ISSA, DARRELL E. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7247 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Middle East Foreign Policy—And Now It's Syria's Choice, by, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, H9431 [15OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 3553), H11701 [20NO]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 728), H460 [12FE]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H6348 [8JY]

———prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1472), H7020 [16JY]

Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 1086), H1640 [5MR]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1954), H3681 [6MY]

———issue commemorative postage stamp in remembrance of victims of peacekeeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 45), H245 [29JA]

Armenia: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 528), H7329 [22JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1461 [27FE]

Basilone, John: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 218), H9384 [14OC]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3975 [9MY]

Bob Hope Post Office Building, Burbank, CA: designate (see H.R. 3011), H8382 [17SE]

Bush, President: renegotiate extradition treaty with Mexico so possibility of capital punishment or life imprisonment will not interfere with the extradition of criminal suspects (see H. Con. Res. 93), H4978 [4JN]

California: tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California (see H. Res. 425), H10341 [4NO]

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. 1446), H2400 [26MR]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1902 [13MR]

Clean Air Act: modify certain provisions relative to methyl bromide (see H.R. 3403), H10129 [29OC]

Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center: establish (see H.J. Res. 57), H4737 [22MY]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H6265 [26JN]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1955 [18MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

Credit unions: limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 383), H245 [29JA]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2134), H4204 [15MY]

———prohibit pyramid promotional schemes (see H.R. 1220), H6264 [26JN]

———protect unborn victims of violence (see H.R. 1997), H5046 [5JN]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11133 [7NO]

Dept. of Energy: cooperate in the international magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment or develop a domestic experiment to accelerate understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1282), H1901 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H3302 [10AP]

———give grant preference to States that require schools to allow students to self-administer medication for asthma or anaphylaxis (see H.R. 2023), H3761 [7MY]

———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. 195), H58 [7JA]

Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations for State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 1095), H1903 [13MR] (see H.R. 1519), H2514 [31MR]

Dept. of the Interior: implement water supply technology and infrastructure programs aimed at increasing and diversifying domestic water resources (see H.R. 2828), H7453 [23JY]

———participate in design, planning, and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside, CA (see H.R. 3334), H10130 [29OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend health care coverage to qualified World War II Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2352), H5043 [5JN]

———require congressional notification prior to implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative (see H.R. 2808), H7225 [21JY]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H6707 [14JY]

———increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H58 [7JA]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H703 [13FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN]

Electric power: provide for Federal and State coordination of permitting for electric transmission facilities (see H.R. 1338), H1954 [18MR]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H3975 [9MY]

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. 1662), H3684 [6MY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H6602 [10JY]

FERC: provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses (see H.R. 1013), H1746 [11MR]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 977), H1461 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

Francisco A. Martinez Flores Post Office, Duarte, CA: designate (see H.R. 2396), H5088 [9JN]

FTC: collect fees for implementation and enforcement of a ``do-not-call'' registry relative to telemarketing firms (see H.R. 395), H274 [4FE]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 663), H463 [12FE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H6271 [7JY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H12311 [21NO]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H1396 [26FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Immigration: compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 2435), H5367 [12JN]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H8017 [5SE]

———make permanent Port Passenger Accelerated Service System (PortPASS) programs for border inspection and improve the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) program (see H.R. 1353), H2131 [19MR]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H4205 [15MY]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

J. Stephen Horn Post Office Building, Signal Hill, CA: designate (see H.R. 2309), H6265 [26JN]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8906 [24SE]

Jordan: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 371), H10238 [30OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H5366 [12JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H171 [27JA]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H392 [11FE]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1812 [12MR]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H11393 (see H.R. 3277), H11516 [18NO]

Medicare: consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see H.R. 983), H1462 [27FE]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug discount and security program (see H.R. 2578), H6349 [8JY]

———revise methodology by which payment for orphan drugs and biologicals is made under program prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2700), H6602 [10JY]

———update renal dialysis composite rate (see H.R. 1784), H5929 [25JN]

Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 13), H1334 [25FE]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: long-term health monitoring of firefighters in disaster areas (see H.R. 3431), H10339 [4NO]

National security: enhance research, development, procurement, and use of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public health threats (see H.R. 2122), H4203 [15MY]

Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1368), H2131 [19MR]

Owens, Wayne: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H60 [7JA]

POW: provide special compensation for former POWs (see H.R. 850), H2312 [25MR]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1812 [12MR]

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment to make persons who have been a U.S. citizen for thrity-five years eligible for the Office of President and Vice President (see H.J. Res. 59), H5266 [11JN]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program: reauthorize and revise (see H.R. 671), H390 [11FE]

Riverside National Cemetery: designate POW/MIA National Memorial (see H.R. 2206), H4733 [22MY]

