY]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H367 [13FE]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H1090 [20MR]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H8546 [12NO]
———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2073), H6251 [12SE]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3038 [23MY]
Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers (see H.R. 2624), H1410 [17AP]
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board: establish (see H.R. 5669), H9025 [14NO]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H4326 [27JN]
National Commission on Youth Crime and School Violence: establish (see H.R. 537), H2100 [2MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6061 [4SE]
National Safety Forces Appreciation Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 495), H8045 [28OC]
National security: make the diversity of the American people a resource to promote national security (see H.R. 4868), H6374 [18SE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H6419 [19SE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H2945 [22MY]
NIST: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5074), H4424 [9JY]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H4575 [12JY]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H3562 [13JN]
Privacy: restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8546 [12NO]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H6061 [4SE]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H141 [5FE]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H8023 [16OC]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H3229 [5JN]
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), H4932 [18JY]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6983 [2OC]
Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H2471 [14MY]
———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]
Steinbeck, John: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 336), H8023 [16OC]
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), H284 [12FE]
———allow minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (see H.R. 5398), H6983 [2OC]
———exclude from income taxation all compensation received for active duty as a member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4974), H8023 [16OC]
———expand the Hope Scholarship credit for certain expenses and exempt certain Federal education grants when taking expenses into account (see H.R. 2219), H781 [7MR]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H7738 [9OC]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H4425 [9JY]
———promote State historic tax credits (see H.R. 4933), H8029 [17OC]
———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]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H6419 [19SE]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H524 [14FE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7930 [15OC]
Tien, Chang-Lin: tribute (see H. Res. 613), H9024 [14NO]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
———require warning labels on tobacco products (see H.R. 3907), H780 [7MR]
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), H110 [4FE]
Transportation: provide that individuals who are eligible to join the Armed Forces are also eligible to be security screening personnel (see H.R. 3690), H932 [14MR]
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), H6251 [12SE]
Veterans: honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 406), H5087 [22JY]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3453 [11JN]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H2662 [20MY]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H3928 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cruz, Roberto: tribute (see H. Res. 576), H7738 [9OC] (see H. Res. 612), H8732 [13NO]
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. 3959), H906 [13MR] (see H.R. 4058), H1088 [20MR]
Telecommunications: safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 5522), H6982 [2OC]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5358 [24JY]
Agency for Immigration Affairs: make all employees exempt from civil service hiring and promotion procedures and eliminate certain protections in disciplinary actions, H1658 [25AP]
———require study on independent legal counsel for unaccompanied alien children, H1653 [25AP]
———simplify information technology procurement procedures, H1661, H1664 [25AP]
Aitken Associates: Gilroy, CA, Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award recipient, E29
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3027
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7342 [9OC]
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee: tribute, E1574
BIA: status of Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe, E1392
Bonfante, Michael: Gilroy, CA, Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year award recipient, E29
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H866, H867, H868 [13MR]
———jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general, H866, H867, H868 [13MR]
Digital Tech Corps Act: clarify employment status of private sector detailees to Federal agencies relative to involvement with assignments financially impacting their private organizations, H1178, H1179 [10AP]
Economy: recognize importance of surface transportation infrastructure and contributions of trucking, rail, and passenger transit industries to economic well being of the U.S. (H. Res. 567), H6932 [2OC]
Education: anniversary of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, H3709 [19JN]
Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (H.R. 3925), H1178, H1179 [10AP]
Henry, Betsy: Gilroy, CA, Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year award recipient, E29
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1634, H1653, H1658, H1661, H1664 [25AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), E762
Jacobsen, Susan Starritt: Gilroy, CA, Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year award recipient, E29
Kieve, Robert S.: Spirit of San Jose Award recipient, E880
Maydan, Daniel: Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award recipient, E323
McDonald's Corp.: Gilroy, CA, Chamber of Commerce Large Business of the Year award recipient, E29
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4171 [27JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6895 [1OC]
Minton, Joseph (AJ): Milpitas, CA, Gene Schwab Memorial Award recipient, E31
Munoz, Frankie: Gilroy, CA, Chamber of Commerce Firman B. Voorhies Volunteer of the Year award recipient, E29
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3187 [5JN]
Public debt: ceiling, H3027
Related Companies of California and Community Housing Developers, Inc.: tribute to El Rancho Verde Apartments, E1184
San Jose, CA: tribute to Selma Olinder Elementary School teachers, E824
Silberstein, Lillian: Santa Clara County, CA, Community Service for Exemplary Leadership Award recipient, E825
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H3027
Traficant, Representative: expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), H5388 [24JY]
———expulsion from the House of Representatives (H. Res. 495), motion to postpone, H5382 [24JY]
Vietnam: make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 101), H5103 [23JY]
Votes: position on missed, H7802 [10OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H3450 [11JN], H3719 [19JN], H6923 [1OC]
Tributes
Cruz, Roberto, E1808
Ellington, Joyce, E1005
Hiland, Mary, E546
Huerta, Dolores, E471
Pelosi, Representative, H132
Zazueta, Fernando, E378