MINORITIES

Addresses

Affirmative Action: Representative Lee, E1360 [26JN]

Racial Equality: Medgar W. Evers, H5375 [16JN]

Reparations for Descendants of African-American Slaves: Camille Fields, E1316 [20JN]

Amendments

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 196), S5504, S5614 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Black Scholarship Program Helps People in the Middle; Mo. Foundation Rewards the Academically Average, E2424 [23NO]

Race-Sensitive Admissions—Back to Basics, S2829-S2832 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns (see H.R. 132), H56 [7JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 261), H7785 [25JY]

Children and youth: provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage pregnancies (see S. 1956), S15975 [25NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 76), S36 [7JA] (see H.R. 1688), H3051 [9AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 841), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1695), H3051 [9AP]

———provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access (see H. Res. 32), H171 [27JA]

Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (see H.R. 333), H138 [8JA]

———improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (see S. 1793), S13377 [28OC]

———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see S. Res. 221), S11245 [9SE] (see H. Res. 86), H705 [13FE]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H53 [7JA]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 80), H54 [7JA]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see S. 966), S5650 [1MY]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H10236 [30OC]

Cultural Competence Commission: establish (see H.R. 90), H55 [7JA]

Dept. of the Interior: require departmental agency heads to consider whether agency actions have disparate impact on racial, ethnic, or religious minorities (see H.R. 654), H327 [7FE]

Discrimination: express that high-level Federal officials should not belong to a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race (see H. Con. Res. 130), H2514 [31MR]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 2553), H5662 [19JN]

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 1144), H1680 [6MR]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

FCC: require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (see H.R. 2212), H4734 [22MY]

———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (see S. 1525), S10618 [31JY] (see S. 1563), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 3027), H8016 [5SE]

Foreign policy: increase participation in international service (see H.R. 3152), H8490 [23SE]

Health: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1833), S14176 [6NO] (see H.R. 3459), H10977 [6NO]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see S. Res. 96), S4166 [20MR] (see H. Res. 142), H1902 [13MR]

———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. 918), H1394 [26FE]

Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 1868), H3452 [29AP]

Health care professionals: promote careers in nursing and diversity in the nursing workforce (see H.R. 920), H1394 [26FE]

Higher Education Act: expand eligibility requirement of predominantly Black colleges and universities (see H.R. 3151), H8490 [23SE]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (see S. 1159), S7135 [23MY] (see H.R. 2258), H4736 [22MY]

Iraq: encourage use of small and minority owned businesses in the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq (see H. Res. 214), H3636 [1MY]

Law enforcement: provide for the collection of data on traffic stops (see H.R. 86), H54 [7JA]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 30), S1736 [29JA] (see H. Res. 82), H705 [13FE]

National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 162), H2311 [25MR]

Nonprofit organizations: increase number of women and minorities on governing boards and encourage Americans to volunteer to serve on the governing boards (see H. Res. 354), H7839 [3SE]

SBA: allow more joint ventures, leader-follow arrangements, and teaming arrangements under the minority business development program (see H.R. 2374), H5044 [5JN]

———establish the Native American Entrepreneurs Program (see S. 1488), S10140 [29JY]

Small business: permit the collection of demographic information in connection with small business loan applications (see H.R. 1748), H3302 [10AP]

Taxation: deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (see H.R. 2418), H5265 [11JN]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 267), S1813 [30JA] (see H.R. 2044), H3972 [9MY]

———provide incentives to encourage diversity of ownership of telecommunications businesses (see H.R. 2604), H5928 [25JN]

Television: ensure equity among full-service television broadcasters and provide local programming to communities through cable carriage rights for class A television stations (see H.R. 1626), H2821 [3AP]

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: support decision on University of Michigan affirmative action policies (see S. Res. 23), S1069 [16JA]

Woods, Tiger: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1174), H1743 [11MR]

Briefs

University of Michigan affirmative action policies: Harvard Black Law Students Association, Stanford Black Law Students Association, and Yale Black Law Students Association, E718-E722 [10AP]

Descriptions

Fortune (publication) system for choosing the 50 Best Companies for Minorities, E1447 [11JY]

Essays

Overcoming Adversity: Eric S. Russell, E705 [8AP]

Factsheets

Education Funding, H6509-H6511 [10JY]

House Republican Record on Education Funding, H6503-H6505 [10JY]

House Republican Record on Pell Grants, H6513 [10JY]