Roads and highways: empower State and local authorities with tools to eliminate congestion on the Interstate System (see H.R. 1767), H5046 [5JN]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H10340 [4NO]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8175 [10SE]

SBA: raise awareness about telework among small business employers and encourage such employers to offer telework options to employees (see H.R. 2788), H7085 [17JY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H5664 [19JN]

Seeds of Peace (organization): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 288), H11360 [17NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

Social Security: extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 531), H1467 [27FE]

———honor commitments (see H. Con. Res. 258), H7617 [24JY]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 722), H2312 [25MR]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 2733), H8906 [24SE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H3354 [11AP]

———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. 284), H1954 [18MR]

———change deadline for filing income tax returns (see H.R. 1725), H5468 [17JN]

———eliminate double taxation of dividends (see H.R. 50), H1466 [27FE]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H53 [7JA]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H4204 [15MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H10978 [6NO]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H5663 [19JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 459), H242 [29JA]

———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. 262), H135 [8JA]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H7787 [25JY]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H10130 [29OC]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H12921 [8DE]

———facilitate reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users (see H.R. 1320), H3453 [29AP]

Twenty-First Century Water Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 135), H274 [4FE]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

———improve benefits for World War II Filipino veterans and their surviving spouses (see H.R. 664), H389 [11FE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7839 [3SE]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H390 (see H. Res. 65), H391 [11FE]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H3683 [6MY]

Wooden, John: tribute (see H. Res. 411), H11360 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air pollution: application of California State regulations relative to reformulated gasoline in certain areas (see H.R. 244), H134 [8JA]

Armed Forces: amend requirements relative to granting posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service to allow immigration benefits for surviving family members (see H.R. 1685), H3051 [9AP]

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. 1230), H1810 [12MR]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans (see H. Res. 234), H4131 [14MY]

FCC: allocate additional spectrum for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices and ensure interference protection for Dept. of Defense systems within that spectrum (see H.R. 340), H169 [27JA]

Government regulations: technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 242), H134 [8JA]

Immigration: account for all illegal aliens by providing incentives to register with the Dept. of Homeland Security and immunity from criminal prosecution for employers of such aliens (see H.R. 3651), H12917 [8DE]

Iraq: give preference to U.S. companies in the award of contracts for post-conflict assistance and require use of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology in any wireless communication service contract (see H.R. 1441), H2400 [26MR]

Medicare: consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see H.R. 960), H1460 [27FE]

Middle East: support vision of Israelis and Palestinians who are working together to conceive pragmatic, serious plans for achieving peace (see H. Res. 462), H12310 [21NO]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (see H.R. 243), H134 [8JA]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2273 [24MR], H5047 [9JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2273 [24MR]

Remarks

Al-Sabah, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber: U.S. visit by Prime Minister of Kuwait, E1789 [16SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 3289), H9542 [16OC]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (H.R. 1954), H4910 [4JN]

Brother Benno Foundation: anniversary, E2161 [30OC]

California: tribute to firefighters and other public servants who responded to the outbreak of wildfires in Southern California (H. Res. 425), H10382 [5NO]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to families of crew, E208 [13FE]

Dept. of Justice: settlement of claims relative to accidental fire damage in Julian, CA, by DEA pilot, H7271 [22JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6813 [15JY]

Dept. of the Interior: settlement of claims relative to Indian trust funds, H10202 [30OC]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), conference report, H10202 [30OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2799), H7271 [22JY]

Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans (H. Res. 234), H9227 [7OC]

Diseases: outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), E717 [10AP]

FCC: impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, E1006 [21MY]

———release of triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, E1006 [21MY]

Immigration: account for all illegal aliens by providing incentives to register with the Dept. of Homeland Security and immunity from criminal prosecution for employers of such aliens (H.R. 3651), H12753 [8DE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 299), H5958 [26JN]

Mexico: treatment of Mexican sewage flowing into U.S. waters, H6813 [15JY]

Oceanside, CA: tribute to new chamber of commerce offices, E462 [13MR]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3242 [10AP]

———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates, H3242 [10AP]

Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (S. 141), H360 [11FE]

Small Business Week: observance, E1790 [16SE]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (H.R. 1828), H9430 [15OC]

Temecula, CA: tribute to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure event, E2061 [16OC]

Vista, CA: anniversary, E88 [28JA]

———anniversary of Vista National Little League, E647 [2AP]

———tribute to Rancho Buena Vista High School marching band, E89 [28JA]

Votes: position on missed, H3077 [10AP]

Tributes

Cook, Barry, E173 [7FE]

Martineau, Jeannine L., E2043 [15OC]

Owens, Wayne, H33 [7JA]

Stump, Bob, E1349 [25JN]

Thompson, Dwight, E991 [19MY]

Windbigler, Rick, E32 [8JA]

Zeppetella, Tony, E1320 [20JN]