ACEVEDO-VILA, ANIBAL (a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see H.R. 4006), H1002 [19MR]
Animals: prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
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), H2735 [21MY]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H6303 [17SE]
Children and youth: 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]
Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2235 [8MY]
Construction industries: tribute to companies who donated labor, funds, and supplies to rebuild the Pentagon's roof (see H. Con. Res. 424), H3859 [24JN]
Courts: waive certain defenses to legal claims brought by workers participating in the Bracero Program (see H.R. 4918), H3513 [12JN]
Crime: prohibit the sale or rental of adult video games to minors (see H.R. 4645), H2099 [2MY]
Cruz, Roberto: tribute (see H. Res. 576), H7738 [9OC] (see H. Res. 612), H8732 [13NO]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H4872 [17JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H6060 [4SE]
———reduce backlog of benefit claims (see H.R. 5533), H6982 [2OC]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H8733 [13NO]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H7929 [15OC]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H3668 [18JN]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H7929 [15OC]
———facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4326 [27JN]
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), H3292 [6JN]
Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H4932 [18JY]
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]
Guam: clarify local judicial structure (see H.R. 521), H2355 [9MY]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H8023 [16OC]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2101 [2MY]
———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), H2101 [2MY]
Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 5606), H8023 [16OC]
Immigration: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3038 [23MY]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H6085 [5SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Law enforcement: provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H3292 [6JN]
Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H230 [8FE]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H6251 [12SE]
Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H2471 [14MY]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H1770 [30AP]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H688 [5MR]
Public lands: provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3808), H1155 [9AP]
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), H8733 [13NO]
Puente, Ernesto A., Jr. (Tito): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 396), H4606 [15JY]
Safety: protect children from foods that pose a significant choking hazard (see H.R. 5739), H9023 [14NO]
Salt Lake City, UT: tribute to athletes, organizing committees, Utah, and security personnel who participated in the Olympic games (see H. Res. 363), H1156 [9AP]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
———reduce Federal paperwork requirements (see H.R. 4710), H2472 [14MY]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 664), H6129 [9SE]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H2019 [1MY]
Taxation: clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H833 [12MR]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H833 [12MR]
———increase expensing limits of small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 4087), H1152 [9AP]
———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 4060), H5195 [23JY]
———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H6060 [4SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Tito Puente Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3945), H4605 [15JY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H524 [14FE]
Unemployment: modernize benefit system (see H.R. 4373), H1336 [16AP]
Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H4930 [18JY]
Veterans: improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 4904), H3669 [18JN]
———increase pension rates for surviving spouses of veterans of a period of war (see H.R. 4798), H3562 [13JN]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H738 [6MR]
Women: reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 633), H3514 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Caetani, Laura Maldonado: relief (see H.R. 4713), H2355 [9MY]
Higher Education Act: eliminate the waitout period for Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 4915), H3513 [12JN]
National School Lunch Act: clarify requirements relative to purchase of domestic commodities and products in Puerto Rico under school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3997), H1002 [19MR]
Public buildings: require that certain procedures are followed in Federal buildings when a child is reported missing (see H.R. 5475), H6776 [26SE]
Public welfare programs: provide access to tools to stimulate employment (see H.R. 4236), H1333 [16AP]
Puerto Rico: anniversary of constitution (see H. Con. Res. 395), H2100 [2MY]
———designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 3955), H906 [13MR]
———designate certain waterways within National Forest System lands as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 3954), H906 [13MR]
Schools: permit dependents of Federal employees residing in a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the U.S., to enroll in Dept. of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4093), H1152 [9AP]
Small business: provide additional grants to small business development centers in high unemployment districts (see H.R. 5004), H3859 [24JN]
Letters
Puerto Rican compliance with certain provisions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: Manuel Mirabal, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (organization), E819
Remarks
Alcoholic beverages: maintain current tariff treatments of high-value and low-value rums, H3962
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), consideration of Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 450), H3962
Fish and fishing: effect on domestic tuna industry of duty free treatment of tuna imports from certain Andean countries, H3962
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: observance (H. Con. Res. 472), E1697
National Public Lands Day: observance, E1749
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), E819
Puerto Rico: anniversary of constitution (H. Con. Res. 395), H4600
———compliance with certain provisions of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, E819
———designate certain waterways within National Forest System lands as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 3954), H2126 [7MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6174 [11SE]