Letters

Indian Health Service clinical services funding: Friends of Indian Health (organization), S4148 [20MR]

———Julia Davis-Wheeler, National Indian Health Board, S4148 [20MR]

Supreme Court pending hearing on University of Michigan affirmative action policies: Senator Clinton, S1138 [17JA]

Tribal colleges and universities funding: Loretta De Long, S11607 [17SE]

Remarks in House

Advertising: create Federal advertising procurement opportunities for minority business concerns (H.R. 132), E27 [8JA]

Arcata Associates, Inc.: NASA Minority Subcontractor of the Year award recipient, E1919 [30SE]

Armenia: religious freedom, E1655 [25JY]

Aviation: tribute to men and women who have lost their lives in aviation and space, E979 [15MY]

Black/Jewish Forum of Baltimore, Inc.: anniversary, E1985, E1988 [7OC]

Blair, Jayson: controversy relative to sourcing and accuracy of reporting while employed by the New York (NY) Times, H4241 [19MY]

Branson, Charles R.: Shepherd College President's Award recipient, E1071 [23MY]

Budget: effect of budget priorities on minorities, H2207 [20MR]

California: circuit court decision to delay gubernatorial recall election relative to disenfranchisement of certain voters, H8266 [16SE]

Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care: establish, H11504 [18NO]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, H2315 [26MR]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1688), H2944 [9AP], E722 [10AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1695), E722 [10AP]

———provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access, H1493 [4MR], E362 [4MR]

Colleges and universities: authorize grants for institutions of higher education serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans (H.R. 333), E52 [8JA]

———award grants to highly qualified teacher-training programs at minority-serving institutions of higher education, H6369, H6370, H6373 [9JY]

———historically Black colleges and universities funding, H6639 [14JY], E1524 [18JY]

———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities, H8370 [17SE]

———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (H. Res. 86), H675 [13FE]

Columbia, SC: South Carolina Black Hall of Fame inductees, E1297 [18JN]

Computers: enhance digital accessibility for all individuals, E311 [27FE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, H3738 [7MY]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (H.R. 3425), H10134 [30OC], E2186 [31OC]

Defense Production Act: require report on minority contracting, H9417 [15OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of Civil Rights funding, H6634, H6635 [14JY]

Dept. of Defense: feasibility of using small, minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses in Iraq post-conflict reconstruction, H4591, H4592 [22MY]

Dept. of Education: collect all grant repayments and redirect funds to low-income and historically low-achieving school districts, H6371 [9JY]

Dept. of Energy: mitigate disparate impact that U.S. energy policy may have on minority, rural, Native American, or underserved communities, H3104 [10AP]

———require report to Congress detailing equal employment opportunity practices at national laboratories, H3278, H3279 [10AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish demonstration projects between community health centers and minority health professions schools to reduce disparities in minority health care, H6571, H6572 [10JY]

Discrimination: express that high-level Federal officials should not belong to a club that discriminates on the basis of sex or race (H. Con. Res. 130), E999 [21MY]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, E2353 [20NO]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations, H11162 [17NO]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (H.R. 1916), E2337 [19NO], E2382 [21NO]

District of Columbia: tribute to demonstration in support of affirmative action policies at colleges and universities, H2929-H2936 [8AP]

Education: funding, H2580 [1AP], H6500-H6519 [10JY]

EPA: environmental justice programs funding, H7683 [25JY]

FCC: require compliance with Government regulations relative to media ownership rules (H.R. 2212), E1059 [22MY]

———require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (H.R. 3027), E1728 [5SE]

Fortune (publication): tribute to businesses named to 50 Best Companies for Minorities list, E1446 [11JY]

Health: eliminate disparities in care for racial and ethnic minorities, H8960 [30SE]

———improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3459), H11362-H11367, H11504 [18NO], H11862-H11868 [20NO], E2268 [6NO]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (H. Res. 142), E464 [13MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2208, H2210 [20MR]

Health care: issues, H3436 [29AP], H4971-H4975 [4JN], E1163 [5JN]

Hispanic Americans: health care issues, H1726-H1733 [11MR], H1778 [12MR], E1444, E1449 [11JY]

———improve diabetes education and prevention programs, E1136 [5JN]

———provide programs and activities to improve health, H2852-H2856 [7AP], H3437-H3442 [29AP]

———provide programs and activities to improve health (H.R. 2258), E1073, E1078 [23MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: determination of significant disproportionality relative to identification of children with disabilities, H3473, H3474 [30AP]

