GONZALEZ, CHARLES A. (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H1323 [18MR]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2267 [21AP]

Arlington National Cemetery: construct a memorial to noncitizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3480), H434 [10FE]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4468), H7575 [23SE]

———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H5331 [7JY]

———entitle educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserve who aggregate a certain amount of active duty service (see H.R. 4367), H8859 [7OC]

———establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H.R. 3104), H515 [11FE]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7945 [30SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H5330 [7JY]

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred by or on behalf of such members before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H304 [3FE]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H128 [27JA]

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

Barber, Rex T.: waive certain time limitations to allow the award of the Medal of Honor for actions performed during World War II (see H.R. 3739), H435 [10FE]

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), H5654 [13JY]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H516 [11FE]

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), H3873 [9JN]

———revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H1369 [23MR]

Caribbean-American Heritage Month: establish (see H. Res. 570), H6900 [8SE]

Charles, Ray: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 449), H4581 [18JN]

Charles Wilson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Lufkin, TX: designate (see H.R. 4317), H3606 [1JN]

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

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H2378 [26AP]

———make grants to establish antibullying programs (see H.R. 3692), H6557 [21JY]

———promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for youth in high-risk situations (see H. Res. 805), H8409 [6OC]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 3793), H872 [4MR]

Classified information: request the Executive Office of the President, and certain other executive departments, to transmit documents relating to the disclosure of the identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H393 [4FE]

Clinton, William J.: tribute (see H. Res. 717), H6557 [21JY]

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]

Computers: prohibit misappropriation of databases while ensuring consumer access to factual information (see H.R. 3872), H752 [2MR]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H2816 [11MY]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H8168 [5OC]

Consumers: extend certain protections to international remittance transfers of funds originating in the U.S. (see H.R. 5315), H9048 [8OC]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H575 [24FE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H3720 [2JN]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H304 [3FE]

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

CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4155), H4647 [21JN]

Crime: expand protections against the misuse of public safety officer uniforms (see H.R. 3815), H4894 [23JN]

———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]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 2071), H3873 [9JN]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow the public, press, and military families to be present at the arrival at military installations of remains of Armed Forces members who died in Iraq or Afghanistan (see H. Con. Res. 384), H2550 [4MY]

———postpone certain closures and realignments of military installations (see H.R. 4023), H2266 [21AP]

Dept. of Education: strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3988), H4894 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 3834), H4287 [16JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H6706 [22JY]

———establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 4354), H2917 [12MY]

———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials (see H.R. 4824), H5654 [13JY]

———reimburse States for certain expenses and losses incurred during periods of high (Code Orange) or severe (Code Red) threat condition (see H.R. 2570), H1116 [16MR]

Dept. of HUD: insure zero-downpayment mortgages for one-unit residences (see H.R. 3755), H3094 [17MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H5330 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H575 [24FE]

Diseases: establish comprehensive, integrated, and culturally appropriate HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls for each country provided assistance to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 4792), H5984 [19JY]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H128 [27JA]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H5195 [6JY]

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (see H.R. 4299), H2726 [6MY]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H4391 (see H.R. 3015), H4507 [17JN]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, adminstration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2406 [27AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend the Impact Aid program to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts (see H.R. 3795), H2816 [11MY]

Employment: ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people (see H.R. 2298), H830 [3MR]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H2816 [11MY]

Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 2300), H3720 [2JN]

Federal aid programs: support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H5984 [19JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 4169), H5331 [7JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H4171 [15JN]

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]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 578), H1741 [30MR]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H2550 [4MY]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H7944 [30SE]

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

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see H.R. 3758), H9051 [8OC]

———expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7945 [30SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H8168 [5OC]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6707 [22JY]

———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), H7945 [30SE]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H2265 [21AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H701 [26FE]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 47), H1740 [30MR]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2527), H3720 [2JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives (see H.R. 3856), H699 [26FE]

Housing: facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities (see H.R. 4363), H3720 [2JN]

Immigration: permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the U.S. as a temporary visitor (see H.R. 2525), H2549 [4MY]

———provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 832), H9963 [17NO]

———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]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H5471 [9JY]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H3229 [18MY]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4829), H5792 [14JY]

Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 1958), H8168 [5OC]

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), H753 [2MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H575 [24FE]

———extend the same Federal benefits to officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to officers serving units of State and local government (see H.R. 3523), H4580 [18JN]

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

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H37 [20JA]

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

March for Women's Lives: commend marchers and recognize individual rights relative to fertility, sexuality, and reproduction (see H. Res. 603), H2372 [22AP]

