ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE (a Representative from California)
Amendments
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1654 [25AP]
Appointments
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2591 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
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), H5998 [26JY]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 3464), H1155 [9AP]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H1156 [9AP]
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), H1533 [23AP]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H4326 [27JN]
Aviation: crash of Transporte Aereo Militar Ecuatoriano (TAME) Flight 120 (see H. Con. Res. 313), H141 [5FE]
Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4873 [17JY]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
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), H1155 [9AP]
California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 4947), H4069 [26JN]
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 and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1485 [18AP]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see H.J. Res. 92), H3161 [4JN]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5256), H7895 [10OC]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H104 [29JA]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———establish a demonstration project to implement evidence-based preventive-screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth at selected facilities (see H.R. 5613), H8023 [16OC]
———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 556), H6693 [25SE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see H. Res. 410), H6061 [4SE]
Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 4825), H3038 [23MY]
Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H5087 [22JY]
Computers: encourage use of web-based enrollment systems in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5233), H5790 [25JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1769 [30AP]
Correctional institutions: authorize use of Federal inmate labor by private companies to produce items that would otherwise be produced by foreign labor (see H.R. 1535), H737 [6MR]
Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 4091), H1533 [23AP]
———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), H2471 [14MY]
———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), H1533 [23AP]
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]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see H.R. 3956), H906 [13MR]
Dept. of Commerce: establish and appoint members of a Marine Protected Areas Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5595), H7738 [9OC]
Dept. of Defense: clothing regulations imposed on female personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia (see H.R. 4714), H2469 [14MY]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H7172 [7OC]
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), H3161 [4JN]
Dept. of HUD: permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H4767 [16JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see H.R. 1904), H201 [6FE]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2472 [14MY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing a Presidential National Historic Site in Hope, AR (see H.R. 3815), H634 [27FE]
———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), H1201 [10AP]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
Diseases: increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H4350 [8JY]
Drugs: use of marijuana for medicinal purposes (see H.R. 2592), H6559 [24SE]
Drunken driving: increase penalties for individuals who operates a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (see H.R. 4976), H4326 [27JN]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H8546 [12NO]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6983 [2OC]
El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H.R. 2162), H937 [18MR]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H6085 [5SE]
ERISA: improve Dept. of Labor enforcement of requirements relating to participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding (see H.R. 4778), H2735 [21MY]
———joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 5529), H8035 [21OC]
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), H4767 [16JY]
FDA: require labeling containing information applicable to pediatric patients (see H.R. 4730), H3161 [4JN]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H5998 [26JY]
———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H1156 [9AP]
———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H6250 [12SE]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H201 [6FE]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H1620 [24AP]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
Fish and fishing: recover depleted fish stocks and promote the long-term sustainability of marine fisheries (see H.R. 2570), H284 [12FE]
Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 4704), H3038 [23MY] (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]
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: give preference in awarding of construction project contracts to qualified apprenticeship programs participants (see H.R. 5492), H7172 [7OC]
Greece: return of the Parthenon Marbles (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4425 [9JY]
Health: allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care services to undocumented aliens (see H.R. 2635), H227 [7FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3454 [11JN]
———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]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H1155 [9AP]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see H.R. 5449), H6558 [24SE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H6085 [5SE]
———tribute to Braceros foreign guest laborers who worked in the U.S. from 1942-1964 (see H. Res. 522), H6778 [26SE]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H5195 [23JY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H8733 [13NO]
Immigration: adjust status of certain long-staying alien children, lower high school drop out rates of certain immigrant children, and allow State and local determination of admittance to State and local colleges and universities (see H.R. 1582), H6777 [26SE]
———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. 4058), H1088 [20MR]
———cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H4069 [26JN]
———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]
———restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
International Women's Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 344), H781 [7MR]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H1155 [9AP]
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]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H833 [12MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1003 [19MR]
———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), H6374 [18SE]
———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6374 [18SE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Los Angeles National Cemetery: designate the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel (see H.R. 4592), H1770 [30AP]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3454 [11JN]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H1155 [9AP]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H687 [5MR]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H5997 [26JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———make the social HMO a permanent option under Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2953), H1155 [9AP]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H1090 [20MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H3161 [4JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2019 [1MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H7172 [7OC]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]
Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H6374 [18SE]
National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3814), H5087 [22JY]
National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6061 [4SE]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 346), H1156 [9AP]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 501), H7172 [7OC]
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), H2235 [8MY]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H2472 [14MY]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see H.R. 2868), H201 [6FE]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: identify and register certain Central Americans residing in the U.S. (see H.R. 4037), H1088 [20MR]
———provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H6129 [9SE]
NIH: breast cancer early detection and mortality rate reduction research funding (see H.R. 3989), H1091 [20MR]
Norman Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5465), H6692 [25SE]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Pharmaceuticals: require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with promotional or marketing activities (see H.R. 5037), H4324 [27JN]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H651 [28FE]
Public Health Service Act: establish Nationwide Health Tracking Network (see H.R. 4061), H1089 [20MR]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H3825 [21JN]
Public safety officers: provide benefits to those who die or become disabled as a result of certain injuries (see H.R. 3063), H6060 [4SE]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6304 [17SE]
Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H3721 [19JN]
Ronald C. Packard Post Office Building, Oceanside, CA: designate (see H.R. 4794), H2943 [22MY]
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), H4932 [18JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———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]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H6419 [19SE] (see H.R. 5541), H7738 [9OC]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H907 [13MR]
———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), H781 [7MR]
———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3324), H1155 [9AP]
———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]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3825 [21JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
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), H562 [26FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H5996 [26JY]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1289 [15AP]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3826 [21JN]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1232), H6250 [12SE]
Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4792), H2943 [22MY]
Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H6085 [5SE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers, establish performance standard for breast pumps, and allow tax credit for enabling mothers to breastfeed or express milk at work (see H.R. 285), H4350 [8JY]
———recognize the importance of sports in fostering leadership ability and success (see H. Res. 485), H4605 [15JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 5703), H8044 [28OC]
Remarks
Agency for Immigration Affairs: require the Office of Immigration Statistics to maintain region-by-region statistics on denials of applications and petitions, H1654 [25AP]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H1511 [23AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1469
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3030
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7425 [9OC], H7781
Children and youth: prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (H.R. 3839), H1511 [23AP]
Education: anniversary of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs, H3704 [19JN]
History: tribute to Braceros foreign guest laborers who worked in the U.S. from 1942-1964 (H. Res. 522), H6831
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1654 [25AP]
Los Angeles, CA: anniversary of 1992 riots, E624
Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute, H3702 [19JN]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4295
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), consideration (H. Res. 465), H4170 [27JN]
Middle East: condemn hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians and encourage peace initiatives (H. Res. 394), E846
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6900
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1962
Public debt: ceiling, H3030
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1469
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2564
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H3030
Votes: position on missed, H48
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (H. Res. 598), E2077
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H3719 [19JN], H6923 [1OC]
Tributes
Banerjee, Frances T., E404
Flores, Susan, E405
Horn, Representative, E2078
Pelosi, Representative, H131
Romero, Oscar A., E454