VELAZQUEZ, NYDIA M. (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4648 [21JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4551 [18JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building, Nanuet, NY: designate (see H.R. 4618), H4579 [18JN]

Archie Spigner Post Office Building, St. Albans, NY: designate (see H.R. 4632), H4646 [21JN]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7575 [23SE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H1791 [31MR]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]

Barber Conable Post Office Building, Batavia, NY: designate (see H.R. 3690), H128 [27JA]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4082), H1789 [31MR]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H2199 [20AP]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H872 [4MR]

Commission To Establish a National Museum of the American Latino: establish to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC (see H.R. 4863), H6998 [9SE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish Office of Housing Counseling to carry out responsibilities on homeownership and rental housing issues counseling (see H.R. 3938), H1070 [11MR]

———provide assistance for privately owned low- and moderate-income housing with expiring Federal subsidies to prevent displacement of low- and moderate-income tenants (see H.R. 4679), H4926 (see H.R. 4679), H5070 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H7735 [28SE]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H2266 [21AP]

———increase Alzheimer's disease research funding and promote public awareness and risk reduction relative to Alzheimer's disease with particular emphasis in Hispanic populations (see H.R. 5339), H9963 [17NO]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H434 [10FE]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 3085), H2483 [28AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2394), H3440 (see H.R. 2394), H3540 [20MY]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H4580 [18JN]

Financial institutions: commemorate anniversary of Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co., and honor the contributions of minority-owned banks (see H. Con. Res. 394), H1369 [23MR]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H3016 [13MY]

Haskins, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 562), H5151 [25JN]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H7329 [21SE]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H3017 [13MY]

Immigration: provide for earned adjustment to reward work, reunify families, establish a temporary worker program that protects workers, and strengthen national security (see H.R. 4262), H2547 [4MY]

Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti: establish (see H.R. 3919), H926 [9MR]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H2154 [2AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H3605 [1JN]

League of United Latin American Citizens: anniversary (see H. Res. 544), H700 [26FE]

Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 5053), H7443 [22SE]

Luis A. Ferre U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building, Ponce, PR: designate (see H.R. 3742), H243 [28JA]

Maxine S. Postal U.S. Post Office, Copiague, NY: designate (see H.R. 3917), H1011 [10MR]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H7329 [21SE]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H393 [4FE]

———prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in New York (see H.R. 3842), H632 [25FE]

National security: establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H752 [2MR]

New York, NY: reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (see H.R. 2771), H2019 [1AP]

Perry B. Duryea, Jr., Post Office, Montauk, NY: designate (see H.R. 4427), H3438 (see H.R. 4427), H3537 [20MY]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 3956), H9745 [16NO]

Political parties: express gratitude to Boston, MA, and New York, NY, for hosting national political conventions (see H. Res. 765), H7073 [13SE]

Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office, Three Rivers, TX: designate (see H.R. 4911), H6701 [22JY]

Puerto Rico: authorize construction of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center at a site that would best serve the needs of both veterans and Dept. of Defense medical beneficiaries (see H.R. 3898), H871 [4MR]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H3821 [8JN]

Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense: request resignation (see H. Con. Res. 323), H4171 [15JN]

Selective Service System: terminate registration requirement and activities of local boards and agencies (see H.R. 4746), H5909 [15JY]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H5471 [9JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 4281), H2656 [5MY]

Small Business Act: extend (see H.R. 4062), H1739 [30MR] (see H.R. 5008), H6755 [7SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend (see H.R. 4062), H1739 [30MR] (see H.R. 5008), H6755 [7SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H5402 [8JY]

Taxation: provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5150 [25JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain systems installed in nonresidential buildings (see H.R. 3953), H1594 [25MR]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

U.S. Postal Service Henry Johnson Annex, Albany, NY: designate (see H.R. 480), H6128 [20JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1117 [16MR]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H3720 [2JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H1643 [29MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3781 [3JN]

———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hazardous substances: prohibit discrimination relative to exposure (see H.R. 4215), H2372 [22AP]

Remarks

Brooklyn Chinese American Association: anniversary of Eighth Avenue Senior Center, E1784 [4OC]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4696 [22JN]

———require large companies to submit a subcontracting plan prior to being awarded a contract for work overseas, H4696 [22JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4551 [18JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5241, H5243, H5246, H5247, H5250 [7JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7921 [30SE]

Figueroa, Raymond: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award recipient, E1171 [18JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit funding for any contract in contravention of the Small Business Act, H5861 [15JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5861 [15JY]

National security: prohibit use of funds to enter into statewide contracts for security guard services, H4551 [18JN]

New York, NY: anniversary of Bernard Baruch Houses Tenant Association, E1663 [21SE]

Queens, NY: tribute to Sunnyside Community Service Center volunteers, E694 [28AP], E2026 [18NO]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5241, H5243, H5246, H5247, H5250 [7JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2967 [13MY]

———provide incentives for investment (H.R. 3170), H2424 [28AP]

Small Business Act: extend (H.R. 3915), H991 [10MR]

———extend (H.R. 4062), H1748, H1749 [31MR]

———extend (H.R. 4478), H3749 [3JN]

———extend (H.R. 5008), H7029, H7030, H7031 [13SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend (H.R. 3915), H991 [10MR]

———extend (H.R. 4062), H1748, H1749 [31MR]

———extend (H.R. 4478), H3749 [3JN]

———extend (H.R. 5008), H7029, H7030, H7031 [13SE]

Statements

Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act Extension: by, Committee on Small Business (House), E617-E619 [22AP]

Tributes

Domenech, Crystal, E42 [23JA]

Edwards, Shirley V., E758 [5MY]

Janchill, Mary Paul, E835 [12MY]

Perez, Richie, E469 [29MR]