Intelligence services: hiring and retention of minorities in the intelligence community, H5873, H5892-H5894 [25JN]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, H1442 [27FE]

Minority Business and Professionals Network (organization): tribute to Award Gala, E1352 [25JN]

Montgomery, AL: tribute to 1955 bus boycott participants, E2440 [23NO]

NAACP: anniversary of the Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs Awards Dinner, E1498 [17JY]

National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education: tribute, E100 [29JA]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: observance, E1821, E1824 [17SE]

National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month: observance, H2942 [9AP], H3436 [29AP]

Pyramid Community Development Corp.: anniversary of Power Center, H8194 [10SE]

South Carolina: tribute to historically Black colleges and universities of the Second District, E1828 [17SE]

St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation: tribute, E2424 [23NO]

Stanford University: tribute to Youth Conference on Asian and Pacific Islanders' Health, E2184 [31OC]

Supreme Court: decision on University of Michigan affirmative action policies, H5719, H5799 [24JN], E1331 [24JN], E1370 [26JN], E1386 [27JN]

———hearing on University of Michigan affirmative action policies, H2581 [1AP], H2917, H2929-H2936 [8AP]

———pending hearing on University of Michigan affirmative action policies, H1493 [4MR], H1657 [6MR], H2404, H2459, H2462 [27MR], H2509 [31MR]

Taxation: deny all deductions for business expenses associated with the use of a club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color (H.R. 2418), E1248 [13JN]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (H.R. 2044), E917 [9MY]

———provide incentives to encourage diversity of ownership of telecommunications businesses (H.R. 2604), E1357 [26JN]

Texas A&M University: affirmative action policies for admissions, H12884 [8DE]

Tulia, TX: condemn drug arrests and convictions of African Americans based solely on the false testimony of a police officer, H4242 [19MY]

Women: support women's rights issues, H5460-H5465 [17JN]

Remarks in Senate

Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarship Foundation: Millennium Scholars Program award recipients, S9044 [8JY]

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania: tribute, S2913 [27FE]

Children and youth: provide assistance to States and nongovernmental entities to initiate public awareness and outreach campaigns to reduce teenage pregnancies (S. 1956), S15981 [25NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 76), S38 [7JA]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 841), S5073 [9AP]

———protect, S330 [15JA]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary, S5325 [11AP]

Colleges and universities: improve quality, affordability, diversity, and accessibility to qualified students (S. 1793), S13383-S13386, S13406 [28OC]

———increase funding and decrease matching requirement for historically Black colleges and universities, S1417 [23JA]

———recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (S. Res. 221), S11256 [9SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, S123 [9JA], S202 [10JA], S225 [13JA], S286 [14JA], S843 [15JA], S1064 [16JA], S1137 [17JA], S1242 [21JA], S1363 [22JA], S1462 [23JA], S1724 [29JA], S1799 [30JA], S1965 [5FE], S2046 [6FE], S2115 [10FE], S2180 [11FE], S2334 [12FE], S2446 [13FE], S2591 [24FE], S2695 [25FE], S2833 [26FE], S2983 [27FE], S3024 [3MR], S3158 [5MR], S3246 [6MR], S3367 [7MR], S3408 [10MR], S3494 [11MR], S3615 [12MR], S3725 [13MR], S3801 [17MR], S3874 [18MR], S3987 [19MR], S4155 [20MR], S4272 [21MR], S4324 [24MR], S4372 [25MR], S4432 [26MR], S4508 [27MR], S4623 [1AP], S4699 [2AP], S4820 [3AP], S4950 [8AP], S5053 [9AP], S5163 [10AP], S5531 [30AP]

