BECERRA, XAVIER (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building, Rio Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 4807), H6707 [22JY]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H7945 [30SE]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4928 (see H.R. 3831), H5072 [24JN]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3441 (see H.R. 4116), H3541 [20MY]

California: authorize appropriations for restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station (see H.R. 4469), H3439 (see H.R. 4469), H3539 [20MY]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness and designate certain segments of the Black Butte River in Mendocino County as a wild or scenic river (see H.R. 1501), H1230 [17MR]

———designate certain public lands as wilderness or salmon restoration areas and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Sacramento River National Conservation Area (see H.R. 3327), H1230 [17MR]

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), H5150 [25JN]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H5536 [12JY]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 3941), H1070 [11MR]

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]

Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 5374), H9962 [17NO]

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. 4493), H6707 [22JY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H5909 [15JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H4580 [18JN]

Earl B. Gilliam Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 4474), H6707 [22JY]

Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 5364), H9745 [16NO]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H830 [3MR]

Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office Building, West Hills, CA: designate (see H.R. 5147), H7736 [28SE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H2728 [6MY]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2426), H2549 [4MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H2657 [5MY]

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]

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

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H699 [26FE]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 4610), H4928 (see H.R. 4610), H5072 [24JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H5536 [12JY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H2154 [2AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H2549 [4MY]

Housing: clarify calculation of per-unit costs payable under expiring contributions contracts for tenant-based rental assistance that are renewed (see H.R. 4263), H2728 [6MY]

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]

———reunify families, permit earned access to permanent resident status, protect against unfair employment practices, reform the diversity visa program, and adjust status for Haitian and Liberian nationals (see H.R. 4885), H6556 [21JY]

Insurance: guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children (see H.R. 1205), H2549 [4MY]

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), H90 [21JA]

League of United Latin American Citizens: anniversary (see H. Res. 533), H575 [24FE] (see H. Res. 544), H700 [26FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 3545), H396 [6FE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3016 [13MY]

Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in California (see H.R. 3964), H1071 [11MR]

———provide automatic enrollment and eligibility for certain low-income beneficiaries for subsidies under the Medicare transitional and permanent prescription drug programs (see H.R. 4437), H3438 (see H.R. 4437), H3538 [20MY]

———provide equity in the calculation of disproportionate share hospital payments for hospitals in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 4871), H6127 [20JY]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H393 [4FE]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE]

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. 1746), H3094 [17MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish an Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property Rights (see H.R. 5117), H7329 [21SE]

OMB: require designation of a senior official as the Chief Privacy Officer (see H.R. 4414), H3821 [8JN]

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

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H7575 [23SE]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 4035), H2728 [6MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY]

Taxation: treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H2199 [20AP]

———treatment of qualified homeowner downpayment assistance (see H.R. 3875), H752 [2MR]

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

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H1484 [24MR]

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), H1011 [10MR]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H3605 [1JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H2483 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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. 4854), H5982 [19JY] (see H.R. 4863), H6126 [20JY]

Taxation: assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (see H.R. 3983), H1229 [17MR]

Remarks

Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority: tribute to early Federal loan repayment, E777 [6MY]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, E1038 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: issuance of safety equipment and body armor for soldiers in Iraq, H1160 [17MR]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6961 [9SE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H7754, H7755 [29SE]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1160 [17MR]

Mexico: prohibit funding to implement U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement, H6961 [9SE]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3866 [9JN]

Sias International University: anniversary, E544 [20AP]

Taxation: assist low-income taxpayers in preparing and filing tax returns and increase protections against certain refund anticipation loan providers (H.R. 3983), E399 [17MR]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, H7535 [23SE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation, H2934 [13MY]

———increase child tax credit (H.R. 4359), H3467 [20MY]

———permanently extend certain income tax rate brackets (H.R. 4275), H2934, H2935, H2939, H2943 [13MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (H.R. 4181), H2439, H2441, H2444 [28AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (H.R. 839), E913 [19MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), motion to instruct conferees, H7754, H7755 [29SE]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), H2840 [12MY]

United Food and Commercial Workers (organization): end of supermarket worker strike in California, H730 [2MR]

Votes: position on missed, H7347 [22SE], H7509 [23SE], E398 [17MR], E482 [30MR], E911 [19MY], E995, E996 [2JN], E1206 [22JN], E1348 [9JY], E1406 [16JY], E1852, E1857 [10OC]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (H.R. 779), E324 [9MR]

———support Japanese-American, German-American, and Italian-American communities in increasing public awareness of events surrounding restriction and internment (H. Res. 56), H781 [3MR], E324 [9MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1114 [16MR], H1641 [29MR], H3602 [1JN], H3818 [8JN], H4644 [21JN], H5192 [6JY], H5469 [9JY], H8034 [4OC]

Special order: granted, H749 [2MR], H2404 [27AP]

Tributes

Athavale, Pandurang Shastri (Dadaji), E376 [16MR]

Ayon, Eric A., E1038 [4JN]

Hernandez, Antonia, E532 [2AP]

Johnson-Reynolds, Lavern, E492 [31MR]

Vargas, Raul, E258 [26FE]