RODRIGUEZ, CIRO D. (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]
Agriculture: provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 4812), H2944 [22MY]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H105 [29JA]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H634 [27FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H2019 [1MY]
———require additional special pay received by medical, dental, or veterinary officers be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes (see H.R. 5353), H6129 [9SE]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium on carrying out the death penalty to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 321), H907 [13MR]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6560 [24SE]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H1769 [30AP]
Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2608 [16MY]
Civil liberties: protect day laborers from unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2755), H6926 [1OC]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (see H. Res. 561), H6777 [26SE]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H2019 [1MY]
Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H3036 [23MY]
Courts: assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms (see H.R. 4816), H2944 [22MY]
———establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H7929 [15OC]
———waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3513 [12JN]
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), H1769 [30AP]
———prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 4089), H7929 [15OC]
Cruz, Roberto: tribute (see H. Res. 576), H7738 [9OC] (see H. Res. 612), H8732 [13NO]
Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 5265), H5994 [26JY]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see H.R. 5060), H5195 [23JY]
Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 4063), H1089 [20MR]
———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 HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H2471 [14MY]
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), H634 [27FE]
———implement a program which provides for dedicated commuter lanes at land points of entry into the U.S. (see H.R. 4837), H4069 [26JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 4005), H1002 [19MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: add amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to diseases presumed to be service connected when incurred by Persian Gulf Conflict veterans (see H.R. 3461), H37 [23JA]
———allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H1003 [19MR]
———clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H6473 [23SE]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1338 [16AP]
———improve procurement practices in procuring health-care items (see H.R. 3645), H4931 [18JY]
———oppose enactment of any proposal establishing a health care deductible for veterans (see H. Con. Res. 359), H2019 [1MY]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6230 [11SE]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H3860 [24JN]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H737 [6MR]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2356 [9MY]
Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H8733 [13NO]
———increase public awareness of Scleroderma (see H. Con. Res. 320), H227 [7FE]
———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), H3775 [20JN]
Education: increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 687), H8545 [12NO]
———provide grants to local agencies to assist schools in obtaining computer software for multilingual education (see H.R. 1217), H6559 [24SE]
Employment: establish an Adult Job Corps demonstration program for the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5208), H5452 [24JY]
EPA: establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 5158), H5998 [26JY]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Europe: condemn rise in anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 393), H1483 [18AP]
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), H6229 [11SE]
Federal employees: increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H7929 [15OC]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2945 [22MY]
FEMA: establish and operate a university-affiliated national integrative center that brings together a broad range of expertise to address the needs of homeland security (see H.R. 4029), H4498 [10JY]
Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 4813), H2944 [22MY]
———ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 4815), H2944 [22MY]
———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H2944 [22MY]
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]
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), H1688 [29AP]
Government: enhance security and efficiency of immigration, visa, border patrol, and naturalization functions (see H.R. 5073), H4424 [9JY]
Health: provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H562 [26FE]
———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), H562 [26FE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H3859 [24JN]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3928 [25JN]
Homeless: provide for annual placement of memorials honoring the military service of veterans who were homeless or indigent at the time of death (see H.R. 5454), H6692 [25SE]
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]
Immigration: adjust status of certain Colombian and Peruvian nationals (see H.R. 945), H2235 [8MY]
———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H2356 [9MY]
———eligibility of certain aliens suffering from domestic abuse for Federal aid programs (see H.R. 2258), H2019 [1MY]
———establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see H.R. 4967), H5087 [22JY]
———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]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H4574 [12JY]
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), H2099 [2MY]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H230 [8FE]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H1484 [18AP]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H1154 [9AP]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H3721 [19JN]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3037 [23MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2470 [14MY]
Mental health: provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H4767 [16JY]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2945 [22MY]
Mexico: treaty obligations relative to use of the Colorado, Rio Grande, and Tijuana Rivers (see H. Con. Res. 494), H6926 [1OC]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H8041 [24OC]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H1201 [10AP]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3038 [23MY]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H3562 [13JN]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6778 [26SE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H2101 [2MY]
———provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H1769 [30AP]
Patriot Day: support by writing to men and women serving in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 450), H6560 [24SE]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1003 [19MR]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H6229 [11SE]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H285 [12FE]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H367 [13FE]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]
Schools: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public schools (see H.R. 630), H561 [26FE]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Small business: authorize grants and other assistance to promote the redevelopment of certain remediated sites (see H.R. 4586), H4069 [26JN]
———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3825 [21JN]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H366 [13FE]
———improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2164 [7MY]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4070), H3928 [25JN]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN] (see H.R. 5541), H7895 [10OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H524 [14FE]
Southwest Regional Border Authority: establish (see H.R. 4847), H3036 [23MY]
Space policy: institute a series of incremental goals that will facilitate the scientific exploration of the solar system and aid in the search for life elsewhere in the universe (see H.R. 4742), H3721 [19JN]
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), H3562 [13JN]
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), H2945 [22MY]
———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), H2608 [16MY]
———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 3139), H6693 [25SE]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H4326 [27JN]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Republic of Korea (see H.R. 3412), H688 [5MR]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H7895 [10OC]
———limit manufacturers' deduction for advertising of FDA approved prescription drugs to the level of research and development expenditures (see H.R. 4821), H2944 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H3669 [18JN]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7930 [15OC]
Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 5264), H5994 [26JY]
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), H1533 [23AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 440), H6983 [2OC]
———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H1410 [17AP]
———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3669 [18JN]
———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4085), H2108 [6MY]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H2662 [20MY]
———revise and improve employment, training, and placement services (see H.R. 4015), H2164 [7MY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see H.R. 5449), H6558 [24SE]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H634 [27FE]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1342 [17AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1460, H1465 [18AP]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3004 [23MY]
Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H2366 [9MY]
———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7432 [9OC]
Aviation: extension of liability limitations and immunity for airport screening companies, H5829
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H942 [19MR]
Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions (H. Res. 561), H6826
———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (H. Res. 523), H6312
Colombia: limitation on the number of deployed U.S. military personnel, H3004 [23MY]
Cuba: allow the financing of agricultural sales, H1460 [18AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2366 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), motion to instruct conferees, H7857 [10OC], E1910
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5817
———maintain civil service rights and protections for transferred Federal employees, H5817
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), E870
———establish emergency medical preparedness centers (H.R. 3253), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 526), H6278
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H163
History: tribute to Braceros foreign guest laborers who worked in the U.S. from 1942-1964 (H. Res. 522), H6831
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (H. Con. Res. 177), E1657
Immigration: establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (H.R. 4967), E1906
Korean War: commemoration, E469
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects (H.R. 2990), H5008
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2169 [8MY], H2665 [21MY], H3167 [5JN], H4771 [17JY]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (H.R. 3814), E215
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 472), H6481
Pan American Health Organization: anniversary, E2009
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H435 [13FE]
———exempt communications pertaining to veterans, military personnel, and senior citizens from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H435 [13FE]
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1342 [17AP], H1465 [18AP]
Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), H214
SBC Communications Inc.: Dept. of Commerce Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership recipient, E861
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H690 [6MR], H837 [13MR], H942 [19MR]
———ensure solvency, H721 [6MR], H837 [13MR]
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5835
———anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1669
Unemployment: extend period of availability of unemployment assistance in the case of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 3986), H963 [19MR]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H7857 [10OC], E1910
World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy, E1531
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H735 [6MR], H1085 [20MR]
Tributes
Carlton, Paul K., Jr., E1450
Madla, Frank, E1913