———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 966), S5644, S5652 [1MY], S5721 [5MY], S5768 [6MY], S5848 [7MY], S5942 [8MY], S6025 [12MY], S6063 [13MY], S6249 [14MY], S6502 [15MY], S6620 [19MY], S6698 [20MY], S6847 [21MY], S6972 [22MY], S7125 [23MY], S7187 [2JN], S7228 [3JN], S7375 [4JN], S7465 [5JN], S7537 [9JN], S7603 [10JN], S7711 [11JN], S7826 [12JN], S7875 [13JN], S7923 [16JN], S7976 [17JN], S8118 [18JN], S8224 [19JN], S8297 [20JN], S8356 [23JN], S8433 [24JN], S8548 [25JN], S8712 [26JN], S8857 [27JN], S8895 [7JY], S9044 [8JY], S9115 [9JY], S9286-S9288, S9295 [11JY], S9328 [14JY], S9489 [16JY], S9580 [17JY], S9633 [21JY], S9703 [22JY], S9790 [23JY], S9899 [24JY], S9956 [25JY], S10040 [28JY], S10135 [29JY], S10257 [30JY], S10604 [31JY], S10900 [1AU], S10968 [2SE], S11023 [3SE], S11113 [4SE], S11155 [5SE], S11184 [8SE], S11749 [22SE], S11829 [23SE], S11902 [24SE], S11983 [25SE], S12132 [29SE], S12183 [30SE], S12272 [1OC], S12362 [2OC], S12445 [3OC], S12530 [14OC], S12600 [15OC], S12726 [16OC], S12832 [17OC], S12888 [20OC], S12963 [21OC], S13048 [22OC], S13130 [23OC], S13206 [24OC], S13262 [27OC], S13355, S13356, S13373 [28OC], S13509 [29OC], S13656 [30OC], S13794 [3NO], S13900 [4NO], S14024 [5NO], S14264 [7NO], S14334 [10NO], S14445 [11NO], S14795 [12NO], S14961 [17NO], S15054 [18NO], S15181 [19NO], S15275 [20NO], S15396 [21NO], S15807 [24NO], S15961 [25NO], S16102 [9DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of Civil Rights funding, S14149 [6NO]

Dept. of HHS: health professions training programs funding, S11337 [10SE]

———reduction of health program disparities and promotion of minority health funding, S1387, S1388, S1401 [23JA]

FCC: require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (S. 1563), S10914 [1AU]

Health: improve health of minority individuals (S. 1833), S14177 [6NO]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (S. Res. 96), S4180 [20MR]

Health care: issues, S330 [15JA], S7122 [23MY]

Hispanic Americans: provide programs and activities to improve health (S. 1159), S7158 [23MY]

Indian Health Service: clinical services funding, S4147-S4150 [20MR], S4323 [24MR], S4347, S4348 [25MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, S103 [9JA]

Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: tribute, S2913 [27FE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (S. Res. 30), S10867 [31JY]

———provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (S. 196), unanimous-consent agreement, S5254 [10AP]

Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: funding, S1459, S1460 [23JA], S14936 [17NO], S14994, S14995 [18NO]

Roswell, NM: Roswell High School recipient of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Top 10 Schools in America award, S3879 [18MR]

SBA: establish the Native American Entrepreneurs Program (S. 1488), S10153 [29JY]

Supreme Court: decision on University of Michigan affirmative action policies, S8432 [24JN], S8548 [25JN]

———pending hearing on University of Michigan affirmative action policies, S316, S331, S336, S339 [15JA], S1044 [16JA], S1123-S1125, S1138 [17JA], S1462 [23JA], S1798 [30JA], S2302 [12FE]

Taxation: provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (S. 267), S1829 [30JA]

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: support decision on University of Michigan affirmative action policies (S. Res. 23), S1122, S1123 [17JA]

United Parcel Service: Women's Business Enterprise National Council ``Elite Eight'' honoree, S4701 [2AP]

Reports

Equal Employment Opportunity Practices at Dept. of Energy Weapons Labs: GAO, H3278 [10AP]

Reports filed

Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 196) (S. Rept. 108-34), S4897 [7AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 30), S10616 [31JY]

Statements

Eliminate Health Care Disparities Among Minorities: Delegate Christensen, H9163-H9165 [2OC]

Texts of

S. 196, Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act, S1152 [17JA], S5510 [30AP]

S. 267, Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act, S1829-S1832 [30JA]

S. 841, Fair Pay Act, S5074 [9AP]

S. 966, Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act, S5653-S5655 [1MY]

S. 1793, College Quality, Affordability, and Diversity Improvement Act, S13386-S13406 [28OC]

S. Res. 23, support U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision on University of Michigan affirmative action policies, S1086 [16JA]

S. Res. 30, National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, S1754 [29JA], S10867 [31JY]

S. Res. 96, Resolution To Expand Access to Community Health Centers (REACH) Initiative, S4179 [20MR]

S. Res. 221, recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities, S11256 [9SE]

Transcripts

Press Conference on H.R. 1695, Fair Pay Act and H.R. 1688, Paycheck Fairness Act (excerpt), E722 [10AP]

Tributes

King, Martin Luther, Jr., S5529 [30AP]