McDermott, Ignatius: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3148), H5402 [8JY]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H2483 [28AP]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H9051 [8OC]

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 Texas (see H.R. 3861), H699 [26FE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H8409 [6OC]

Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 1359), H1740 [30MR]

Mexico: allow certain nationals to be admitted as nonimmigrant visitors for a certain period (see H.R. 3488), H753 [2MR]

———convey a decommissioned NOAA ship (see H.R. 4158), H2153 [2AP]

———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), H245 [28JA]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H1741 [30MR]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see H.R. 3887), H1594 [25MR]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H3719 [2JN]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see H.R. 3441), H1370 [23MR]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 4355), H4171 [15JN]

———secure borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 5130), H7574 [23SE]

Natural gas: require certain terms and conditions for the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas import terminals (see H.R. 4413), H4647 [21JN]

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

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H8859 [7OC]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H5654 [13JY]

Railroads: require information on tank cars containing hazardous materials be available to first reponders (see H.R. 4802), H6707 [22JY]

Rio Grande American Canal, El Paso, TX: redesignate as the Travis C. Johnson Canal (see H.R. 4751), H5150 [25JN]

Rotary International: issue commemorative stamp to honor centennial anniversary and efforts to eradicate polio (see H. Con. Res. 375), H1741 [30MR]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H6706 [22JY]

Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4046), H4580 [18JN]

Social Security: eliminate the waiting period in the disability insurance program for disabled individuals suffering from a terminal illness (see H.R. 976), H830 [3MR]

———expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

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

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (H.R. 594), consideration (see H. Res. 523), H515 [11FE]

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

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 462), H4928 (see H. Con. Res. 462), H5072 [24JN]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2728 [6MY]

———allow a business credit for qualified expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance (see H.R. 4124), H2019 [1AP]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 4655), H5331 [7JY]

———include sports utility vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles (see H.R. 727), H830 [3MR]

———make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H1484 [24MR]

Telecommunications: clarify prohibition on junk fax transmissions (see H.R. 4600), H4286 [16JN]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H435 [10FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H927 [9MR]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (see H.R. 3550), H245 [28JA]

———provide for security of public transportation systems (see H.R. 4361), H5654 [13JY]

U.S.-Israel Homeland Security Foundation: establish (see H.R. 3871), H2406 [27AP]

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), H3392 [19MY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H2549 [4MY]

———change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 1653), H5331 [7JY]

———health care funding (see H.R. 2318), H2378 [26AP]

———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), H576 [24FE]

———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), H2406 [27AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 3730), H5331 [7JY]

———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]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1592), H5331 [7JY]

Voting: establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H2199 [20AP]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 746), H9051 [8OC]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H2200 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, San Antonio, TX: designate (see H.R. 3884), H830 [3MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq, H3522 [20MY]

Crime: prohibit video voyeurism in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. (S. 1301), E1699 [24SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5248 [7JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7209 [15SE]

Election Assistance Commission: funding, H7209 [15SE]

FCC: court ruling on triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, E295 [3MR]

Garza-Vela U.S. Courthouse, Brownsville, TX: designate (H.R. 1402), H7818 [29SE]

Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, San Antonio, TX: designate (H.R. 3884), H6500 [21JY]

Lehmann, Clyde: Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipient for Texas, E772 [6MY]

Members of Congress: tribute to departing Members of Texas delegation, H10066 [19NO]

Memorial Day: observance, H3522 [20MY]

Mexico: agree to certain amendments to the agreement establishing the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (H.R. 254), Senate amendment, H1391 [24MR]

SBA: 7(a) guarantee loan program funding, H5248 [7JY]

Taxation: rates, H6549 [21JY]

Television: extend statutory license for secondary transmissions of superstations and networks (H.R. 4518), H8219, H8223 [6OC]

Votes: position on missed, E387 [16MR], E626 [22AP], E860 [14MY], E1128, E1129 [15JN], E1268 [25JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H10071 [19NO]

Resignations

Committee on Financial Services (House), H61 [21JA]

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H61 [21JA]

Committee on Small Business (House), H61 [21JA]

Tributes

Davila family, E510 [2AP]

Dominguez, Laura, E1379 [15JY]

Garza, Reynaldo G., H7818 [29SE]

Lehrmann, Ruby, E1118 [15JN]

Roque, Mary J. Gonzalez (Susie), E1115 [15JN]

Ulrich, Arminta L. (Mint), E113 [4FE]

Vela, Filemon B., H7818 [29SE]